It was back some forty or more years ago that this incident
happens in the next village. On the western outskirts of that village, was a
large new house that backed onto field, the last house along that road out of
that village, in fact he was the owner of a building firm that built most of
the new houses in that village.
The house strands 50 or so yards up away from the road in an
elevated position, and being on its own they were aware of the dangers of
intruders. To put unwelcome guests off he had a St. Bernard dog that lived in
its kennel at the top of the drive.
The man who did the gardens for him also took the St
Bernard, Brin, for a walk twice a day for exercise, when anyone was thinking of
going up the drive you could hear the dog barking on the end of his chain in a
deep slow and loud bark that could be heard half a mile away.
It must have been on
one of those occasions that the dog was testing the strength of his chain, and
realised that he was able to go further than usual on the drive, It was the
kennel that was moving, and must have given someone a nasty shock that he had
come half way down the drive, obviously no one was in at the house.
It was some time later that the gardener got a phone call
from the station master to say that Brin was in the middle of the main road on
the road junction by the railway bridge. He was just sitting there with his
kennel almost a quarter mile from his home, and no one dare to go near him to
move him to one side of the road.
So as the gardener eventually arrived, he was able to handle
Brin and return him and his kennel back home, no doubt with the kennel well
fastened down.
He was only doing his job of guarding the house, but got
carried away so to speak, may be on the track of would be intruders, he
continued to do his job as house guard for quite a few year on from that
incident.
