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HOW DO DOGS RECOVER SO QUICKLY?
So after I did my walk for charity on the Saturday I was still feeling very stiff come Monday, although to be honest it’s probably a better option to be out walking as opposed to sitting around and seizing up.
Now what I cannot work out is how dogs seem to recover from exercise so much quicker than humans. My springer spaniel did the charity walk with me and spent most of it on lead apart from a couple of moments where so ran around like a possessed beast. While on the lead she was also pulling me a 12 stone man up the hills.
But come Monday she was desperate to be out and about and running around like she hadn’t really walked 11.3 miles at the weekend.
My eldest springer spaniel has had 3 major leg operations in 2 years yet her recovery from all of them was insanely quick. After 2 months of recovery from a cruciate ligament operation she was back to doing what she loves best and that’s running around. She was also putting full weight on the leg within 24 hours of the operation.
Me on the other hand took 5 days to start feeling like I hadn’t been hit by a bus.
This week on our walks we said goodbye to Rio whos owners were back from Glastonbury. He has been an absolute pleasure to walk over the few days we had with him and lets hope we get a chance to walk him again.
The weather also took a massive turn for the worst so we spent a lot of time walking in the rain which meant the washing machine and drier in the dogs4walks household was in overdrive.
It’s funny how some dogs see the rain outside and immediately think ‘There’s no way I’m going out in that’. But then they don’t seem bothered by jumping in the dirtiest smelliest puddle you can imagine. That and the dog walkers worst nightmare which is ‘Fox Poo’.
Yes we had the delights of that this week and if you have never smelt it let’s just say ‘You don’t want to’.
dogs4walks has been running now for 4 months and I have to say this is one of the best decisions I have made in starting up a dog walking and pet sitting service. I have some amazing customers and get great joy in knowing that they are happy with the service I provide. If someone said to me 4 months ago the business would have been doing this well I would of said ‘I will take that’.
It’s taken a lot of time and effort to promote the business and if you want to be successful you need to keep up with promoting the service you provide. Luckily my wife has helped me out a lot especially with posting flyers in the local area and I have received a lot of helpful advice from a friend who runs Northampton Dog Walker.
We are still looking for custom so if you need a dog walker in Sale, Northern Moor, Northenden, Wythenshawe, Gatley or surrounding areas as well as pet sitting then you will not only be able to take advantage of some of the most competitive prices in the area for a fully insured and DBS checked dog walker, but also you will be guaranteed that your dog will be having fun and lots of care and attention or your pet will receive an amazing service for pet sitting.
So check out our website or Facebook page to see and read about our days out and about.
Reece (dogs4walks)
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New country #1080 (639) van 5 juli 2021 (wk 27) tussen 19.00 -22.00 op Smelne fm
Album van de week*Clay Walker *Texas To Tennessee * Show Dog Nashville
Artiest nummer label
1. Martina McBride Independence Day *rca nashville
2. Keith Urban Wasted Time *hit red - Capitol
3. Old Dominion I Was On A Boat That Day *arista
4. Lady A What A Song Can Do * Big Machine
5. Nelly /Florida Georgia Line Lil Bit * Columbia |
6. Toby Keith Old School * Show Dog Nashville
7. Chris Young & Kane Brown Famous Friends *RCA #3
8. Dierks Bentley Gone *capitol #2
9. Luke Combs Forever After All *river house #1
10. Clay Walker Anything To Do With You * Show Dog Nashville 11. Clay Walker Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory* Show Dog Nashville 12. George Navarro Like You Do * George Navarro Music.
13. The Wilder Blue The Conversation . *self released
14. Creed Fisher People Like Me * Dirt Rock Empire
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15. Black berry Smoke /J. Johnson - Lonesome For A Livin’ * /Thirty Tigers *favoriet
16. Johnny Cash San Quentin *columbia
17. Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue *Columbia
18. Riley Downing Start It Over *new west /pias
19. The Lasses & Kathryn Claire Follow The Heron *self
20. Eric Church Bunch Of Nothing *EMI
21. Gary Allen Waste Of A Whiskey Drink *mca nashville
22. Walker Hayes /Jake Owen Country Stuff *Monument
23. Morgan Wallen Blame It On Me big loud republic
24. Justin Moore Jesus And Jack Daniels * sofi
25. Clay walker Country Side * Show Dog Nashville
26. Clay walker Cowboy Loves A Woman * Show Dog Nashville 27. Lukas Nelson Perennial Bloom (back To You)*fantasy records /concord
28. Zac Brown Band Colder Weather 2011 *southern ground
29. Jamie O’Neal There Is No Arizona *mercury 2001
30. Steve Wariner Life’s Highway (trucksong )
31. Martina Mc Bride Where I Used To Have A Heart *rca
32. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver You Ain’t Heard Lonesome Yet juweeltje
33. T. Hardy Morris Shopping Center Sunsets * Normaltown Records / PIAS
34. The Northern Belle Summers End * Jansen Records / PIAS
35. Raoul Malo & Marina Mc Bride Feels Like Home * Sanctuary Records 3 in 1
36. John Mellencamp Grandview *republic ( 3 in 1)
37. Jimmy Buffett Trip Around The Sun *mailboat/rca 3 in 1
38. Clay walker *I Just want To Hold You * Show abum vd week
39. Clay walker *Loving You Then * Show Dog Nashville
40. Jan Van Bijnen Modest Man *Howlin’Chicken/CRS-Coast To Caost
41. Douwe Bob Born To Win, Born To Lose *dutch corner
42. The Young River Highway * *dutch corner
43. Willie Nelson Only Me * Upper Management
44. Kenny Chesney The Good Stuff *BNA
45. Brooks & Dunn The Long Goodbye *arista
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Devilla Forest - a bit of a gem
Just after Hogmanay we had a run of subzero days here in Fife, the first such weather we’d seen in almost four weeks. While it mightn’t have been snowy I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to see the landscape in a white cloak of any description, so on a freezing cold January morning I dusted down my mountain bike and headed off to Devilla Forest in Fife.
The air in the forest was absolutely calm, and a frigid temperature of -6C had allowed beautiful hoar frost to develop on the surfaces and for the lochs to freeze over. The scene was set for an exquisite 21km pedal around on two wheels, snapping away with my camera at every turn.
In this blog I’ve posted some of the pics I took that morning but, before we get to those, I thought I’d give you a bit of background to Devilla and my previous explorations of this enigmatic place.
I’d lived in Fife for several years before I even visited Devilla. I was prompted to do so when I was commissioned by Scotland Outdoors to write an article about the hidden treasures of Fife.
It occurred to me that I probably wasn’t even aware of most of said treasures and I therefore asked the question of the great Scottish public. What ARE Fife’s hidden treasures? Devilla was one of the responses on Twitter (thank you again to David from Alloa!) and so on a beautiful spring day I cycled all the way from Dunfermline (on the 11 mile traffic-free cycle way) and spent most of the day exploring the forest on my bike.
