Tilly the Retriever Pup ....

...and her bestie Suki the Salouki have just moved into a half mill hankie of grass in the uncharted badlands of west London - we shared a marrowbone bbq with them this evening.
You’ll be seeing a lot of Tilly in August as I will (gulp) be her minder while her folks are in Sardinia visiting Nonna.
She’s a sweetie, pretty well trained and as WonderA keeps telling me I have a dog-shaped hole in my life...but I’m still nervous about it.
Quite a responsibility, but good training for grandfatherhood I guess.