Taking the dogs out (style 3)

Nicola, Pete, Lola and Nell want to travel the world with a difference. We hope to get a taste of many countries without adding to climate change (with needless emissions from aeroplanes) or having to waste hours of holiday time in airport terminals. We hope our adventures inspire you to take a Grand Tour of your neighbourhood. This post is from Nicola (pic is of Fleur)

We think we may get a dog in September when we are back home, so caring for our friends' dogs has been a good trial run. I especially like the way they eat up food scraps: our hens are so fussy in comparison.

This lovely lady, Fleur, gets a lot of attention on walks, takes up a whole sofa, and is far too big to carry. That's why I'm hoping that the girls will be willing to have a much smaller (maybe handbag-sized?), pavement-shaded, London-savvy companion which will whisk out its own plastic bags to wrap up its poos and be able to fetch the newspaper on Sundays.