I was cycling around for hours, happily getting lost as I explored the labyrinth of trails. Devilla is a Forestry Commission site covering 700 hectares so it’s not huge by any stretch of the imagination, but the forest roads are distributed evenly throughout the entire site, and there are innumerable informal paths all over the place:
I’ve revisited the forest half a dozen times since then, on every occasion trying to cover as much ground as possible without covering the same ground twice.
My GPS tracker plots my route when I get home, and no two visits show the same paths being ridden. I always end up missing some out. The simple reason for this is the staggering number of trails, formal or otherwise. No matter how hard I try, even as my knowledge of the place expands I seem incapable of covering every path in the forest in the course of one visit...and I know that there are loads of paths I’ve not yet gone down.
Devilla rewards repeat visits as it always seems to churn up something new. Furthermore it is crammed full of history, ranging from prehistoric coffins and stone circles, to boundary stones and plague graves. Hiding away among the trees are gravestones, a mausoleum, drystone walls, wooden carvings, an old ice house and WW2 buildings.
Some of these things you can just happen upon by accident but the site has been extensively documented by local historians, whose fantastic unofficial maps of Devilla and its features can still be found dotted around the forest at key locations:
My tip for you, should you visit and should you encounter one of these maps, is to take a photo of it and carry it around with you on your phone/camera. It’s a great map anyway with all the historical features marked out, but the Forestry Commission map at the main entrance doesn’t show the whole site nor does it show the smaller paths. Plus of course you are likely to get temporarily lost without a map in your pocket!
Happily, though Devilla is a managed pine / spruce / larch plantation that was mostly planted in the 1950s, the site was established a sufficiently long time ago that it avoids that depressing claustrophobic feel that blights so many modern forests. Forestry as in industry at Devilla apparently dates back to the 1730s, and if you explore the red squirrel trail around Bordie Loch you’ll see this lovely photo of Fife forestry workers at a local sawmill in 1913:
Bordie Loch is just one of four beautiful lochs at Devilla, and regardless of where I go or how much ground I am trying to cover when I visit, I always make a point of visiting all of them. Each one is very different in character and a route that takes in all four is recommended......on a bike, certainly. But you could just as easily walk the trails too. Here’s how those lochs look in the summer and autumn:
Peppermill Dam:
Bordie Loch:
Keir Dam:
Moor Loch:
They’re all gems, I’m sure you’ll agree? And they’re buzzing with wildlife too.
Naturally there is considerably less ‘buzzing’ in winter, but the forest’s charms remain through the colder, darker months, especially on those beautiful blue-sky frosty days.....which brings us back to the present.
On my January bike ride I set off from the car park at sunrise, and got to see the golden light streaming through the forest on my way to Bordie Loch:
As I stood taking that photo I heard something large and heavy crashing through the undergrowth. A roe deer, fleeing the early morning dog-walkers.
At Moor Loch I took the perimeter path and stumbled upon a festive holly bush that someone had decorated with tinsel and battery-powered lights. An unexpected sight that first made me smile and then made me wonder whether whoever put it there was going to come back and get it once Christmas was over.
On the loch’s eastern edge the rushes were rising into the morning sunshine like sausages on sticks. Gloriously warm in the sun, freezing cold in the shade.
At Moor loch’s northern edge I stopped at a well-worn gap in the rhododendron and snapped a photo across the open water. This was my first visit in the depths of winter and it was surprising just how bare the loch looked in comparison to the summer, when there is no open water to be seen:
Onwards, past old stone walls....
....to Peppermill Dam - the largest of the four lochs. Completely frozen on this day.
Even though the sun was blazing through unblemished skies, white frost stubbornly adorned every tree and every blade of grass.
Pointed and sharp, but even breathing on the ice crystals brought about their destruction:
I lingered longest, and indeed usually do linger longest, at Keir Dam. Hidden away off the main trails it’s a lovely sun trap, but in all my visits I have never seen anyone else here:
On the fringes of the loch, the woody skeletons of summer growth sparkled against the dark forest interior. The sun didn’t seem to be making much headway in melting the heavy frost:
Indeed, when I arrived back at the car park some hours later the water in my bottle had frozen.
I was buzzing, so headed out for one last circuit of Bordie Loch before heading home. As always it had been a convoluted route within a relatively small space, but at no point did it feel like I was running out of options or risking getting bored. My only real motivation for finishing when I did was my stomach demanding food.
There’s no visitor centre or cafe at Devilla but there is a farm tea room / called the Walled Garden, which is a couple of kilometres up the forest road on the eastern edge of the forest. It is signposted from the A985 and is, frankly, fantastic. I stuffed myself silly with soup, sandwiches, scones AND cake the first time I happened upon it, as I was exhausted from hours exploring the forest. It’s the perfect lunch spot to split your ride/walk up or to reward yourself after your exertion. Personally I like to visit it AFTER I’ve ridden Devilla’s trails and before I ride the 7 miles back along the old railway to Dunfermline. One word of caution though. TAKE CASH! They have no card machines at the cafe. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
For more information on Devilla and some of the way marked trails, download the Forestry Commission leaflet.
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“Dinner is served”, I announce proudly to myself as I begin my Friday night meal. Sat at a large dining table in a large dining room; I always eat my vegetables first. One. Two. Three. And they’re gone, next is the potatoes. They are roasted to a beautiful golden brown. Stab. Cut. Eat. The sound of the scraping metal on china crashes through the endless empty hallways. The best always saved for last. The tender, juicy meat had mocked me since I laid eyes on him. I cut the pound into small bitesize chunks, getting exactly ten as usual. He slices so well under the light touch of the antique steak knives. The first one is always the best, savouring every atom’s worth of flavour. The second bite goes quicker, as I’m now craving the exclusive taste, the unique texture. The third, gone in a matter of seconds. Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eight, gone in a blur. Now with only two left I pull apart the tender bits of tissue, using my tongue as a knife and the roof of my mouth as a chopping board. This delightful meat’s after taste is just as exquisite as it’s crave-worthy texture. I savour it for a moment before I lay my cutlery atop my plate. To end every Friday night meal, I finish with a pint of a beautifully aged crimson drink which has a scent so unique, so divine, so irresistibly brilliant.
As the warm summer sun rose above the misty clouds that Monday morning, spreading light across the peaks and into the valleys of the northern moors. If you listen closely to the wind you can hear it carrying the pitter patter of early morning walkers, taking their dogs out before the day has properly begun. Towards the edge of the moors, where the victims liked to avoid, is a large densely wooden area, where plentiful birds were waking to sing their morning song. The ruffle of their feathers and the chirp from their hearts carry down to the forest floor where a narrow path guides visitors towards the biggest house in the north. There it stood at the end of this path, the giant metal gate, marking the official entrance to my family’s property. Beyond the most extreme of gates most ordinary people didn’t get to venture, but every so often I was forced, by a dead man’s word, to host a dinner party for several important investors. Where their simple minds get to listen to an idea, they are told every year, on a specific day. This Friday. This Friday is that fateful day. The day however was unavoidably stuck to a specific meal, which I have never catered that large for. “this week should be interesting,” I ponder to myself in the newly awoken phase of the morning. Laid bright and fresh I begin to plan how this dinner will turn out.
