Encounters with a Guide Dog

I often stick my nose into other peoples' business. That particular bit of nosey parkering took place while I was waiting for a bus in Cosham. A young woman with a guide dog was asking people which bus went to Fareham. She needed to get to a specialist shop and wasn't sure where it was situated. It was an impromptu decision, I had nothing planned so I volunteered to go with her. She readily accepted. We caught the bus and spent the journey chatting. Jenny went blind aged three and is now 37. Her right eye had been removed when she was 15 and was wearing a very realistic false eye. What a small world, it turned out that it had been made by a friend of mine who is now retired. Five weeks previously she'd an operation to restore the sight in her remaining eye. It was very successful, she'd been promised three metres of vision but could actually see as far as six. Jenny is very excited but is philosophical to the fact that it may not last In Fareham I asked other shoppers for directions and it didn't take us long to find the shop. Afterwards we went to a cafe. We caught the bus back to Cosham and then we walked round the corner to another stop where I made sure she caught the right one to take her back to Horndean. Ada her Labrador guide dog is nine years old. As she is too old to get used to another person she will spend the rest of her life with Jenny.