Hello have you spotted me on the painting yet? I'm quite small, black, four legs and in the bottom right of the painting. Found me?
My name is Sooty, can you guess why? I am a Scottish Terrier and am enjoying all these crowds of people today.
I do not have a home and so any place I see lots of people gathered is a prime opportunity to find some dropped food or I get to ask for scraps and a scratch of my ears.
Spittal Beach to me means the café and all the tasty treats I find nearby; sticks of rock, ice cream cones, sandwiches, mmmm.
The war has been long and rough, being a dog I don't have a ration card to shop for my weekly supplies, so I rely on kind people giving me unwanted food.
If there are few people around then I go hunting for scraps on the pavement, in the park or at the beach.