Sally on the Move

What a year, what an event packed year! In the summer Tony got a new job and we uprooted from the beautiful North West and opened a new chapter of our lives in the spectacular city of York. Funny how such a momentous and life changing move can be neatly fitted into one insignificant sentence. To compound matters in November, one day as I was preparing to visit a school where a teaching post had come up that I was going to apply for I suddenly suffered a heart attack. Life changed quite dramatically at that point! We all found it hard to adjust in different ways and Sally has been exception. Thankfully I'm on the mend now but it's been difficult for me to give Sally the attention and exercise that she needs. Never fear, there's a hero living down the road, our new friend and local curate Daniel. Amazingly he offered to look after Sally for us for a whole month. She has had a ball getting to know Daniel and Riley (a very handsome and playful Golden Retriever). I think it's been Daniel's aim to reform our delinquent pooch. She came home Christmas week as if a magic wand had been waved over her head and it lasted ... For a full 3 days but alas Daniel is far away visiting family in America for the holidays and his magic is fading. In truth Sally was no angel on Daniel's watch. I may yet persuade him to contribute a post of his own. He's got a cracker! So as you can probably tell the year has more story's to yield. My next blog is an adventure that happened just this week - Christmas week!