I knew that I needed to meet with the hunters, who would aid me in collecting enough tender red meat for my dinner party. We then proceeded to meet in the local town’s farmer’s market today, Tuesday, to find our sources. One: the old crooked woman by the apples. Two and three: the young chap looking bored next to his bumbling father. As I thought we had found enough meat, a tall dark man suddenly barges past nearly throwing me onto the dirt covered road. Four. We had found our suppliers. As a reward for today’s quick find, we treat ourselves to some overpriced, too sweet, toffee apples.
The delivery was planned as follows. The four sources were to meet in a disclosed location on the edge of the town, where the hunters and I are to be waiting for them on the Thursday. They were told to be prompt and to tell no one who they were interacting with. In order to avoid complications.
Everything was running smoothly until everyone arrived except the little old lady, who we tried waiting for. Five minutes go by and I decide to proceed without her, she didn’t look to have juicy meat anyway. “One by one please” says the most intimidating hunter to our suppliers, indicating for the first come through to the back room with me.
Metal. The scent of metal fills the room as the blood splattered walls echo with the slashing of my latest victim. He lay lifeless and limp with his warm blood oozing out of his open wounds. There’s nothing quite like it. Nothing quite like the calm, like the silence after a hunt. I drive the carving knife deep into his torso one final time as I watch the crimson take over the plastic covered wooden floor.
“Dinner is served”, I announce proudly to my guests as they dig in to their Friday night meal.
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Today we learn that being afraid of heights can be defeated with a little bit of help from friends and not everyone has the same expectations from a walk.
We’re in a large house in Newlands Valley. It’s regarded as one of the most beautiful and quiet places in the otherwise busy area new Keswick and, with the exception of the ‘interesting’ manoeuvring that is necessary as car passes car or any vehicle overtaking mountain bike, it really is quiet and, at the risk of being repetitive, very, very beautiful.
Our temporary residence sits above a small hamlet descriptively called Little Town and we’re surrounded by Causey Pike, Barrow, Robinson, Hindscarth, Catbells, Maiden Moor and Dale Head but the ones we can see are where we’re walking today.
Catbells, Maiden Moor and Causey Pike are three of many peaks just across the valley and whilst we’re looking forward to walking them, it looks challenging. The weather is forecast to be showery with some likely to be heavy and we’re at 2000 feet so it’s going to be cold so hail could also be an issue.
As we have breakfast the clouds drift around the peaks. There is very little wind so they’re in no hurry and Carol is telling us that “…if you get a shower, it could hang about for a while as there is very little wind”. Well, that’s bad in one sense but it’s a positive too as we don’t have to contend with too much wind chill – maybe.
The plan is to get me up Catbells. In July 2015, we visited this lovely area and the team walked to the peak but I was nursing an aortic aneurysm so was restricted to a shorter loop walk that wouldn’t include too much exertion.
I didn’t know it at the time but six weeks later I would be lying in James Cook hospital following major surgery that fixed it and since then, the team have been trying to arrange a return visit to get me up there and, to say I’m looking forward to it, is an understatement.
The name Cat Bells may have come from a corruption of ‘cat’s bield’ meaning a wild cat’s shelter and may stem from days gone by when wild cats still roamed our countryside
The first kilometre of walking is along a quiet road that traverses the length of the valley and would normally be boring but when you’re int he Lakes there’s always something to look at. Even at night, this is such a dark area that when cloudless, the stars and planets are vivid and pin-shape against the backdrop of black.
We turn off the road and immediately down, we’ve grown accustomed to feeling a bit cheated when we go down having not gone up because we all know the consequence! It is; however, across a delightful piece of land followed by the appropriately named Newland Beck and a bridge, we like a bridge, then we’re on the ‘up’. It’s not vicious and gives us a good opening workout as we look at the double peaks of Catbells so far above.
Our track takes us through Skelgill then we contour around the end of Gutherscale and after passing a couple of dog walkers reach the steps the top of which were the maximum height that I could achieve before my operation. If you have been saddled with a triple ‘A’ aneurysm please take care before the op.; however, after the op., in the words of the Nike ad. ‘just do it’.
I’ve looked forward to this for nearly four years when I saw the rest of the team disappear over the scramble at the top of the steps and I peeled away with a couple who didn’t want to go to the top because they had an issue with heights. I enjoyed the walk that I did that year and the views that it afforded but I still envied my mates going to the top. Now it’s my day and, whilst we’ve done a lot of things since then, this is the one to which I’ve really looked forward. (I’ve put a link to 2015 walk at the end).
It’s a bit of a zig-zag slog initially but the first scramble appears sooner than expected along with the first rain and hailstones. The hailstones are insignificant in size and far more acceptable than rain which makes the scramble moist producing a slippery surface and as a Catbells virgin it’s an irony I can do without! No sooner had I thought these words than the rain came and zips had to be zipped and hoods put on the words that resonated with me were spoken by a mountain rescue friend who said, “It’s easier to keep warm than to re-establish warmth when chilled” and added that the latter is a near impossibility. So wrapped up and hooded I return to the scramble and watch the people in front who seem clueless so I pick my own route with encouragement from Dave.
The real challenge is when you raise a foot higher than your thigh and establish a foothold then pull yourself up. All of this is mechanically, no problem except, at our age, the ability to make that haul is a mystery. You know you used to be able to do it but not quite sure now. The other challenge is that you know that once your trailing foot leaves its place of safety, you have no idea where it was so going back is, at best, a guess and, at worst, a near miss. I go for the haul and slip, oh, and yes, my trailing foot has left its place of safety and is hovering in mid-air. Now here is the wonderful imaginative power of the human mind. Minutes earlier I’d been surveying the most beautiful vista. Derwentwater in all its glory surrounded by fabulous stone-scarred mountains cloaked in woods and capped by the moodiest cloud-filled sky but, most of all, it was a long way down. What is now going through my mind is the fact that I’m on a scramble a long way up; the reality is that, yes, I’m on wet rocks but they’re only ten feet up so if I do fall off, all I have to do is spread my legs and arms to avoid rolling and I’ll be fine; however, that would mean staying conscious. I do think about using my teeth on the piece of bracken sticking out of cracks between the huge stones then dismiss that in favour of concentrating on re-establishing my grip on the slippery stone and finding a crack into which I could lodge my trailing foot. Dave realises there is an issue and calls, “You all right?” By now I’m flat against the stones and my trailing foot is indeed hovering in mid-air and there’s a pain in my chest where a particularly large stone is digging into my ribs. “Yeah, I’m fine”, I say to Dave still with worrying thoughts about the height. I give another push with the leading foot that had slipped and this time I’m up and safe, “Yeah, thanks, I’m OK, well I am now”. I think my second response is met with more acceptance and Dave watches as I regain my composure and begin the scramble over the rest of the rocks. At the top of the scree/rocks, I check on Dave and he’s making good progress on what looks like a better route and I vow to do a little more analysis on the next scramble up to the summit.
