Here is dear old Sam ..so now you've met the gang until the girls arrive! Sam is 14 - a year older than Wee Man. The school kids have grown up patting him on their way to school. I liked to think that if there was a weepy child - the sight of Sam at the gate would cheer them up. ( Dillon just barks at them now )

We got Sam when we moved back from Spain...first thing we did ! So there was me - a non driver, living two miles from the village, a toddler, a puppy & pregnant !

Sam used to dive underwater completely & come up with oyster shells ( no pearls though ) but he hung his flippers up several years ago & is content with doddering around the garden. He is blind in one eye & has "selective hearing" Bless 'im. He'll probably ignore the hens like he does the cats. He is indifferent to Dillon but Dillon loves him & keeps him warm.

He has a bit of a past which includes a stay at the police station - used to roam. The postman brought him home in his van once. He always headed for the water.

When his time comes, I'd like to bury him at sea - the old sea dog.