Today I acquired my first dog walking injury.

Not bad seeing that I am very accident prone and tend to fall over at any given opportunity.

We were out on our way over to see Tony the horse when we met a fellow dog walker she informed me that Tony was being particularly frisky this morning and had chased after her and her dog, and that the farmer had moved cows into the fields we normally walk through.

So rather than run the gauntlet of an over amorous equine and a herd of unruly bovines I decided to walk through an adjacent field all went well at first, Jynx had great fun sniffing out the rabbits and generally running around, on the way back we walked passed a gap in the fence which lead over the stream so I thought we could take this route for a change.

Big mistake - huge. Everything went well until I slipped while crossing the stream I instinctively reached out to save myself but the only thing around was a thorny bush which also had razor wire wrapped around it - luckily the wounds are superficial but still very sore.

The worst thing was that when I slipped I yelled out in shock and it must have frightened Jynx cause she ran off, she came back but I think she was a bit shocked and I couldn't get hold of her for a bit so I was stood in the stream dripping blood trying to get her to come to me - good job no-one was passing!