Tumblie Sheep Dog is in training. Marathons are the goal. Currently, she’s mastered the stretch between the bench and the park café (they do excellent sausage rolls).

She’s enlisted friends to help with her progress. Admittedly, Smudge Lamb’s support is mostly emotional (and entirely stationary). And while Ramsley Sheep is a more active running-mate – and pretends not to notice when Tumblie trips over her own paws – he’s always ten paces ahead…