A hard Knight

 Blessed as we are with so many animals, occssionally (read every day) they let themselves down. Here is MBAOSPW with Isla our latest triever puppy.

 So while the boys were playing

 all things medieval one of the K9s, an old Romanian Sheepdog called Bala took it on himself to wander off from HQ which prompted a full blown search.

 One side effect of this was that the apprentice and RRMK2 learned the joy of scrumping apples.

 As it was their bedtime yours truly abandoned them into the care of their mother and set off again looking for missing dog. This view from The Knowle, no sign.

 Certain he had entered the wood and failed to find the right exit a thorough search revealed nothing other than a new looking riding boot that one of his associates had dropped there a while ago.

I did find a pond I hadn't previously seen, but no dog. So the poor lad spent the night out in the cold while we fretted indoors as to his safety.