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was a concern but with both of us working and travelling we knew that she would be with either of us most days.
     
    Once my training was completed I started to work on my new sales territory staying away from time to time. This was ideal as Shelley could travel with me. My priority question when booking accommodation was ‘Do you take dogs?’                                                                                                    
     
    In those days there was the excellent ‘Trust House Forte’ chain of hotels. With several hundred establishments in the group with many right out in the countryside (dogs accepted). I started to use them on a regular basis rest assured staying over with a dog would cause me no problems.                                                                                                                                                                    
     
    Shelley always enjoyed her travels and it was to play an important and sometimes amusing part in our lives over many more years.                                                                                          
     
    On the home front Christine was finding her job with Ralph a little demanding and sadly she made the decision to look for pastures new.  As it happened a vacancy came for a PA to one of the managers for the company I worked for. Without any hesitation she applied and before I knew it she was under the same roof as me.
     
    The area we lived in was fine but I did really miss the coast and we both had to admit that the people were not as friendly as those in Southwold. The village served as an overspill for London giving easy access down the A1 to the city.
     
    We decided to venture further afield for our entertainment.  Cambridge was nice and we often went to the cinema and had a look around the shops.  To the west was some nice countryside and after some effort we found a great pub.  The landlord and his wife loved dogs and Shelley was made very welcome showing off her skills with packets of crisps (she only liked plain ones).
     
    One day they mentioned about a ten mile sponsored walk so we decided to give it a go.  What surprised us was the fact that Shelley got more sponsors than we did.  It was planned for a Wednesday night in the heat of the summer.  The walk went through farm land and woods including a field of potatoes.  Shelley had a great time picking up the left over ones and bringing them back to all and sundry. Perhaps she realise how many packets of crisps one potato made.  We completed the walk in style and Shelley got her just reward (a box of doggy biscuits to take home) whilst we all partook of a few beers. If I remember she collected well over £100 for the RSPCA.                   
    I was still travelling a lot and my area had extended to most of the country.  Chris and Celia who we knew in Southwold had moved to the Lake District where he was working for the Prison service.  I made a couple of trips in that direction and stayed with them on both occasions taking Shelley.
    It was during this period that Christine started to make excuses about visiting her family in Hythe and I also found Shelley was not getting the attention she used to from her. We were both in the dog house yet again!                                                                                      
     
    I remember discussing this with Chris and Celia when I stayed with them. They gave me advice but reading between the lines it did not look too good for the