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, June 20, 2020

New home at last and adapting to new normal

It doesn’t feel like a month since I last posted. We moved in to our new home in Warton two weeks ago. Things are gradually returning to something that feels more normal, but still far from normal of course.  The mood of the nation has certainly changed in recent weeks.  Black Lives Matters rather than Covid dominates the news. The roads are busier.  Clap for The NHS and Key Workers has stopped. Schools are starting to take more pupils. More people are back to work, but of course many still furloughed.

From our perspective the past 3 weeks have seen huge changes. We worked at the ‘new’ house for a week before we moved in, to help us and Marley adjust really and to test out the 4g broadband. It meant a good transition from Marley’s point of view, so moving day was no big deal, other than he didn’t get to see his uncle Adam and auntie Linda that night.  Over the past few weeks we’ve still been working from home. Marley has been fantastic. Most of the time I forget now he’s in the room when I’m in Skype calls. He just chills out.

In the past few week we’ve been down to the beach at St Anne’s a few times. First time was a bit tense given he’d not been off lead for months. The long line was great as a confidence builder. Today it stayed in the car during our morning walk on the beach. No problems, he was just great.

Today was Denise’s birthday so a day of socially distanced visitors. Again, he was pretty good. The twins were here this morning which inevitably drove him wild, but provided he got a cuddle he was happy.  The sky engineer was a different matter. She had lots of tools dangling from her belt which was all a bit much!  Linda, Adam, Jack and our old neighbours Jo and the girls popped round in the garden too, at different times, so it was by far the most people he’s seen in a long while.

We are loving the new home. Our local walk is lovely, with cows, sheep, hares and wildlife all around. Lytham Green is under 10 minutes. The beach about 20 minutes tops.

Started a week of holiday at home yesterday, our first break since Christmas, so feeling very lucky.












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