well did our boy have a big day out yesterday! Lou phoned at about 3.15 to say he'd disappeared and she'd been all round the woods again, been waiting for him in the car park for ages... and no sign. So I left work early (with the phone numbers of all the clients I was expecting phonecalls from), headed home to change and found myself, pockets stuffed full of batteries, phone, gloves, lipsalve, whistle.. you name it, I had it!
So, off I went..... and paid my dues - I spent 3 hours traipsing through the woods in the rain and the mud in the dark, calling, calling.... but no sign of him. Richard got the bus home, the kids were out looking, but no sign. I had been through mud up to my knees, walked along the edges of the roads to make sure he wasn't there (I nearly got run over myself a few times)
I had to go back home as I had Guides and just as I was changing, with Richard trying to find out which police station to phone, the doorbell rang.... and there he was! One of the women who walks her two retrievers had come across him and as he was clearly on his own so she took him home where he had a great time, had dinner with her two, played with them and finally arrived back with us, all excited about his doings. It's a small world - she didn't know where Murphy stayed but her grand-daughter is at school with the daughter of the owner of Sam (another retriever who Murphy mostly doesn't play with but used to) who apparently knows where Murphy stays! So he arrived safely back.. and won't be off the lead for a while!
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