Keep safe!

Keep safe!
You are responsible for your own safety and that of your dog. The walks listed in this blog are not detailed guides. Plan your route! Click the landrover image for safety advice from Bowland Pennine MRT.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives

Happily we are all still well, but this is a time I hope we all move on from and one day get back to walks without restrictions and being able to travel to our favourite spots across Lancashire.  At this point, Easter weekend, we are still living with family, which Marley loves, so if there is such a thing as fate, it was probably fate that meant we were between house moves when all this happened.  We completed on the new house a few weeks ago, in the first week of restrictions, so one day I hope we get to move in, get the garden turfed, get Marley’s toys back, most of which is in storage, and get on with enjoying life to the max.

Four adults working at home with Marley hasn’t been as challenging as it would have been not so long ago.  He is pretty settled for most of the day and I so look forward to a short walk out later in the evening. Days tend to blur on to one though as it’s so busy, so I keep having to remind myself to do some training with him to stop bad habits appearing.  Today I decided to reverse our routine a bit so we had a good early morning walk before most people were up and about.  Maybe that’s the way to go as he’s the most chilled he’s been for a while this morning, and it feels good to have had some decent exercise. Not that our walk would normally have been such a highlight, all along pavements and what would normally be busy roads, but it’s a nice feeling to be able to cross Blackpool Road to allow a jogger to pass, without taking your life in your hands.

The Green at Wrea Green is our local walk, so we’re really lucky to be able to wander round the Dub, watch the ducks and get some fresh air in a nice environment within 5 minutes walk.  Like plenty of other people though, we’d rather be on the beach or the moors.

Keep safe.