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Originally Posted by westendlass
Reading this thread has brought back a memory that I'd almost forgotten. About twenty odd years ago me and some of my family had gone for a walk over what we used to call the dairy fields (behind what used to be Daisy Dairy at West End) to the lodge. My brother suddenly got frantic pointing to the water where we could see his terrier was tangled in the reeds and couldn't get out. Rather than let him jump in (he's very asthmatic) my mum calmly stripped down and swam right across the disgusting lodge and untangled the dog, saving its life (and probably my brothers too, if he'd gone in). She hardly mentioned it too. She would have been in her early fifties then! How brave is that? Nearly gave my dad a heart attack though who was on a nearby pen when someone ran across the field shouting 'mum's in the water.
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I know the lodge well westendlass,I use to fish there. Did it use to be a skatepark or something??
I think this from the Comments in the news article best sums it up:
"Compassion is compassion, whether it's aimed at a human being or an animal, and is to be applauded either way".
Unfortunately it seems to be an alien concept to some folk.
Thumbs up to your mum
