In January 2010 I was idly browsing through the ads for pet dogs on Gumtree when I spotted a very poor quality picture of a mainly white dog with some black markings. The dog was sitting looking up at someone just out of shot, as if obedient to them, (Knowing Tilly now, I suspect treats may have been involved). The description in the ad was somewhat less than detailed. She was described as being a mix between a Bearded Collie and an Irish Wolf Hound, and the people that had her, wanted rid of her for free. That, and a contact number was about it. Even in the blurry shot on the ad she looked like a beautiful dog, and I was intrigued. It had been around ten years since our last dog had died (aged 17), but at the time, my wife was nursing her elderly mother, and with a Wolf Hound in the mix I presumed that this would be a very large dog, so I didn’t mention it, thinking that someone would soon take on a dog like that. Shortly after, the ad disappeared, so I thought tha
A bit of journalistic licence as the first endorsable fixed penalty notice was issued in 1988. The case here would have been heard in the local magistrates court.
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That is probably my fault Jon. My intro is flippant and was quickly scribbled, but the fact remains that Walter had to pay the first speeding fine. The eight mile chase between him and the bicycle mounted policeman on roads that would probably have been unpaved must have been a comical sight. :-)
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