At the top of the first peak, there’s a saddle with a wide track and any anxiety regarding height would subside as the width is such that there is no feeling of ‘Striding Edge” and the next two or three hundred metres is covered with ease. The final rise is a scramble like the previous one, it’s much higher but not as challenging and by adopting a more analytical approach and a bit of advice from Dave who’s already been this way a couple of days ago, we reach the top. We’re just in time to see clouds clear and blue sky is revealed with sunbeams scooting across the dales and villages nearly 1500 feet below (451 metres); in short, this is sublime.
We celebrate with the others up there and a wonderful lady from Ireland named Laura takes a photograph so that we can all be on it. I ask about the North of Northern Ireland and she tells us it’s wonderful – note to self – put it on the list for future walking!
We stop for a while and take in the views from all compass points although there is significant cloud in the North and rain or hail can be seen falling like mist out of the bottom of the dark mass hovering above the mountains in the distance.
Someone says that it’s a bit of scramble up the last bit and that they’re surprised that it’s considered a good ‘family’ walk for children and grandparents alike, there is an implied question until Dave makes the observation, “We are grandparents, in fact some of us could easily be great-grandparents” – it’s a great walk and I’d urge you to do it.
We set off down Black Crag and start the long haul up Maiden Moor with only a couple of short scrambles to challenge us. At the top, we settle down to a bite to eat and talk about the views which are phenomenal. We decide on a split where three of the long-distance walkers will carry on to Dale Head whilst the others will return via Little Town.
As we descend Brunt Crag we meet our temporary neighbours who are living in the smaller of the two houses next to ours. They’re a wonderful family and we see them heading towards old slate mine workings about 200 metres from us. It’s slightly up and we can do without that at this late stage but decide to explore as I’d read about Beatrix Potter and her Mrs Tiggy-Winkle stories about the hedgehog washerwoman. The front of one of the lead mines on this moor is said to be the inspiration for her front door and it matters not whether this is the one – we make the decision that it is – regardless of fact and go in.
It’s pitch dark inside and our neighbours and new friends lend us a powerful torch so that we can go in and explore. It comes with some sage advice as we’re told to be careful 20 or 30 metres in as there is a vertical shaft covered only by a single plank. We resolve to walk to that and return without any dangerous jumping manoeuvres to test its springiness. The shaft not particularly high and I hit my head on the roof several times as I negotiate my way towards the shaft. Dave’s already been there and is making his way back when we find a place wide enough to pass and he gives me the torch to continue the adventure. It’s an eerie site cast in the round beam of the torch, a single plank over a shaft of unknown depth one end of which is sitting on loose spoil. My plan was to go and look down it but the moving spoil beneath my feet helps me reconsider and I make my way towards the beams of light being emitted by the ‘phones of George and Dave who have taken up strategic positions along the passageway to maintain safety.
We return to the bright light of afternoon sunshine and squint for a while as our eyes adjust and we joke about graffiti that depicts Mrs Tiggy-Winkle as a ‘bit of a goer’ apparently. I’m not sure that Beatrix wrote that into any of her stories but there you go, ‘Peter Rabbit and the House of the Rising Sun’. Not an expected combination!
We continue the descent into Little Town and a tiny cafe shields us from what is becoming a damp, cold day where nice hot pea soup is enjoyed with huge freshly baked bread buns. You’d need to eat this on the way down, after a meal of this size, you’d never get up but it looks and smells spectacular and comes highly recommended.
The final leg of the walk is only a couple of kilometres (just over a mile) but it’s always a struggle. It’s an observation that we’ve made several times; the walk can be long or short, it matters not, the last mile is the hardest.
Thank you, George Renwick, Dave Rider, Bill Humphrey, Robin Wright, Peter Hymer, Dave Bowman and Chris Richardson.
Enjoy the snaps…G..x
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A great walk up Catbells and on to Maiden Moor with great photos Today we learn that being afraid of heights can be defeated with a little bit of help from friends and not everyone has the same expectations from a walk.
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Image caption Peter Wrighton’s body was found in woodland close to East Harling at about 10:45 BST on Saturday
Police investigating the murder of an 83-year-old dog walker who was attacked in woodland have released descriptions of three “vital” potential witnesses.
Peter Wrighton’s body was found on Saturday near Fiveways Junction, three miles south of East Harling in Norfolk.
An inquest heard he had been stabbed repeatedly and died from “incised wounds to the neck”.
Detectives want to trace three men who were seen around the woodland near the time Mr Wrighton was attacked.
Updates on this story and other Norfolk news
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Image caption Peter Wrighton was pictured in the post office in Kenninghall at 10:10 BST on Saturday
CCTV images have been released of Mr Wrighton, of The Moor, Banham, using a post office in Kenninghall at 10:10 BST, just 35 minutes before his body was found in the woods.
The drive between the post office and the woodland takes at least 10 minutes. He was found dead at 10:45 BST.
No-one has yet been arrested, and the murder weapon has not yet been found.
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Image caption Peter Wrighton, who lived in Banham, near Attleborough, leaves two children and a wife of 59 years
At a news conference on Thursday afternoon, Det Supt Andy Smith described the investigation as “large-scale, complex and detailed”.
He said officers were appealing specifically to three men who police are yet to trace as potential witnesses.
The first is white, in his 50s, with pale skin and grey or white hair balding on top. He was believed to be wearing heavy-rimmed glasses and light-coloured trousers, and was seen in The Street changing into a white T-shirt.
The second man is white with a tanned complexion, aged 25 to 30, 5ft 9in to 5ft 11in, with an athletic build, short, dark wavy hair and dark eyes.
He was wearing a grey or blue T-shirt, grey floppy gym-style shorts above the knee and heavy duty flip-flops. He was seen within the boundary of the woodland site which police are searching.
The third man is described as a white male, aged 30 to 50, of medium build, who wore dark-coloured clothing and was seen walking without a dog in the northern area of the heath.
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Image caption Peter Wrighton was out walking his two dogs when he was killed
An inquest into the death of Mr Wrighton, of The Moor, Banham, opened in Norwich and adjourned for a review on 14 December.
The hearing, at Norfolk Coroner’s Court, was told Mr Wrighton was a retired BT engineer who was born in Tottenham, London.
His body was formally identified by his wife Ann at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on Tuesday.
A post-mortem examination recorded the medical cause of death as “incised wounds to the neck”.
Image caption Police are asking anyone who lives close to the murder scene to check their bins for a weapon
Mr Wrighton’s family and his wife of 59 years described him as “a lovely, gentle husband, dad and grandfather”.
He had a “kind nature” and had a “love of walking his dogs and chatting with people to pass the time of day”, his family said.
Image caption A police cordon remains in place at the scene
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SYNOPSIS
A young New York journalist returns to the idyllic Central California farming community where she was raised only to find it has been ravaged by drought and has become a place ruled by gangs, violent threats and greed. She is forced to investigate the suspicious circumstances of her father’s death even though it puts her in great danger
Q&A WITH DIRECTOR ALEX RANARIVELO
Q) You’ve made multiple films with ESX Entertainment. What is the process like for you when you decide which projects you want to direct?
