William L Beattie (@wlbeattie)

OK guys ... If I dropped off the RADAR recently ... When you lose a very close family member - you tend to retreat. IMO especially so, if that member has 4 x legs! Others may not realise the loss - but my "old rescue dog" spent 10.5 years of years of her life giving me support, - a reason to walk - where I met other 2 x and 4x people. - a couple of years ago - when she had trouble keeping up - my wife and I changed our walking/'Car"ing "walks" - we even put her in a "wheelchair" to help her up the hills Her name was HOLLY our family loved her - even my estranged family came over and spent hours with her - before her inevitable visit to the vet.