Requiescat in pace, Rita.

At the end of November, a dog walking friend was given bad news about her health. Just before Christmas she underwent major surgery which sadly resulted in other complications leading to her sudden and untimely death. It’s been a real shock for our local dog walking community as Rita was a lovely, friendly lady who, despite the sudden death of her partner a couple of years ago, still lived a positive and active life, enriched by the love of her wider family, her two dogs and the friendship of the river bank. Requiescat in pace, Rita. You’ll be missed

Monday Morning

Although it’s Monday, this morning’s early dog walk in Rickerby Park didn’t have the usual Monday morning feel. The dawn proved to be particularly lovely, turning the sky into a quilt of red and pink. There was the additional bonus that it was light enough to see where we were walking, the end of BST bringing some short term benefit!  And to make it even more rewarding, we were also treated to the sight of a jumping fish and two otters playing in the River Eden as we walked along. We were sorry to leave and get ready for work!

Alnmouth

I was home alone with the dogs on Saturday as Mr K was out with his hockey gels. As I love the beach, I threw caution and a bad back to the wind and drove to Alnmouth on a glorious morning which sadly, became progressively mistier the closer I got to the coast! That’ll teach me to abandon the Cumbrian Coast!  I parked up at a convenient spot and set off with Molly and Monty for a misty, but still lovely, walk along the shore, discovering a mini causeway  and having some sea weed fun fights with Molly and Monty

Dog walking memories!

Walking Molly and Monty along the River Eden today, suddenly reminded me of another dog walk about 25 years ago along the same stretch of river bank, although with the amount of scrub that has grown up since, it’s barely recognisable.  Andy and I were setting off straight after work to visit Terry and Mandy in Lincolnshire so had brought the dogs into Carlisle for the day. Walking Hector and Wesley before the journey had seemed like a good idea until Wesley found a dead salmon to roll on. Suffice to say the 4 hour journey was a stinky one!

A morning constitutional?

Andy is away in Reading this week so my workday morning routine has to change to include dog walking.  Ordinarily, Andy is responsible for Molly’s morning constitutional so I am free to organise tea and porridge breakfasts, prepare our packed lunches, sort loads of washing and supervise Nerea’s exit to school.  Inevitably, I’m having to get up earlier to fit everything in although with Andy away, I only need to prepare one lunch  so I can claw back a little time before cycling to work! Thankfully the evening routine is much less hectic as dinner can be a moveable feast!