Bess was bought from a farm near Syston, Nottinghamshire, was rather small for a
Border collie but had all the intelligence they are renown for. Very much Joan's
dog, she loved the families holidays afloat and used to lie happily on the
boats roof watching the world go by. Her favourite pastime when we moored to
the canal bank, was to knock pebbles into the water and watch them sink. She
had many happy days on our various canal boats and when old and tired she died
with us on one of our trips.
