Had to say goodbye to Peggy.
She was my constant companion for the last 11 years and I'm going to miss her terribly. She got me through more than one bad time, just by alwatys being there. She loved snoozing in front of the fire, peas and licking people's toes. She hated seagulls, vacuum cleaners and mobile phones on "vibrate" mode. Kids would come up to her and hug her and old men in pubs would tell me stories about their Jack Russels from their youth when they saw her. She never asked for anything other than to be in the middle of what ever was going on and would happily fall asleep in the lap of complete strangers if they'd let her.
So long, friend.