I love Dogs me...

You have a way with words Rocky..makes you feel you are actually there!

Thankyou Kerry, I can assure you I just write what I feel, when out with my Dogs I feel a lot, the flora & fauna speaks volumes.

Just caught up with your latest walk Rocky, makes me wish that me 'n Alfie were with you, mind you, the young pup would probably break the spell you've created and start stalking

Great walk.....

Hi all

well we are just about to pick up our first caravan and whilst the children are older the main reason was to go on breaks where we could bring the dogs too

one golden retriever and a springer spaniel also meant we had to think of the layout etc

we can't wait for the kids and e dogs to all come away together exploring the country and beyond

Thanks BT, ahh but you would've already taken steps to ensure that wouldn't happen. It's what we do with Dogs every day is a school day. There's a reason I spend most of my time in the landscape with just the 3 of us, I'd not share a fraction of my time seeing the wildlife I do unless I was solo.

Hi, MD.

Caravanning can be a great way to holiday with dogs and it's good that you've taken their needs into consideration. 

Enjoy your trips away with them.

Welcome MD,

I'm sure that you and your dogs will love getting out and about, I know Alfie does, you only have to say Motorhome and he's sitting by the door waiting to get in, he first went away with us last year at four months old and has taken to it fantastically well....

Happy travels....

Wonderful cool morning at 14c, sun shining & Dogs gambolling across the growing meadow. The Rapeseed crop has just been gathered in so there was acres of open land for them to explore-but they didn't, they preferred to stick to the track we use on this route. We got to the Southern boundary before heading East along the hedge to the Horse paddocks hoping to see Deer. After we rounded the copse Young un & Her Mum shot across to a post on the field boundary, after I got there & moved them away I found a young Barn Owl, dead. Very thin, totally intact so it'd not been dead long. It must have been this years chick due to its size. No depth to its chest just bones & feathers. It was so beautiful just laid in my hands with its heart shaped facial feathering. The colour ranging from creamy white to a warm straw colour with gorgeous dark flecks that look painted on they were so perfect. Painted by nature. I can imagine it sat on the post getting weaker until it just fell, very, very sad. I placed it back were I found it. We walked on. It most probably starved due to its inability to hunt for enough food for its survival. This year has seen an abundance of all wildlife both animal & bird in this area, but the Barn Owl has always struggled. It's a rare sight to see more than 1 in a week. The paddocks had 3 Horses feeding contentedly. I saw 2 cock Pheasants staring at each other over a 10' distance, as soon as they saw us they melted into the hedgerow. Young un & Her Mum sprang into life over a wheat stubble field playing chase. It then hit me-the reason the wheat stubble is preferable to the Rapeseed stubble is size of the stalks & the height. It would be painful as they are not big Dogs, sorted. We spent 10 minutes at the dew pond under the willows watching 3 Mallards feeding, Young un on one side & Her Mum on the side of me-happiness is this. I didn't need to hold the Dogs as they are not water lovers other than paddling on the beach. They are so different to my old Retriever who regularly looked like a pint of Guiness as She stood in the rotting leaf infested dew pond happier in water than on land really. The rest of the walk was wildlife free but wonderful, warm sun on my back, the morning was crisp & clear with glorious light levels. I skirted the Rapeseed field on my way back after my earlier lightbulb moment. Enjoy your day.

Another lovely descriptive walk again Rocky, I felt I was with you 🙄. So sad to read about the barn owl - I think your suspicious are correct. Such beautiful birds. 

Lovely Rocky - I missed out with my two Barn Owls this year but it is possible to get them ringed - to help with studies etc.  Doesn't cost either if you know who owns where they nest.  I only recently realised they starve in wet weather as they can't hunt when wet.  We are very lucky in Lincolnshire quite a lot of them here.