As I said, we did at least one walk a day with our dogs: Cindy, our maltese; Jock, Ralph and Margaret's Australian silky terrier; and the neighbour's silky, Chloe. That way we each had a dog (well I didn't get one, but I took the photos instead). The weather was quite wet and cold (not like Nelson at all) but we usually found a dry patch for our walks around the Nelson hills.
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