Where on earth is the time going? I promise it has not taken us two months to finish the walk! Holly managed around 2 miles as it was a very warm day. She raised a massive £600 for the bears, and has decided to put her paws up for a little rest before her next fundraiser.

It was quite an incredible week in the run up to the walk, with Her Ladyship appearing in no less than 5 local newspapers attracting headlines like ‘Hefty Holly sheds two stones to help the bears’ and ‘Portly Pooch pounds the pavement to raise funds for animals’. She even had three photoshoots and had to strike a number of poses in nearby fields. She did disgrace herself at one point true to form by squatting for a jumbo poo the minute the lens was on her but when a girls got to go, she’s got to go.

I thought I better not let the side down and since Holly was wearing her special pink ‘Princess’ collar, I thought I better smarten myself up a bit and put on a nice satin type blouse with dress trousers and a bit of lippy, hoping the photographers would take their photos in my newly designed and decorated patio. But no. Off to the overgrown, dandelion strewn fields we trotted.

One of the photographers had designed a makeshift ‘sponsor me’ sign with a bit of A4 paper and some thread to hang around Holly’s neck. She asked me to get Holly to sit down. I had to stand over her with a leg either side, holding her collar with one hand and stopping her bolting after a spaniel strolling nearby all while, holding the sign down to stop the wind blowing it, with my other hand and with me feeling a tad flustered, she then told me to keep my hair out of my eyes – how many hands did she think I had?!

Next the second photographer, wanted me to kneel down beside Holly so we were face to face. By this time Holly was getting thoroughly fed up with the Paparazzi, and bearing in mind, this was our local field where everyone walked their dogs to relieve their bowels and bladders, I was none to enamoured myself with the thought of having to kneel beside her. By this point however I think I was willing to do anything to get it over and done with as Holly the Diva really wasn’t cooperating any longer, so there I was, lying on the ground with Her Ladyship, in a poo riddled field, looking like I was dressed for dinner!

I think we both found this little venture into the world of the media slightly stressful but it was worth it if we could help the bears and raise awareness of the terrible practice of bear farming in China.

I just wanted to up date this part of the blog in case any of you kind sponsors and supporters of Holly’s efforts were worried that she was still wandering around Arthur’s Seat two months after she set off!

We’ve had a lot of ventures since the sponsored walk including our first holiday together so a further update and more adventures are to follow …..