For the first time since the 24th of April we made it to the forest today for a longish walk.

After our last walk in Richmond, Park Vader was so sore that he has been at the vets having some new treatment for his arthritis. He has been coping remarkably well for so long with acupuncture and herbs but he really hurt himself in Richmond. Not sure if it was the length of the walk or the fact that we went twice within a few days (whacking his leg on a fallen tree did not help either) but he was very sore for a few days after the walk and looked quite miserable. A visit to vets resulted in some new treatment, short walks and a couple of weeks of anti- inflammatory painkillers. He has made a good recovery so far and hopefully his walk today will not have inflamed the joint. It was shorter than our usual walk in the forest (about half the distance) but both Chewie and him had fun. We also took Precious along and she loved it too.

Lets hope we can start to have longer and longer walks again as we love them so much.