Happy Birthday

 Noel and Sven's birthday was spent sharing us with this dog, Rio. Rio is a Romanian dog, abandoned, critically wounded by a car by the motorway and left to die in a drainage ditch. He was starving, mangy and hopeless. Thankfully Amicii Dog Rescue found him before the grim reaper which is why yesterday

 he arrived at Rock HQ greeted by Apollo and culture shock.

 This is Ann who was one of the many who helped him come to the UK.

 We are used to big dogs but Rio is in another league!

 He's a placid lad and likes to keep an eye on us.

 He's also very helpful

here he is helping us clean out the parrots cage. All this meant that Noel and Sven's birthday wasn't all about them, but they had a nice walk and the compulsory Jaffa cakes.