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If your dog could type...

he'd have booked by now :-)

A random doggie quote

If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise. — Anon

The Dog’s Blogs

Looking For A Lake District Lodge For New Year?

A lot of people seem to be leaving it very late to look for New Year availability – all three of our lodges have been booked for over 2 months now but we are still getting loads of enquiries!

If you really are hoping to find somewhere you’re probably going to have to pay the premium [...]

Are you looking for log cabins that are better value than Center Parcs :-)

Anne Robinson has a bit of a go at Center Parcs tonight on Watchdog for their pricing policy.

I think she was being rather naive, and ignoring the fact that if people will pay their prices then Center Parcs  would be daft to charge less. They are a business after all not a charity.

Having said that, [...]

We’ve rescued the dog field bench!

Until Spring this year there was a bench  in the dog field which some of us dog-friendly owners at Limefitt Park had clubbed together to buy.

It disappeared earlier this year and I was told by more than one person that it had been stolen – I was even given details like “the gate was left [...]

The riverpool - gun dog heaven

On a beautiful Lake District morning we went past Suki’s favourite pool. In spite of the fact that it was frosty this morning after a clear night she leaped straight into the water.

The river pool- gundog heaven

She managed to totally ignore the two ducks who were swimming there as she was intent on finding [...]

10 great reasons to go self catering in the Lake District

1. You’ll have space to stretch out – no cramped hotel bedroom is ever going to equal the luxury of your own private lodge with reclining leather sofas, flat screen TVs, games machines and super-comfy beds (Our “marsh mallow beds” as one guest commented!). No worries about whether the B&B allows dogs here. We love [...]

A Dog-friendly Walk above Troutbeck

We took a beautiful autumn walk above Troutbeck on Thursday.

Dog friendly walk in Troutbeck

The sun was shining so I tok Suki on a two hour walk from the park up Applethwaite fell and along the top to Dubbs reservoir. This is  a great  walk for both dogs and humans and it was [...]