New Friends

I have so much news today that I don't know where to start!I've made lots of new friends starting with a cat called Harold who lives at the hotel where we stayed last night. Harold is very friendly and we had a good sniff at each other. Before coming to the hotel, Harold stayed for a while at an animal shelter so he's pleased that I'm helping our furry friends at Battersea.

   My neck was terribly itchy during the night and this morning, Harold's helper noticed that I had a tick in my fur. After the tick got taken out, I felt much more comfortable. I probably picked up the parasite yesterday when I was playing in the long grass.

   We stayed at the hotel until 11am as we needed a rest but soon we were on our travels again. It took a long time to get out of Reading as lots of people were stopping us for a chat. I got petted loads of times, it was brilliant. A kind man even bought my helper some lunch, a good thing I think as he's beginning to look very skinny.

   Soon we were heading along a path beside the Thames. After a while we met a lady who walks dogs for a living and she had four doggies with her. What fun we had! We all had a really good play. The collie got a bit over-excited though and charged into me, knocking me into the river. Luckily I can swim a bit so I climbed out on my own. I don't usually like getting wet but it was ok as the weather was warm. We all had a good doggy chuckle!

   After we left our doggy chums, I did something a bit naughty. I saw some cow poo and rolled in it. My helper was a bit cross and said I couldn't arrive in Henley smelling horrible, so he dunked me in the Thames again. Wet twice in one day!

   We only walked about 10 miles today so I'm not too tired. Not sure where we're going to sleep tonight, we're looking around for a comfy place to camp. I wonder who'll grab the sleeping bag first!

    A kind lady gave us £50 on the Just Giving page today which I really appreciate. This will help the nice people at Battersea to help dogs like me and cats like Harold.

    Love from,

                     Lamps.