Toyah RIP

Today we said goodbye to our old friend, Toyah.
She first came to us over fourteen years ago, having been rescued from an owner who neglected her and was violent. For some time afterwards she became aggressive when seeing a man carrying anything which looked like a stick.

However, she settled in with the family and went with us on days out and holidays. Her favourite place was the sea and that is why I have included this photograph taken in North Wales. She also liked rescuing things from ponds and lakes and came back home with many a stray football.

Toyah also came with us on our many Medieval re-enactment weekends and was well known in re-enactment circles. She once enjoyed taking part in a mock hunt at Eastnor Castle, along with a group of other dogs. She did her last re-enactment at Rockingham at the beginning of the month.

Two years ago she had a stroke and we thought it was the end, but she recovered. Her chasing days were over as she would run for a short distance and then fall over! However, since the beginning of the month she became steadily worse, unable to walk. In the last five days she found it hard to breathe. The vet found that she had Leukemia of the Lympth Nodes and so the end came.

We thank God for her life and all the joy she has brought to us and those around us.

Our Duck

Our female duck has decided to nest under the bushes. Not great news I know, but this is our first attempt at blogging from our mobile phone.

Quite often we take pictures we would like to share but somehow never get round to it. Perhaps this will spur us on to do something when we are on the move an thoughts and images are fresh.