There is no visual record of Gizmo’s first proper walk. Why? Well I took the photos, processed the negs and when the great moment arrived, I took them out of the developing tank to find them totally transparent… what????!!!!
I used the effing fixer instead of the developer… both Ilford and both in white plastic 1 litre containers. Of course one has ‘Ilford DD-X’ written on the label in red, the other has ‘Ilford Rapid Fixer’ in green, but hey!
That would have sent me over the edge once, but WTF, shit happens, get over it… just some great moments lost to history, or maybe just some banality, I’ll never know, grrrrrr.
Highlight of day one – Kate went to get a coffee, I carried on with Gizmo and waited in Cutty Sark Gardens. Next thing I heard was ‘look mummy, that puppy is pooing’. Brilliant. Kate had the ‘poo bags’ & tissues. I had the dog, acres of space, a big audience and a steaming pile of dog-poo next to a dog. Top score to Gizmo. Thankyou to the Irish couple who gave me a couple of Starbucks napkins to remove the evidence. Good one Gizmo
Soooo, to day two on the great outside.
Hat-tip to William Eggleston
We took Gizmo to Greenwich Park for some ‘socialisation’ with other dogs. What we found was entry into some kind of doggie masonic cult. Plenty of socialisation, there were literally hundreds of dogs all wanting to say hello to Gizmo, and Gizmo was totally up for making new friends too. We made lots of new friends too! Dog people are ultra-friendly. It was impossible to move more than 100 metres without people going gaga over Gizmo. It was really lovely and friendly to be honest, and for me it was totally unexpected. People seem to lose all inhibitions when greeting a puppy! I walked my babies in Greenwich Park years ago with far less effect.
After a couple of hours of adoration we met Jeff for coffee.
Sitting outside the cafe, there was once again a steady stream of admirers including lots of young children too who wanted to ‘stroke the doggie’.
The final lap was done on the DLR, tired puppy, tired people…
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