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How can he have a race going fat?

You want to describe what he's doing, Andrea.

Well, hopefully it's not fox poo that he's rolling in,

because he's doing that thing whether they rub their ear into the ground.

Look at him go he's running.

Oh look at my face hello.

This week on Walking the Dog I took my Shih Tzu Raymond to the beautiful village of

Ashstead and Surrey to hang out with the wonderful presenter, writer and loose woman Andrea

McLean.

Andrea lost her dog Jackson recently and it was really moving to listen to how

he'd helped her through some tough times and also how she was able to make sense of

his loss which I hope anyone who's experienced the loss of a pet will really relate to.

Andrea is such a warm honest person. And she opened up to me about her childhood, moving around the world,

and what effect that had her long

impressive career in TV and also her relationships and how she's evolved and

finally found the one in her husband Nick who joined us on the walk and was just

basically the nicest man in the world. We also talked about her experiences of the

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