When deciding on what project I’d like to direct next, it all starts with the story. Does it have an interesting hook and does it have heart? Like the main character in PRAY FOR RAIN, I knew very little about the water crisis in the Central Valley when I first read the script. I had no idea how important this area was for the country and it made me want to find out more about what’s going on there. That is how I hope audiences will respond to the film.
Q) Did much change between the script and the production while on set?
There weren’t many changes between the script and what ended up on screen; mostly some dialogue and adjustments for location changes.
Q) How did the communities in Northern and Central California react to the production?
The communities we filmed in – Petaluma and Coalinga – were very receptive to us. John Harris of Harris Ranch was a tremendous supporter and gave us unlimited access to his properties.
Q) What was it like working with the main cast, including Jane Seymour, Annabelle Stephenson, and Nicholas Gonzalez?
I had a dream cast on PRAY FOR RAIN. Everyone was perfect in their role. Jane Seymour and Annabelle Stephenson got so in sync as mother and daughter that at one point I stopped needing to give any direction. Maybe just small adjustment here or there. Nicholas Gonzalez was a total team player and brought strength and vulnerability to his role of Sheriff Nico.
Q) How do the themes in the film reflect our current environment following the election?
President Trump said last year that the water problem is “insane” and “we are going to solve your water problem.” I hope he sticks to that promise.
Q) What should audiences know most about the film before seeing it?
Audiences should know that we are not proposing a solution for the water problem. We want to present the argument and we want to raise awareness for what’s going on. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions, but in the meantime, just enjoy watching this story.
ABOUT THE CAST
JANE SEYMOUR (“Olivia Gardner”)
A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, recipient of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the year 2000, which was bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Her love of art and color has led to her great success as a painter in watercolors and oils and as a designer.
Seymour currently stars opposite Adam Sandler in the Netflix original feature film “Sandy Wexler” and co-stars with Malcolm McDowell in the stirring independent film “Bereave Me Not”, a film which she also produced. She also made a stunning return to series television in the Sky TV drama “Hooten and the Lady” which debuted in the UK in September of 2016.
Most importantly, Seymour continues to raise much needed funds and gives through donations of her artwork to numerous local and national charities which help children in need, raising awareness for women’s heart health and various other important issues dear to her heart. Seymour resides in Malibu, is mother to six adult children and a grandmother of six.
ANNABELLE STEPHENSON (“Emma Gardner”)
Annabelle Stephenson was born in London, England. Her family emigrated to the Gold Coast, Australia when she was an infant. Her breakout role was in 2006, when she landed the role of ‘Miriam Kent’ in the hit children’s TV show “H20: Just Add Water”.
After graduating high school, Annabelle was one of the select few accepted into the prestigious school NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in Sydney. She joined the alumni of successful Australian actors, such as Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrmann and Sam Worthington, and graduated with a B.A. in Acting. Since graduating NIDA, Annabelle has had a stellar career in TV, film, theatre and radio in Australia.
She is now based in Los Angeles. Since moving to LA her credits include Series Regular on ABC’s “Revenge”. Starring in Amazon pilot “Point of Honor”, working with Randall Wallace (Braveheart) and Carlton Cuse (Lost); Lead actress in MTV’s “Hot Mess” pilot. Annabelle also has another film “Escape Room” (Voltage Pictures) soon to be released.
NICHOLAS GONZALEZ (“Nico Reynoso”)
Nicholas Gonzalez continues to impress with a substantial list of current and upcoming projects. On television, he’s presently starring on Freeform’s smash hit PRETTY LITTLE LIARS as Detective Marco Furey, Netflix’s hit show NARCOS, and the new CW series FREQUENCY. He is recurring on Amazon’s critically acclaimed series BOSCH as Detective Ignacio Ferris, CW’s THE FLASH as Cisco’s brother Dante Ramon, and BET’s BEING MARY JANE. He can also next be seen on ABC’s HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER.
A graduate of Stanford University with a BA in English, Nicholas first burst onto the scene in the critically acclaimed Showtime series RESSURECTION BLVD. where he played boxer/medical student Alex Santiago. He followed that with a steady stream of roles, most notably as Detective Mike Sandoval in NBC’s LAW & ORDER: SVU and as Detective Luke Morales in Fox’s hit SLEEPY HOLLOW. Additional television roles include appearances on JANE THE VIRGIN, MODERN FAMILY, BOJACK HORSEMAN, BONES, BORDERTOWN, TRUE BLOOD, and GREY’S ANATOMY. On the big screen, he has been seen in THE PURGE: ANARCHY, ANACONDAS, DIRTY, SWAT: FIREFIGHT, and BEHIND ENEMY LINES II. He will next be seen in PRAY FOR RAIN, opposite Jane Seymour. He also can be seen as the lead in BATTLEFIELD: HARDLINE, the fifth installment of the celebrated video game series BATTLEFIELD from Electronic Arts (EA).
Gonzalez is originally from San Antonio, Texas, and currently resides in L.A. with his wife, actress Kelsey Crane. Charities dear to him include Friends of El Faro and Children’s Hospital LA.
PAUL RODRIGUEZ (“Francisco Reynoso”)
Longtime comedian Paul Rodriguez has been making audiences laugh all over the world (in Spanish and English) for three decades with his unique brand of humor that is a perfect blend of his Latin heritage, the American dream and his undeniable universal appeal. As an actor and comedian, Paul Rodriguez’s multi-faceted career includes starring roles and featured appearances in over 45 films and countless television series and comedy specials.
Voted one of the most influential Hispanics in America and awarded the Ruben Salazar Award by The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, Rodriguez has remained a constant force in his community and the world of comedy throughout his career.
Rodriguez’s film credits include “If” with Ryan Guzman, William Fichtner, and Columbus Short, “Mission Air” with Tom Arnold and Jamie Kennedy, “Without Men” with Eva Longoria and Christian Slater, “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,” “The Deported,” “I’m Not Like That No More” with comedian Felipe Esparza (2010 “Last Comic Standing” winner), Disney’s blockbuster hit “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” “The World’s Fastest Indian,” “A Cinderella Story,” “How to Get the Man’s Foot Outta Your Ass,” “Ali,” “Tortilla Soup,” “Crocodile Dundee in LA,” “Rat Race,” “Bloodwork,” “Chasing Papi” and “D.C. Cab,” among others.
JOHN DUCEY (“Adam Campbell”)
John Ducey arrived in Los Angeles in 1991 with a Chevy Corsica and a dream. That dream was to one day own a better car than a Chevy Corsica. Since that day, John has had starring TV roles in NBC’s Bad Judge, WB’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ABC’s Oh Grow Up!, and Disney Channel’s JONAS. He has also guest-starred on many of your favorite shows, including Will & Grace, Bones, Castle, iCarly, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Desperate Housewives, Ally McBeal, Frasier, and even Matlock. (He’s been doing this a long time, people.) His movie roles include Running Wild, Deep Impact, Space Jam, and the Christmas classic, The Search for Santa Paws (Spoiler alert: they find him). John has also dabbled in writing, including this bio, and Dirt, starring Kevin Dillon and the beautiful Christina Moore. John now drives a Toyota Corolla. The dream continues.
