Just to add to Graham’s wise words below, here’s Dave Lund’s track of last Wednesday’s adventures.
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And by way of a coda:
1. I’m still smarting somewhat at Big Bob’s broken promise of whisky in an armchair in the cabin in Lower Small Clough;
2. It’s gratifying to note the speed with which Brother Holmes is picking up the finer points of dog-handling, this week showing off the latest addition to his armoury of techniques … ‘heel’ quoth he, not once, not twice, but possibly once per minute;
3. And even more gratifying to note Rusty’s willful response; ‘Heel? You must be joking’.