On what was meant to be our last day in Romania we found two beautiful puppies abandoned on a bridge. We took them in, got them up to date with their vaccination and managed to find two lovely owners - all in two weeks.

'Please can we keep them?' came up in conversation many a time, but realistically we weren't in the best position to take on this challenge. Letting go was hard and emotional, but I'm grateful we got the chance to hang out with these two fur balls.

Alfie and Pip, you are greatly missed.