JAMES MORRISON (“Patrick Waring”)
Best known as the honest and stalwart head of CTU, Bill Buchanan, in four seasons FOX’s Emmy Award-winning series, 24. He will soon be appearing in the much anticipated TWIN PEAKS reboot on Showtime.
James started his acting career as a clown and wire walker for the Carson and Barnes Wild Animal Circus in the mid-1970’s and served his theatrical apprenticeship with the Alaska Repertory Theatre during its 1977-79 seasons. Since then, he’s done about a hundred plays at theatres like Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the LA Stage Company, The Jupiter Theatre, The Salt Lake Acting Company, The Old Globe, and The Pasadena Playhouse with such wonderful directors as Emily Mann, Don Amendolia, Des McAnuff, Jack O’Brien, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jose Quintero and Harry Mastrogeorge, his acting teacher since 1982. He also has appeared in the films The Meanest Man in Texas, The Jazz Funeral, Catch Me If You Can, The One, Falling Down, Raspberry Magic, Jarhead, and I Am I.
James and his wife and son are actively involved in charity work, raising money for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and Foundation ThinkAgain, which helps children who are cancer and brain tumor survivor.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
ALEX RANARIVELO, Director
A prolific, visual, and collaborative storyteller, Alex Ranarivelo has directed six feature films for ESX Entertainment since June 2014 (“The Dog Lover”, “American Wrestler”, “Running Wild”, “Pray for Rain”, “Dirt” & “Ride”). He graduated at the top of his class with a B.F.A in film production from Art Center College of Design. His thesis film was a 35mm short film about street racing called “The Last Race”, based on his experiences as a street-racer.
He made his feature debut with a rough-and-tumble romantic comedy from a guy’s perspective: “Alpha Males Experiment” (aka “Knuckle Draggers”). It played at multiple festivals and placed in Best of Fest’s top 10 Comedies of the year. In 2010, Alex’s script “The Girl With No Name” won the GRAND PRIZE at the Slamdance Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and was subsequently optioned by Co-Op Entertainment.
Alex went back to his street-racing roots for his second feature “Born To Race”, a teen action film centered around a father/son story. He co-wrote the script and was hired to direct it. Born To Race was a hit domestically and internationally in the home video market. A rip of the movie showed up on YouTube and got over 7 MILLION VIEWS before being taken down. Alex also directed the sequel, “Born To Race: Fast Track”, starring Brett Davern and Beau Mirchoff of MTV’s “Awkward.”
When producer Ali Afshar first teamed up with executive producer Forrest Lucas to create ESX Entertainment, Alex was brought on to direct their first film, the suspenseful, character-driven “The Dog Lover” (starring James Remar and Lea Thompson). Next came “American Wrestler: The Wizard” which follows a 17-year-old Iranian refugee who becomes the high school wrestling champion against adversity during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980. In this period piece, Alex directed Jon Voight, William Fichtner and discovered newcomers George Kosturos and Lia Marie Johnson. The film won multiple awards on the festival circuit including “Best Picture” and “Best Ensemble” at the Boston Film Festival, the audience award at the Austin Film Festival and the audience award at the Napa Film Festival.
Next came “Running Wild”, where Alex was at the helm of a picturesque, dramatic piece about a California Ranch Socialite poised to lose everything who creates a Prison Rehabilitation Equine Program after finding starving wild horses on her property. Dorian Brown and Jason Lewis go head to head with animal lover Sharon Stone. Tommy Flanagan also stars.
Alex directed Jane Seymour and Paul Rodriguez in “Pray for Rain,” a murder mystery set against the backdrop of the Central California drought. A young girl begins to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding her father’s death and discovers that the idyllic farm community of her youth has been replaced by crime and desperation. Newcomer Annabelle Stephenson leads the cast. Nicholas Gonzalez also stars.
He went back to the motorsports world for “Dirt”, his 5th movie with ESX Entertainment. “Dirt” is about a weathered race team owner (Kevin Dillon) who can’t quite get his team to gel when he is asked to take on a kid (newcomer DeRon Horton) from the hood that needs a work furlough to avoid jail time. He reluctantly agrees and the unlikely pair create quite a stir in the redneck sport of short course off road truck racing.
Alex just wrapped production on “Ride”, about a troubled boy from a Neo-Nazi family who is sent to a juvenile detention center after stabbing his dad who ends up being fostered by an interracial couple. Based on the true story of John Buultgens, the young boy overcomes his past and soars into his future on a BMX bicycle. The film stars Chris Bridges (Ludacris), Sasha Alexander, and newcomer Shane Graham.
FORREST LUCAS, Executive Producer
By any measure Forrest Lucas is an extraordinary presence in U.S. entrepreneurial success stories. Born in Jackson County and raised in Brown and Bartholomew counties in Indiana, Forrest purchased his first truck, a 1948 Ford dump truck powered by a ’55 Thunderbird engine, at the age of 18. Three years later he bought a new 1963 Chevrolet, C-60 series with a 327-cubic-inch gas engine and signed on with Mayflower Moving and Storage, serving as the youngest owner-operator in the fleet.
For the next few years his life consisted of building up his fleet and manhandling his trucks from coast to coast carrying freight one way and furniture the other. But, his maintenance problems caused by the poor quality of available commercial truck lubricants nearly forced him out of business until he began to mix and match and then market his own formulas.
Today Lucas Oil Products, Inc is the world leader of High Performance Lubricants and Problem Solving Additives and produces and markets more than 100 unique products in more than 34 countries around the world, and is growing market by market every year. Today you can purchase Lucas Products in Asia including China, Mongolia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam; Western Europe including the UK, Ireland, France and Poland; as far south as Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand; throughout Central, North and South America including Mexico, Colombia and Brazil and are currently opening new markets in Africa.
ALI AFSHAR, Producer
Raised in Northern California, Ali Afshar grew up in the green Sonoma Mountains of Petaluma but relocated to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He learned from some of the most talented teachers available in Los Angeles and quickly booked principle roles in commercials and movies (credits include Three Kings, He’s Just Not that Into You), which enabled him to pay for tuition at California State University Northridge, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology.
While pursuing his acting career, Ali also founded Easy Street Motorsports (also known as ESX), an automotive performance and race facility that eventually lead him to race for Subaru of America for over seven years and achieve a certain celebrity racing status. Ali also created the exclusive and highly anticipated “Ali Afshar Signature Series” line of Aston Martin and Subaru vehicles that are sold directly through Subaru and Aston Martin dealerships across the nation. Ali also built the one of a kind, carbon fiber, full tube chassis, 1400HP, all-wheel drive Subaru. This Subaru set the record for the Worlds Quickest and Fastest All Wheel Drive car and the Worlds Fastest Subaru! This Subaru thunders down the 1/4 mile in 7 seconds at over 175 MPH!
