FREYA DIGBY LUKA “Here is Luka, my Hungarian Vizsla, cooling off in the river.” Mike Barby, Stroud MAGIK “Magik Cat, my daughter Kitty’s companion, was a rescue kitten that cost £1,000 in the first eight weeks of life when had necrotic colon and emergency op to fix. Now three years old and a fearless hunter of rabbits and rats - as well as a terroriser of sheep - I often wake to him crunching bones, and the sounds of the savanna under the bed. It’s the rasping, licking noises that are the most disturbing.” John Ashton, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire 76 Cotswold Life: August 2020