Great piece of writing there Brian (and Pete your piece as well). I think we can all relate to this, lack of sleep, dogs barking .... Is it our age? We sleep lighter and hear every noise? As a young'un we sleep through it all, none the wiser. On our recent holiday, in the South Island, which we have just got back from. Two places we stayed at in our campervan, in farmland, I could hear through the night the farm dogs, out in the cold, in their little dog houses ( pfffft if you can call them that), all barking, crying out, broke my heart. Bloody farmers and their tough rough ways I thought to myself. Those poor dogs, left out in the cold, in a little caged area, with a pathetic doghouse to keep them out of the cold, meant to be shelter, yeah right. Those dogs work their butts off for those farmers, only to be left out in the cold at night, no love, no comfort. Makes me mad, makes me sad. Enough said.
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