Hot zone reinstated as truly hot

I don't want to get too excited but the hot zone which went quiet 6 weeks ago and therefore became the cold zone, is hot again after a sighting at 12.30 in the Lount area by the brook - the same as the infamous day when we all gave chase (not knowing this was the wrong thing to do), including some walkers who also saw the black lab.
The lady who called has seen him several times (most but not all of which we knew about! - they are on the sightings log in one of the comments we posted further down the Blog starting with the 2nd day he was missing when a black lab came and sniffed her collies then ran off). She thinks this is the 4th time, always running! She watched him for 5 mins in the distance out of her top windows and after calling me, set sail in her car but he ran off faster than she could catch up. Probably just as well as we don't want to make him feel hunted. Sadly though, she didn't get close enough to confirm or refute a scar. Aaaggghh!
No accounting for another black lab other than a loose one, after 2 hours of combing the area. Thanks to Geoff for piling into his car at a second's notice again! Sympathy to Tori and Tim, stuck in Birmingham / Manchester respectively at meetings.
However no other sightings this afternoon since that time (it's now 17.10). Ffion and Ann the dog warden followed the paw prints in the mud to exactly the same place as where the walkers were that day so Ffion has moved the kennel to this spot.
Ann doesn't have a trap. Ours was stolen as you all know. So we might ask the tracking and trapping expert from Lincs for help. I am also going to ring the man with the bloodhound from Bournemouth who Jon & Shelley recommended. Strike while the iron's (or scent's) hot!
Where does he go inbetween times?
Could he be Botcheston dog? It's 5 miles as the crow flies, from the eastern edge of the hot zone.
I did the houses around the road from Friday's Botcheston sighting (that was last night's phone call) and there are 2 black labs, neither of which wander, and both of which are of heavy build.
Thanks to Esmond and Ally who did the edge of Botcheston which borders that area and discovered that lots of people knew about Sky (good thing) but hadn't seen a black lab (bad thing) but equally couldn't account for it by a local dog (good thing).
Hmmm
Will we ever get out of this nightmare?
If anyone has help to offer tomorrow / Friday please text me on the number above or email ffion.davies@doctors.org.uk as Tim and I are meant to be on a 2-day course (local fortunately) and could do with a plan A, plan B and plan C for whatever phone calls arise. Thanks