As for the diners, they were at least trying to keep calm and carry on. Laudable imo.
How's Barney getting on?
He's doing swimmingly, tbh.
The search for a companion has fallen foul of some mission creep. At first she was looking at donkey sanctuaries. Then we moved on to pony sanctuaries. Now I'm being shown adverts in Horse & Hound for 17 hand hunters.