Mini-walks

I have end-of-terms coming up and am fearfully busy writing exam questions, so there is no time to take the dogs for extended walks...some days they get 14000 steps as measured by my cellphone, but today they had to make do with three small walks totalling 7500...I have no time to go special places for cute photos, but I made an effort to snap some shots today: Claire, as ever, finding underbrush even walking along roadside, and Nobu happily standing by waiting for the cat she may find to dart out of the briarpatch so he can chase it down the road :P