Dogs and cats? Dogs, cats, and ruddy horses as far's I could tell!

I'd dried off a nudge under the cliff, but needed to press on. Slippery work getting back down the hill, but I got back on the road and headed for the King's Gate. "The Royal Road" they used to call it. Now it's more of a Royal Pain, it's so bleedin' uneven. I spose it were a lot smoother back when they made it.

After many a moist mile I comes upon some old ruins, Elvish most like, and I ducked into an alcove as best I could to see if I could catch a few dry winks, hopin' the rain would stop.