Rally obedience training for Maisie this morning.

I need to find somewhere to board Maisie for a weekend at the end of the month so I can play in a concert. Unfortunately Ruth (the dog trainer) is away on holiday, but I'd Googled and found someone not far away who seemed very pleasant, and Maisie and I were to go to meet him tomorrow so he could assess her and I could have a look around.

When I told Ruth where it was - she said 'Is that the murderer?'!!  I thought she was joking. But when I got home and checked his name and address against this newspaper report - it appears it IS the murderer bloke who got done for manslaughter!

Much as I'm one to give people a second chance, after reading through the report I have to say that not only don't I want Maisie to stay there - I don't want to go there tomorrow either! Good grief!

Maisie and I had a long walk along a disused railway track and I saw this very young (see the yellow gape) song thrush. It's amazing he's survived the recent cold and wet!