Ziggy and Walking the Wainwrights

Anyone familiar with the Lake District will have heard of Alfred Wainwright.  Brett and I have “done the Wainwrights” – all 214 of them.  Kep was fortunate enough to have completed a handful of them.

4 days in theLake District would normally have resulted in many hours walking the fells, munching cake on the tops, soaking up the views, walking miles and miles.

Ziggy at 7 months is following vet’s advice which is not too long a walk.  I’ve googled it.  It seems to be recommended 5 minutes walking for every month of age.  That doesn’t cut the mustard, not does it touch the sides.  We’re talking about an energetic 7 month old Border Collie Puppy.  5 miles for every month of age would not be enough to tire him out.  We settle on a compromise.  Most walks are no longer than an hour.

So what do you do in the lake district with a lively 7 month old collie dog, a yearning for the fells and sunny weather?

Beacon Fell!  Its not exactly classed as a Wainwright.  Its an Outlier.  (If you want  to understand more then google it).

Ziggy and Brett at Beacon Tarn

Fantastic walk and Ziggy loved every minute.  It started with a splashing session in the beck.  We peaked at 225m.  Snacked on the summit next to the cairn, strolled down to theTarn.  Sploshed in the mud.  Got clean again in the tarn.  Sploshed in some more mud and got clean again in the Beck.  What a day!  And back.

And of course back meant we needed to check from our window that nothing was amiss in the centre of Conison.

Enjoying a quick Kopperberg at  The Sun Inn  at the  after a long walk.