Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page282 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s where CrankyHandle comes in! After the Leven Reservoir and the dam were built, the traffic on the River Crake and the Greenodd Canal halved. He still has a job though, but he earns more from his contract with the Constabulary, than he does from the waterways.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTwo jobs?\u201d asks KristalClear, \u201cwhat\u2019s the second one?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPony and trap. He carries us around, he works the ground as far as Windemere. The chaps in Newby Bridge and Ambleside do the rest of the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Bob\u2019s studying for his Sergeant exams,\u201d says Sophie, \u201cso he always has plenty of things to do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if I make the grade I\u2019ll get my stripes and I\u2019ll end up back in Lancaster for a bit, working at HQ. Before they give me my next proper posting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo you can\u2019t join us for a Sunday walk?\u201d<\/p>\n Bob and Sophie both shake their heads.<\/p>\n \u201cStudying today. Sunday morning is always best, before somebody like Mrs Carmichael asks me to arrest her husband for growing wonky carrots again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have at least three hours,\u201d says Sophie, \u201cthat\u2019s enough time to do Colston Hill if you want to, the view from the top is glorious.\u201d<\/p>\n Smiling at Sophie, KristalClear asks, \u201ccan you<\/em> not join us?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t do the hills. I\u2019m expecting! And you two will probably have more fun without us anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n —o—<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With nothing planned until lunchtime, KristalClear and NutJob are in the mood to go exploring.<\/p>\n A forest of mature Ash trees, dotted with an occasional charismatic Oak, casts a cool shadow over the rugged pathway leading to the top of Colston Hill. It\u2019s still a cool 25\u00b0 in the early morning, but it\u2019ll be 35\u00b0 by mid afternoon.<\/p>\n Robust shrubs border the track, Hawthorn and Elder by the look of them, and they release some delightful scents of early<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page282 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page282 \u2013 Next \u201cThat\u2019s where CrankyHandle comes in! After the Leven Reservoir and the dam were built, the traffic on the River Crake and the Greenodd Canal halved. He still has a job though, but he earns more from his contract with the Constabulary, than he does from the waterways.\u201d \u201cTwo jobs?\u201d … Continue reading “Chapter 32 On the Wolf Wavelength282”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1919,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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