We went for a lovely meal in the Bedford Swan Hotel yesterday, well, when I say meal, it was sandwiches and when I say \u2018we\u2019 I wasn\u2019t actually eating, but you get the idea. Then we went for a walk by the river. I went past a little girl in a push chair and she just looked at me and screamed. She made me jump. It left me wondering what it was about me that she found scary. I wasn\u2019t very close to her and I was being very quiet. I looked at myself in the mirror when I got home just to make sure I couldn\u2019t see anything that was too alarming. To be fair, she also screamed when the two dogs behind me went past as well and then I had an argument with one of them, but that was partly because I was concerned that I might look scary. I was soon cheered up by an ice cream. I finished mine and did tell Andy I could manage his if he couldn\u2019t but as it turned out he could.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t included in last night\u2019s meal as it was a restaurant which didn\u2019t take dogs. It\u2019s frustrating, but in this country there are still a lot of places which haven\u2019t seen the light. I was as good as gold in the place at lunchtime. Ok, so I might have begged just a little bit, but not much. There was a bit of lettuce on the floor that I presumed I was going to be allowed, but it turned out I was mistaken. I\u2019m hoping to make up for it at our lunch venue today which is thankfully \u2018dog friendly\u2019. I was brought my own drink yesterday lunchtime so I\u2019m going to be judging them against that standard.<\/p>\n
Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"