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 open and there were tyre tracks so someone obviously came in a van to steal it”
Well, on Sunday we took the dogs out for a walk around Troutbeck in the glorious sunshine. We went up Robin lane and then cut down to the two bridges over Troutbeck. Suki and Molly were playing in the beck when Suki started hunting for sticks. Linda suddenly said “look at that” and we saw that Suki was trying to dislodge a large plank from a tree. On closer inspection it turned out to be our rustic dog bench which had presumably been washed down from the dog field by one of the early season floods.
The bench from the Limefitt Park dog field
A few wet feet later Ali and I were carrying it up to the road where Linda and Wendy waited with whilst we got the car. Clipping the kerb Ali gave his car a front left puncture, which seemed a little unfair as he was being so helpful. 
15 minutes later we had the bench back at the lodge where it received a little TLC in the form of some wood screws, and was de-slugged and de-weeded before being left on the deck of Otter Lodge to dry out
We’ll get some brackets fitted to it before it gets returned to the dog field so it can be attached to the concrete slabs as I’m not planning on rescuing it again!
We felt like the famous five for an afternoon though (even though there were only four of us) 
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