It had all the ingredients of a lovely early morning walk - my friend Jo and her two dogs ...but unfortunately the mood quickly changed once a big dog arrived and chased poor Tara off :(

Therein followed an hour of shouting around the forest for the little lost soul... while I could hear hunters' guns in the distance.
Very stressful indeed. 

No time to wander the meadow of conversation today...
We were like two screaming hysterical folk!

Having given up (a tad), we retraced our steps home, hoping to find the scaredy one when low and behold - there she was as pleased as pleased can be sitting outside my gate!

Never have I been so happy to see her. :)
Thank goodness she found her way home. Few spots of blood from all the brambles but otherwise very chipper.

The rest of the day has been beautifully uneventful.