In 2014, Ali partnered with Forrest Lucas of the Lucas Oil empire, including the Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl Stadium “Lucas Oil Stadium”, Lucas Cattle and MAV TV, to create a slate of four social issue drama feature films. This slate included: “The Wrong Side of Right”, filmed in late summer 2014; and “The Wizard”, starring Oscar winner Jon Voight in a story best described “The Karate Kid meets Remember the Titans with a touch of Rocky, which is a heartfelt coming of age story of perseverance in the face of adversity that filmed Summer 2015; “Running Wild” starring Sharon Stone; and “Pray for Rain” starring Jane Seymour.
In 2016 Ali produced “Dirt”, a high-speed action car racing film with heart, and in 2016 he also produced “Ride”, a true story of an underdog and abused young man who became a BMX bicycle world champion.
Ali currently resides in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and is splitting his time between acting, producing, and racing. Stay tuned in for the most updated information from Ali by regularly visiting the following websites: www.aliafshar.com and www.esxproductions.com
CHRISTINA MOORE, Writer/Producer
Christina Moore, known for her success as an actress (HBO “True Blood”, The CW “90210”, The Disney Channel “Jessie”), has recently added writing and producing to her long resume.
“Running Wild” starring Sharon Stone and Tommy Flanagan was released in select theaters and VOD in February 2017. The film is a picturesque, dramatic piece about a Ranch Socialite who after finding wild horses on her property, risks everything to create a Prison Rehabilitation Equine Program. Moore co-penned the movie, produced it and stars as Stone’s evil sister, Jennifer Hutchins.
Moore also co-wrote and co-produced “Pray for Rain” starring Jane Seymour and Paul Rodriguez. The film is a gritty murder mystery set in Central California as it has been ravaged by drought.
Moore has another ESX Entertainment production under her belt called “Dirt.” She produced the film and plays the female lead as wife to Kevin Dillon. “Dirt” is a fun, action film set in the world of off road dirt track racing. It will be released late 2017.
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101 Novels All Kids Should Read
1. 1984 by George Orwell - 1984
2. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Bülbülü Öldürmek
3. Animal Farm by George Orwell - Hayvan Çiftliği
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Sineklerin Tanrısı
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Fareler ve İnsanlar
6. The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling - Harry Potter Serisi
7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Bir Noel Şarkısı
8. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger - Çavdar Tarlasında Çocuklar
9. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Büyük Umutlar
10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Gurur ve Önyargı
11. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - Süper İyi Günler
12. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne - Çizgili Pijamalı Çocuk
13. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
14. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Cesur Yeni Dünya
15. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - Uğultulu Tepeler
16. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
17. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks - Kuşların Şarkısı
18. A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines - N/A
19. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien - Yüzüklerin Efendisi Serisi
20. Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl - Dünya Şampiyonu Danny
21. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald - Muhteşem Gatsby
22. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Kitap Hırsızı
23. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - Uçurtma Avcısı
24. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - Otomatik Portakal
25. A Passage to India by EM Forster - Hindistan'a Bir Geçit
26. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo - N/A
27. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien - Hobbit
28. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - Canavarın Çağrısı
29. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn'in Maceraları
30. Holes by Louis Sachar - Çukurlar
31. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Madde 22
32. The Noughts and Crosses trilogy by Malorie Blackman - N/A (series)
33. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde'in Tuhaf Hikayesi
34. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo - Savaş Atı
35. Atonement by Ian McEwan - Kefaret
36. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins - Açlık Oyunları Serisi
37. His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman - Karanlık Cevher Serisi (Kuzey Işıkları, Keskin Bıçak, Kehribar Dürbünü)
38. Dracula by Bram Stoker - Dracula
39. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 (movie, remake)
40. A Room With a View by EM Forster - Manzaralı Bir Oda
41. Beloved by Toni Morrison - Sevilen
42. Wonder by RJ Palacio - Mucize
43. Emma by Jane Austen - Emma
44. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift - Gulliver'in Gezileri
45. Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngoxi Adichie - Yükselen Güneşin Ülkesinde
46. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - Renklerden Moru
47. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
48. The Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Serisi
49. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee - N/A
50. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - Guguk Kuşu
51. Anita and Me by Meera Syal - N/A
52. The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett - Diskdünya Serisi
53. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - 80 Günde Devri Alem
54. Skellig by David Almond - Garajdaki Giz
55. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - Pi'nin Yaşamı
56. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - Yalan Bahçesinde Bir Gül Tess
57. The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl Serisi
58. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift - Alçakgönüllü Bir Öneri
59. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell - Ailem ve Öteki Hayvanlar
60. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - Parçalanma
61. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene - N/A
62. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - Beni Asla Bırakma
63. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green - Aynı Yıldızın Altında
64. Dubliners by James Joyce - Dublinliler
65. Face by Benjamin Zephaniah - N/A (news)
66. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - Hitler Oyuncağımı Çaldı
67. White Teeth by Zadie Smith - İnci Gibi Dişler
68. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Define Adası
69. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton - Ağla Sevgili Yurdum
70. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Küçük Kadınlar
71. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick - Bıçak Sırtı (sci-fi adaptations)
72. I am David by Anne Holm - N/A (movie)
73. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Sırça Fanus (movie)
74. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Dorian Gray'ın Portresi
75. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd - V For Vendetta (movie)
76. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - Gazap Üzümleri (movie)
77. A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin - Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı Serisi
78. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Yaşlı Adam ve Deniz (İhtiyar Balıkçı)
79. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison - Okumayın Günlüğümü
80. Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard - Güneş İmparatorluğu (movie)
81. On the Road by Jack Kerouac - Yolda
82. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - Bir Hayatın Sırrı
83. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Sanatçının Bir Genç Adam Olarak Portresi
84. Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse - N/A (movie)
85. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - Tom Sawyer'in Serüvenleri
86. A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly - N/A
87. Heroes by Robert Cormier - N/A
88. Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah - N/A
89. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - N/A
90. Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally - Schindler'in Listesi
91. Forever by Judy Blume - N/A
92. Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin - N/A
93. Stone Cold by Robert Swindells - Soğuk Sokaklar
94. A Time to Dance by Bernard MacLaverty - N/A
95. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood - Kedi Gözü
96. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - Bulut Atlası
97. The War of the Worlds by HG Wells - Dünyalar Savaşı
98. The Tracy Beaker series by Jacqueline Wilson - N/A (series)
99. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - Terabithia Köprüsü
100. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - Kaçırılan Çocuk
101. The Time Machine by HG Wells - Zaman Makinesi
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A HOT ONE SO PLENTY OF COOLING DOWN ON THE WALKS
Wow that was certainly a hot one this week, so we made sure the dogs got the chance to have plenty of opportunities to cool down.
This also gave us a very funny moment with Alfie in our little cool down pool at home. You have to see the video on our Facebook page.
