I am so bored, my flight to Endinburgh is delayed and I am sitting in the smallest airport in England with nothing better to do and only two minutes left on the "internet station " Maybe I will walk round the departure lounge again............................

I thought it was "greyfriars bobby"

Well, I was being polite I DO know everything

It IS Greyfriars Bobby - it is a dog from Greyfriars who had the freedom of Edinburgh and was owned by all Edinburgh citizens when his owner died and he would wait at his grave every day.

Bobby Greyfriars sounds like he has surname

It's such a sad/sweet story actually! It shows how us Brits are complete slush puppies when it comes to animals

The story:
Bobby belonged to John Gray, who worked for the Edinburgh City Police as a night watchman, and the two were inseparable for approximately two years.[1] Then, on 15 February 1858, Gray died of tuberculosis. He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Bobby, who survived John Gray by 14 years, is said to have spent the rest of his life sitting on his master's grave. A more realistic account has it that he spent a great deal of time at Gray's grave, but that he left regularly for meals at a restaurant beside the graveyard, and may have spent colder winters in nearby houses.

In 1867, when it was pointed out that an unowned dog should be destroyed, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir William Chambers (who was also a director of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), paid for a renewal of Bobby's licence, making him the responsibility of the city council.

Bobby died in 1872 and could not be buried within the cemetery itself, since it was consecrated ground; instead he was buried just inside the gate of Greyfriars Kirkyard, not far from John Gray's grave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby

Wow, such a touching story , that is why I love dogs so much . (I love some cats too by the way!... actually only one.. lol) This reminds me of my own story when we had a dog in Poland who was sort of aggressive to strangers, but the lovliest puppy to us. He got sick and had to be put to sleep, and he somehow knew it was coming because he was acting unusually sad and loving on that day.. it breaks my heart to think about it.

Dogs vs Men You decide which you prefer!

is only rossy entitled to link?

.... my self-imposed ban on politics and religion is proving even harder!