A wonderful news item from the BBC from their China ‘desk’.
Here’s how it was presented on the BBC News website.
A stray dog has completed a 1700km journey across China after joining a cycle race from Sichuan province to Tibet.
The dog, nicknamed “Xiaosa”, joined the cyclists after one of them gave him food.
He ran with them for 20 days, covering up to 60km a day, and climbing 12 mountains.
Cyclist Xiao Yong started a blog about Xiaosa’s adventures, which had attracted around 40,000 fans by the end of the race.
Yong now hopes to adopt Xiaosa.
Luckily, someone smart grabbed the BBC footage and uploaded it to YouTube thus allowing me to include that below:
I did several Google searches for Xiao Yong’s blog but failed to come across it – never mind, it doesn’t detract from a delightful story this Memorial Day week-end here in America.
Learning from Dogs 
In other news, a tearful couple in Sichuan province took down the posters asking ‘have you seen our poor lost doggie’ having reconciled themselves to the fact that their beloved pooch was gone for good.
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Maybe gone for good but not unheard of!! But loved your angle on the story. And speaking of liking stuff, your recent Blog on Fracking, this one http://pendantry.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/fracking-hell/ was great. Was chatting with Martin just a few minutes ago and he is going to write about the subject and, 99% sure, I will republish the item. What a strange world!
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What a lovely post Paul, I hope that Xiasoa finds a perminant home.. Sorry for being absent for a while Paul- But I have kept up with the majority of your posts even though I didnt come to comment upon them..
Wishing you and Jean both well.. ~Sue
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Thank you, Sue. Trust all is going in the right direction for you, Paul
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Back on Track again Paul thank you, Life throws us these hick-ups now and again..But I have swallowed the ‘indigestion remedies’, as I sat within my own space and gathered some strength.. Many thanks for asking ~ Sue
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Delighted to hear that! P.
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