Dexter was back this week after a week away from us and we also had a new dog in Rio join us while his owners are away for a few days. He fitted in with the others dogs really well and had a great time playing and chasing around the other dogs, so hopefully we get another chance to walk him again some day.
One thing i did notice was how all the dogs react differently around water. In the 7 dogs i walked last week only my springer spaniel Poppy was the one who just loved jumping in. A few would paddle but most didnt feel to comfortable around it. Whether different dog breeds are more natural swimmers and are not bothered by water would be interesting to know.
I know our 2 springer spaniels had abit of a scare when they were puppies so it took a couple of months for them to get confident enough to go near water again. But once they saw other dogs having a great time they soon became obssessed by water, so hopefully after another few months of trying we may see some more of our dogs getting used to it.
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NEW DOGS,A LONG WALK, CAT SITTING AND SOME MAD MOMENTS
So its been a long couple of weeks for us at dogs4walks so there was no blog last week but here's a recap of what we have been up to.
After the Bank Holiday I decided to get the dogs back into the groove with an awesome 10 mile walk around Styal Woods and the Manchester Airport Runway 2 Trail. This certainly got them running around whether it was chasing squirrels or having a race to be the first into the water.
At the end of the week we had our 1st new dog join us who is the one and only Frodo Baggins (yep you did hear me correctly). What a belting name for a dog.
Frodo is a 12 and a half year old terrier cross and is a friend of Alfie the Pug who I walk (hes currently on a 2 week holiday). So I have had the pleasure of walking Frodo for a week while his owners enjoy a break.
I also had a week of cat sitting for some cats I've seen before in Cali and Leo. These 2 cuties are a joy to be around and are so funny when they are playing together.
Also at the end of the week Marley the Staffy/Boxer cross stayed with us for a couple of days of daycare. We went out of our way to make sure he wasn't left alone too long after his owner was let down. There's nothing worse than when you make plans for your pet and somebody lets you down. But then that's why I decided to get into this line of work, to provide a top quality service and go above and beyond what people expect.
The Sunday morning I was up at 5am to go and pick Marley up and he spent the day with us.
On Sunday I decided to have some fun with my 2 Springer Spaniels. It seems to me that every walk we go on at least one of them will find a ball. And without realising they all add up and we put them in a bag and forget about them. So while the weather was nice I decided to get the bag and have a look at how many we had. As you can see in the photo we have accumulated quite a few.
So onto the week just gone and not only did we have a new dog to provide daycare too all week (that being Dexter's best mate, we also had another new dog join our walks).
We had Red a Pointer for daycare for the week and WOW what a crazy week it was. Him and Dexter are a right pair together. I was pre warned of the antics they get up to while together and they didn't disappoint. I have never seen another dog hang off another's ears so much. It was as if Red wanted to suck the side of Dexter's face several times a day.
Pippa the pocket rocket was also back from her holidays so Wednesday was full on fun while she was with us. And then our 2nd new dog of the week was a puppy Labrador cross called Jess who has endless amounts of energy.
It was quite a challenge keeping her on the lead for her 1st walk with us and on a few occasions I thought I may end up going for a dip in the River Mersey myself.
On Friday we gave her some off lead time and got a chance to practice her recall which with treats went really well.
And now we get ready for another week. It's going to be fairly quite in the house due to Dexter being away for the week, however we have Alfie back with us this week.
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WELL THINGS JUST GOT ALOT MORE INTERESTING
I have to say i have probably the best job in the world. You may disagree with that but right now i wouldn't want to be doing anything else. I mean where else do you get a welcome like you do when you go and pick up a dog from its owners house to take them out on a walk???
This week on Wednesday it was hilarious.
We had a Bichon Frise/Maltese cross puppy join us for a walk called Pippa and WOW is she is a bundle of joy. The energy from this little pup is AMAZING!!!!! A real little pocket rocket.
Due to having some spare time on my hands this week Alfie, Dexter and Poppy also got a treat and had some extra walking with me. Rather than them being at home and i would much rather give them the joy of some free walk time so they can have a good run around.
Dexter took a trip with me on Thursday for some 1 to 1 quality time for a walk i love which was around the outskirts of Quarry Bank Mill and Manchester Airport. Without taking a trip there yourselves its hard to believe the amount of steps on this walk, especially with alot of it following the River Bollin. So the dogs get plenty of changes to cool off in the river when its humid in the woods, plus you get all the smells of the woodland and other wild animals.
Also Alfie, Poppy and Dexter had a longer than usual walk around the full section of Manchester Airport Runway 2 Trail. Plenty of off lead walking for them all to have a good run around, a nice dirty muddy hole for Poppy to have a bath in before dive bombing in the pond abit further along.
Only downside to this week was poor little Alfie the Pug having to take a trip to the vets with something possibly stuck in his foot. Even though Alfie showed no signs of any issue its never nice to see any animal having any issue. So hopefully Alfie makes a full recovery asap.
Good luck for your check up at the vets tomorrow Alfie.
I hope everyone enjoyed the fairly decent weather this weekend. By the looks of it we are in for some scorching weather this week.
For an awesome update of the Manchester Weather take a look at Martin's forecasts
Have a great week everyone
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DOG WALKING HEAVEN
Dexter was back from his holidays this week and he certainly had a spring in his step. I captured possibly some of my funniest photos ever this week while we were having fun on the fields behind our house.
Even though we are a stones throw away from the M60 motorway its doggie heaven where we live. This is one of the reasons i moved to this area because you have the best of both worlds, being so close to Manchester City Centre, a 40 minutes drive to the Peak District, 60 minutes drive to Snowdonia and 90 minutes from the Lake District.
But then on my doorstep I literally only have to walk across the road to a park, cross a bridge over the M60 motorway and then i could be out for several hours around the trails and I wouldn't even have to touch tarmac.
In the past i have walked my dogs from Northern Moor to Pets at Home in Stockport (8.5 miles) and only had to spend 200 metres on tarmac.
I have the Manchester University Sports Fields within a 2 minutes walk from me, Kenworthy Woods, Chorlton Water Park, River Mersey, Sale Water Park, Turn Moss Playing Fields, Fletcher Moss Park, Millgate Fields all within a 4 mile walk from my house without walking on a road.
So to say I live in an area that is doggie walking heaven is 100% correct.
To make things even better there are even pubs in the area where I can take my dogs.
For a better look at loads of dog friendly pubs check out this site: Doggie Pubs
We have the newly refurbished The Bridge Pub & Dining which if you haven't checked out yet you really should. Not only is it a wonderful place to spend outside on a sunny day right next to the canal but inside is really fabulous too. There's also Jacksons Boat which is right on the River Mersey and very popular with dog walkers because the location is fantastic.
Both of these pubs i can walk my dogs too without either A) walking more than 2 minutes on tarmac or B) walk on a road ( i have to walk on tarmac but its a pathway alongside the canal).
Heres some photos from this weeks walk and you will see what i mean by 'A Spring in Dexters Step'.
Hope you all have a good week.
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