This morning, on my way home after taking OH to catch the bus to town, I met a small ginger dog wandering along the road.  OMG, it’s Pepper!

Feeling somewhat surprised as I knew that before I’d left I had put the dog-gate across the back door and secured the front with Pepper inside (all proven anti-Pepper-escaping measures), I decided that I had no choice and would have to take Pepper with me when Ted went to Scalloway for his quarterly hair-cut.

Pepper could not be trusted.

Of course she was thrilled at this.  Ted less so as he had to travel 3rd class.

We dropped off Ted at the dog-groomer and headed off to Lerwick to fill up the sheep field at the shop.

There was a boat in – AIDAsol – 232m long carrying 2,192 passengers, most of whom were either cycling around Shetland or trudging up and down Commercial Street.

I feel Pepper and I met them all.

Pepper was surprisingly good, having achieved her main objective of coming too.  We shared fish and chips together in the car at lunchtime.

And then to Scalloway to fill in some time before we collected the hopefully now-beautiful Ted.

And, yes, Ted is very beautiful and fragrant too.  The dog-groomer (who was new to us) said he behaved very well.  At least one dog did then.