Dougal's Dog Blog. Entry 10: Looe, Cornwall

Rain, rain, go away! Goodness me, hasn't April been wet? And I am a dog who does not like getting wet.

Driving through Somerset and Devon to Looe, we could see the flooded fields and rivers at full capacity. As the windscreen wipers whipped away on mega-fast-hyper-drive, the Human that I own reminded me that there was a drought on. I just gave him one of 'those' withering looks that I give him when he thinks he's being funny.

Soon we crossed a very smart bridge and were in Cornwall. Goodness me, don't the roads go up and down a lot? We were either going slow as the car was panting its way up a hill, or slow because we were cautiously taking the decents with the Tin Can on Wheels hooked up behind us. The Human tells me that this cautious driving is to do with avoiding snakes. What on earth is he on about? I didn't see a single snake all day.

Anyway, Looe had plenty of space available for us, and thankfully there were lots of gravel pitches for us to choose from. Even though I'm not over keen on gravel under the paws, I prefer it to soggy grass.

But what of the dog walk? Well, good news and bad news. The good news? It's a nice little fenced-off segregated field. It meant that I could play ball off the lead and have a whale of a time. It's not a very big field, it only takes a minute or two to walk to the end of it. But it's fine for a break and games of fetch.

And the bad news? The Human was delighted at the confined, open, green space, as it made the ideal place for some training. Yes, training. On holiday. So there is me supposed to be enjoying myself, and all he's interested in is making the most of the doggy field to try and get me to do what he tells me to do.

Looe itself is really nice, and as a reward for enduring all that boring training we went out for lunch on two days. On the first day we found a lovely little dog-friendly cafe up a side street from the main drag called 'Daisy's Cafe'. We really liked it in there... dogs, muddy boots, babies in buggies... they really weren't precious at all about the clientele as long as they were clean, friendly and polite. It made for a lovely, relaxing lunch in a great atmosphere. The Human tells me that his enormous scone was delicious. And where was mine?

Next day we went to a trendy place called 'The Courtyard'. This time the Human had some fancy-schmancy goat's cheese bruschetta which he described as 'Spendy but worth every penny - delicious!'. Well, I'm so pleased for him (sense the irony in my tone.) But the waitress made a fuss of me, so that was nice.

We noticed quite a few establishments in Looe had 'Dog friendly' in their windows. Quite right too! So what a pity the meany meany council won't let me have a romp on the local beach. All in all, a nice place to go for a doggie holiday. I imagine it gets VERY busy during the season though... I think I'd rather have the April showers than the crowds, so I'm glad we went out of season.

The Final Score on Looe's door:  3 bones out of 5