{"id":13157,"date":"2017-06-01T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=13157"},"modified":"2017-06-01T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:00:51","slug":"thursday-1st-june-2017-not-what-i-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/01\/thursday-1st-june-2017-not-what-i-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 1st June 2017 &#8211; Not what I expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2418-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2418-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2418.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday was not quite what I expected. Our morning did not go to plan. The first part involved driving in hot weather to somewhere that was in the middle of a city and we gave up. Then realising the other stops could be just as difficult, Mum decided to come and find our hotel so we could recover and then go out again. I was desperate for a drink and cool down by the time we got there and made my feelings very clear. The hotel were lovely and recognised I was an Entlebucher as soon as I walked in. I was made to feel very welcome and offered water immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, once we were sorted we went to find a restaurant that is on the site of a hotel which was owned by the man who \u2018rescued\u2019 our breed from obscurity in the early 1900s. There was nothing much to see, but that didn\u2019t stop Mum getting excited and celebrating with an ice cream. If I had thought the road to that was bad, I wasn\u2019t bargaining on our next stop. To be fair Mum does not cope well with windy roads that are narrow and have steep drops at the side. When the side you would need to pull in is lined with an electric fence it makes her even more nervous. We saw some very beautiful and extremely rural parts of Switzerland. You wouldn\u2019t find them if you weren\u2019t specifically looking for them and they probably wondered what the odd woman in a right hand drive car was doing going that way. I\u2019m guessing they thought we were lost\u2026 very lost! Sense got the better of Mum eventually and she decided as the opportunity arose it was time to turn around. We had another stop where she tried (and failed) to do one of those clever panorama photo things. You\u2019ll just have to take my word for it that it was spectacular as she clearly didn\u2019t press the right button and is not going back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4519.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We went for a lovely walk when we got back to the hotel and were so excited to find a road with my name on it, well my breed anyway. We were both pretty tired by the end of the day and were glad to relax in the hotel restaurant for the evening. Now I\u2019ve got to get ready for a really important day as I\u2019m going to Entlebuch today. This is very exciting. Mum has been before but it will be my first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find short stories to read at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\/\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=rosemary%20j%20kind\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yesterday was not quite what I expected. Our morning did not go to plan. 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