Over the weekend it was the local Street Fair. Two days of craft stalls, tombola's, raffles, second hand books, cakes, plants and live entertainment.
On the Saturday Holly and I walked round it and won a few things on various charity tombola's, bought a few books and plants and did a lot of talking about the wheels. Quite a few people remembered Holly and her wheels from last year and were very pleased to see her there again this year. There were quite a lot of people who had not met her before and stopped to talk and Holly soaked up all the attention and ear-scritches, and ran over quite a few toes as well!
When we got back home Holly slept for most of the rest of the weekend, it must be exhausting being worshipped and adored by so many people. I think she enjoyed herself though as she was dreaming and in her dreams she wasn't running but did a lot of sniffing and lip-smacking as if she were re-living all the ends of hot-dogs and burgers that she was given.
I think there were two reasons for the exhaustion. Although we probably only walked around 3 miles in total it was all on roads and pavements which wears her out much faster than 3 miles on footpaths and grassy fields. The other reason is that Holly is starting to loose muscle tone and condition in her front legs. I've noticed for little while now that she is not as strong as she used to be and more recently this has taken a bit bigger dip than the usual gradual decline. Even my Mum has noticed that she is loosing muscle condition. But as Mum and everyone who met her at the Street Fair said, she is still bright-eyed and alert (especially where food is concerned!) and looks to be very happy and content.
So for now we continue to take it one day and one step/wheel at a time and enjoy ourselves along the way.
