'The woods at Hockeridge' were right next to Ashlyns School and were the place where my grandfather was killed on his pushbike one day in 1944 by a motorcycle stolen from some Canadians; that was the only time his dog Toby, had refused to go to work with him.
A few days earlier, my grandfather had met Monty who had arrived to review some troops parading on the school playing field but on seeing my grandfather tending his cows, Monty had walked over to him for a chat instead.