After a fabulous seven weeks my time in Ireland for the Christmas break has finally come to an end.  It’s 3am and I’m getting ready to pack the car and make my way to the ferry. It’s been so lovely spending time here, helped on by one of the mildest December and January months on record. Benson snores away beside me on the bed oblivious to the journey ahead. He’ll sleep all the way in the car anyway (except for the start of the ferry where he will bark for about an hour until he realises no one is coming to release him)… oh to be a happy dog 🐕