It was on a night like this...

...eight years ago to the day that we became a family. Little Lewis came into our world, and things have been changed forever.

Tonight we went down to Calshot for some fresh air and a run around, and this shot quickly taken on the way back to the car is far better than the birthday portrait that I took earlier in the day. If I could find the first portrait I did of Lewis, in my arms just a few minutes old, as a reflection in the hospital window .... I would - but who knows where it is?

So here's my Champion rider, my Tiddley Pom, my big Tiger! Eight years old.