Ziggy at Errwood Hall October 23, 2011
Posted by goldendogbakery in Border Collie, Dog Walking in Derbyshire, Mud Magnet.Tags: austrailian red collie, Border Collie Puppy, cat and fiddle, Dog biscuits, Errwood Hall, Goyt Valley, People Watching
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Having been away for a week this Saturday was the first proper opportunity to take Ziggy on a lovely long walk. He’s still only ten months so still doing shortish walks, we try and limit them to 5 miles and we settled on an old favourite in the Goyt Valley just outside of Buxton, Derbyshire. It was the 1st October which I am sure you’ll remember felt like a true Indian Summer
We started at the Cat & Fiddle Inn (remember the Cat and fiddle walk?). This time heading in the opposite direction and dropping right down into the valley towards Errwood Reservoir.
Ziggy amongst the ruins of Errwood Hall
perfect picnic stop.
We’ve walked this way many times but previously starting in the valley itself and as a result never stopped at the ruins of Errwood Hall, which made a cracking lunch stop. The walk carries on up to Pym Chair and then Shining Tor before we headed back to the Cat & Fiddle Inn for a swift half of Cider. The Cat & Fiddle is a bikers favourite stop and its reassuring to see so many of them come out of the pub with a large mug of tea of coffee.
Ziggy flaked under the bench caked as usual in Peat. So tired that he held no interest in the swarms of men in leathers and low rumbles of their bike engines. He’s eyes shut in the bright sunshine, dreaming I am sure of the wonderful cold peat between his pads.
A weary Ziggy
too tired to chase the bikers at the Cat & Fiddle
The Cat and Fiddle Walk – enjoying a staycation September 11, 2011
Posted by goldendogbakery in Dog Blog, Dog walking, Holidays with Dogs, Ziggy.Tags: Border Collie Puppy, cat and fiddle, crag in, dog walks in staffordshire, shuttlingslow, staycation, three shires head, wildboarclough
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Somehow this year we’ve failed to get a camping trip in. April yielded glorious weather, but it didn’t seem such a good idea with a 5 month puppy that we couldn’t walk very far. Vet advice had suggested no serious walking until he’s 12 months. Of course we’ve broken these rules we do have an energetic Border Collie who has the potential to become destructive if he’s not tired out occasionally. And of course our local pub by the canal is about 15 minutes too far if you follow vet’s advice and you all know how much Ziggy loves the pub.
And of course later in the summer and the weather just hasn’t been right. Our recent trip to the cottage in Coniston was the result of a poor forecast. Now in August, we have a 4 day weekend and alternating sunny and wet forecasts. I don’t mind a bit of rain but I want to know that tent is going up in the dry and coming down dry. So we’ve settled on a “staycation”.
Ziggy – in the garden
making the most of his staycation
We decided to introduce Ziggy to one of our favourite walks. It conveniently starts at the Cat & Fiddle Inn, http://www.maccinfo.com/cat/. Runs across the moor to the three Shires Head for lunch. Walking across the moor seemed to have been an opportunity for Ziggy to seek out every peat bog in existinace. Fortunately to limit his walking we kept in on the lead. Otherwise we’d have decided to rename the blog – Peat Bog Dog Blog. Catchy!!!! Ziggy loved it at the Three Shires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Shire_Head http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v489/btraffordphotos/Leek/?action=view¤t=3shiresheadhdrlong.jpg and took the opportunity to have a good old splash around in the water.
On entering Wildboarclough http://www.peakdistrictinformation.com/towns/wildboar.php we took a detour to The Crag Inn http://www.whatpub.org/guide/000000/Pub000190.htm on Ziggy’s insitance of course. We dropped on the 1st Sunday of the month and they had a live Jazz Band. We only stayed for a swift pint before moving on. Usually the walk takes in Shuttlingslow part of the Gritstone ridge that runs through much of the peak district, Staffordshire and Cheshire, but Ziggy is still just 8 months and with at least 2 miles ahead of us, we thought the extra climb might just have been too much.
It’s a fabulous walk and one I know next year we will do as a complete circuit with him.
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