GUNNER'S
SPONSORED WALK
SATURDAY 6TH
SEPTEMBER 2008
This walk was
dedicated to our Gunner who we rescued
from his 11 years of life in a shed last
November. Crippled with arthritis and
with failing kidneys this event is for
all the Gunner's of the Greyhound world
who have suffered through sheer neglect.
Now this is what you
call a Greyhound Walk!!
37 greyhounds line
up at the Cenotaph
Having watched the
weather deteriorating during the course
of the week and force 6 - 7 gales blowing
in from the latest American hurricane -
the prospect of our sponsored walk being
dry was looking exceedingly unlikely.
We knew we couldn't
cancel and the publicity from Radio
Jersey had been amazing for which, once
again, we sincerely thank them.
Anyway the motto of
Greyhound Rescue is 'onwards and upwards'
so off we set to meet everyone at Wests
Centre for quarter to two. As we drove
in, the rain was lashing down, the sky
was black, and we were in a rotton old
traffic jam - could it get any better!!!!
We drove into the
square and were greeted by our owners and
dogs, it was a magnificant sight and once
our own dogs had been taken out of the
van we had a total of 41 greyhounds most
of which had never met each other before.
Everyone being
introduced prior to the walk
Arrie, Danny, Dilly
and Turk remained with Malcolm in the
square and the rest of us, which not only
included owners, but some of our
sponsors, proceeded up Bath Street. Very
soon people were stopping us to talk and
to place money in our boxes. The rain had
stopped and with the shelter of the
buildings you would never have guessed it
was blowing a gale out of town.
Our route took us
down Queen and King Street and a quick
stop off at Charing Cross gave the public
time to pat the dogs before we reached
our destination at the cenotaph. We all
lined up for more pictures before we set
off back from whence we came.
Just stopping for a
quick breather and allowing the public to
give the guys more strokes
It was about three
by the time we all got back and everyone
had some orange juice and the stars of
the show, well earned drinks of water.
More photos and more loves from the
passers by took place before we called it
a day at about 4ish.
.
Malarky, Peanut
followed by Callie and Megan lead the
group back to Wests Centre.
Who says 'gentlemen
don't prefer blonds' Lord Claude with mum
Lisa kneeling down tries his luck with
the 'gals' Zara, Lolly, Twiggy and owner
Eryn and Ruby being looked after by
Courtney
Toots gets a special
love from a little girl during the walk.
Ben gives his dog
Dave a big hug.
O.B. and Caroline
take a well earned rest
Once again Malcolm,
Alison and I would like to thank all our
owners for their continued support at not
only the walk but at all other events.
Their dogs looked wonderful and were a
credit to them and it was so good to see
the ones we hadn't met up with in a while
- can't tell you how proud of them we
are.
To Cate Hamilton for
giving up her time to once again take
some lovely photos which will be
available on her site www.catehamilton.com and
finally to Radio Jersey who give us so
much coverage for our various events.
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