Lack of Mobile Signal in the Orchard

The Owner gave me a bit of a fright last night. The Owner gives me a bit of a fright most nights to be honest but this was one he hasn't managed before! After a hard days snoozing under the desk I was understandably tired and so went for a bit of a snooze on my comfy cushion.

When I woke up, it was getting towards dark so I went for a quick patrol, mainly to see where The Owner was and what he was up to. All his normal places had drawn a blank so I opted for a quick trip to see Phlee Dog Owner as The Owner sometimes has a habit of getting lost over there and coming back very late and smelling strangely of drink. If all else fails she is a dead push-over when it comes to liberating one of those doggy treat pigs ears from the box on the work top and I was getting a bit peckish. Wandering up through the cherry orchard on my way to the gap in the hedge, I rounded a tree and was scared out of my wits! In the half light this big clump of grass suddenely spoke to me!!! There he sits in the near dark, among the long grass, "Communing with nature" and scaring me half to death. Then the reason became clear! Nothing to do with any communion, natural or otherwise. More to do with there being no mobile signal in doors and his home phone being in bits and spread across the heater trying to dry out looking decidedly tea stained (and I had nothing to do with that! I'd just like to make that point). Apparently to go with the big matching stain across the carpet. I left him up there waving his head around as he tries to get enough signal to make a call. As I left I could hear him saying again, "Hello....Hello...... Can you here me? No, the signal isn't very good here. Hello..... Hello..... Damn, lost the call!" No surprise there then!