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Walking The Walk

Raq, the Border Terrier has produced a new DVD full of exciting walks on which to take your humans.

 

The scruff on a string and his trusty border terrier head for Galloway and the Whinlatter Forest, Eskdale and Gilsland, Langholm and Kirkby Stephen, Irton and the Garden of Eden. All in all the best fun low level walking and waggery you you’ll find anywhere.

Buster and I think its great, but we are rather biased, as all these fun walks are around our home town.

Purchase your copy from Striding Edge and let us know what you think.

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Snow on the high tops

One week into the New Year and can we take this opportunity in wishing all our readers a happy and safe New Year.

The recent bad weather lifted today and allowed us to go for a long walk. It was decided that we should go to Keswick and to Dodd Wood.

The forest is around 2 miles from Keswick and is operated by the Forestry Commission.

Some people may know of Dodd Wood as the place to view the Cumbrian Osprey Nest. Thousands of people visit the area from April to September and also follow the osprey nest via the website.We parked up the car after our journey and after getting a ticket from the kiosk started our walk.

Climbing up through the forest alongside a stream we emerged onto a forest track.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buster lead the way whilst I dotted backwards and forwards across the track sniffing many new smells. Mum says some may be deer, or fox whatever they are.

 

Climbing high up the hillside along the track we could see for many miles when the tree line had gaps.

This is the highest up I have ever been and if I woof I can hear myself as an echo a few seconds later. The first time I did this I jumped, but I soon realised it was me and had great fun filling the valley with sound.

This climbing and walking can be quite thirsty work and every so often we found a stream and cooled our feet and had a drink. The water tasted great not like the stuff we get at home from the tap. Maybe I should start my own product line?

On the far hills we could see they were topped with white.

 

Buster told me this was snow and that if I gave him all my chews for the next year he would see if he could get some to play in in the garden.

I think I will ask dad first:-)

 

 

My mum took great interest in the plants on our walk and she spotted a number of daisies

and a few spiky plants, like we saw at the tarn a few weeks ago, also in bloom with their bright yellow flowers.

Once again she commented that these plants, given the recent cold spell and the height, should not be flowering. She seemed a little vexed.

We walked for what seemed hours. I suppose given that if we age faster than humans our time is also quicker, so it must have been doggie hours, we reached a lookout point and what a view.

 

 

The snow capped mountains with the valley below, highlighted by shafts of light from between the clouds. I can see why so many painters and wordsmiths come to this area for inspiration.

 

 

 

And so began the walk back to the car with Buster setting the pace.

 

For an old lad he does very well. Mum says a gravy dinner is on the cards for our tea.

 

 

 

 

This helps raise our spirits as we continue down the gravel road stopping every so often to take in the view.

 

Until next time
Buster and Charlie