Holidaying with Dogs

Thanks Rowena, I’d hate to see a good positive resource lost👍🏻. I am happy to reiterate my previous stance-I will happily pay for my 2 Dogs to holiday with me, they’re family in my book. I understand others don’t agree but it is my choice. £1-5 is not an issue. C&MC sites take some beating for both situation & offerings to enhance the stay.

Let's start the ball rolling then.

I do miss having a dog to take on holiday. The love and companionship we get from our pets is indescribable and caring for them in return is the very least we can do. Many a holiday was designed with dog friendly sites in mind, such as visiting Dunnet Bay with the adjacent beach or Stover with the country park next door. The evening stroll out of the site and fellow campers stopping to speak and make a fuss of our dog was pure delight.

On the subject of club sites ideal for dogs, Yellowcrags also springs to mind along with Brora, Godrevy and Marazion. There will be many others that escape my mind at the moment.

Enjoy your holidays with your dogs, everyone.

Look at that, we posted at the same time!

I would pay, too, and have done on non-CAMC sites but I think the club welcomes dogs as a way of generating revenue from owners which must outweigh the few quid they'd make from dog fees.

You had a Lurcher I think you posted Tinny🤔. I hope I’m right. . .If not my apologies😬

We did indeed, Rocky. All our dogs over the years holidayed with us and every one of them enjoyed the experience (dog lovers can tell).

Our lurcher remembered sites he'd been to before and always knew the way to the dog walk and exit. Pembrey Country Park is one where he knew his way to the back gate into the park and to the main entrance/exit. That's another great site for visiting with dogs, btw.

One of the best dog walks must be at Troutbeck Head, the dotted line shown below. It's like a mini lakes ramble all in itself. It starts by going slightly uphill on a gravel path through trees and fields with wild flowers then over a wooden footbridge before coming out at the forest road for Matterdale Forrest. Here you can back track, or go right following the road further in (there are routes in the information room and you can walk all the way to the dog friendly pub at Dockray) or go left and come to the main road turn left and the site entrance comes along. 

Castle Rigg Farm (Keswick,Cumbria) is one of our dog's (Bear) favourite places. Off lead dog area on site and loads of other walks a short distance away.

He loves the views... :-)

I can only recall ever taking two holidays away from home without our dogs. One was a three night stay in London, they were left with my sister. The other was when my OH joined us in a cottage for three nights and couldn’t bring the dogs. We missed them hugely both times, despite enjoying ourselves.
Nowadays, the one dog we have at the moment goes everywhere with us, in the MH, in cottages, in B&Bs, in hotels. 

Best Club Sites to enjoy with a dog? There are a lot indeed, but some of the best ones we recall have been Yellowcraig, Exeter Racecourse, Marazion, Fakenham Racecourse, North Ledaig, Bolton Abbey, Lower Wensleydale, Hawes, Carradale, White House Beach to name a few.

One’s that we didn’t find that good with a large dog needing a decent walk? Durham Grange, Castleton, Hurn Lane. Either nothing on the site or close by, or only a tiny leg stretch.

Cls have been the key for us. So many either provide a good dog walk, or are close by lots of safe places to enjoy a long walk with a dog.

That’s corking C👍🏻

I see him drinking them in👍🏻😊