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Nepal ~ March 2009 Polly
will not be going with us on this walk. Not only would it be difficult
logistically to get her to Nepal but we don't know how she would
acclimatise if indeed we could get her there at all. Then of course
there is the danger she could startle a Yak which would would toss
us all off the path !! We will be walking as far as Pangboche in
the valley down from Mount Everest, getting excellent views all
the way of Mount Everest.
If anyone would like to sponsor us (Boss Woman and Big Guy) for
Nepal, then please email
us. The money once again would go to Scottish Staffie Rescue where
we got Polly from. No pressure mind. Sponsorship form here.
The
Great Glen Way May 2008
This brave little dog walked
the whole Great
Glen Way 73 mile route. At the end of each day her routine would
be to have her tea and settle down into her bed for a well deserved
long sleep. Each morning, despite having walked a long way the day
before, she would wake us up at 6 a.m. with big licky kisses and
needing a pee, then she would be raring to go walking again.
First of all, I would
just like to thank all those kind people that sponsored me on this
LONG walk. Thankyou a lot, everyone. Boss Woman is going to collect
it all in then send it to Tracie at the Scottish Staffie Rescue.
I really enjoyed this walk and got to spend plenty of time with
the Big Guy ~ I think he was more tired than I was at the end of
the day ! I met loads of interesting people and saw loads of interesting
things that otherwise I would not have seen. I was really hoping
to see the Loch Ness Monster but it kept a low profile when I walked
passed Loch Ness. Pity ~ I think we would have got on just fine
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| Inverness Castle |
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| Drumnadrochit |
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| Alltsigh |
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| Fort Augustus |
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| North of Clunes |
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| Fort William |
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2008
Wednesay
14th May
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Last night Big
Guy set up the big tent at Fort Augustus, I think this is
going to be our base for the next 5 days. Because City Link
buses wouldn't let me on their buses (no dogs unless in pet
carrier !) Boss Woman had to drive me and Big Guy down to
Fort William, then she drove back to Fort Augustus to leave
the car at the campsite then catch the bus back to Fort William
so we could start the walk. So .... off we go.
It is really warm and sunny and there is a lot of water for
me to go paddling and have a drink, in fact everywhere I look
there are huge lochs full of water. When we stopped for a
snack, a big Retriever came over for some of my biscuits but
Boss Woman sent it packing. Further on I met Dino the Boxer
x Labrador and we played chasing round and round really fast.
We walked 17 miles to Clunes, passing Gairlochy, then we stopped
to camp in a Forest at the side of Loch Lochy and have our
tea. There are a lot of signs that say no camping but Big
Guy and Boss Woman just ignored them ! Just hope they don't
get arrested.
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Thursday
15th May |
I was a bit cold
last night, so I was glad that Boss Woman had taken my bed
coat. It is so peaceful where we camped at the side of Loch
Lochy, but this morning there was a lot of midges that kept
biting us. I could smell something I didn't like in the bushes
so I barked at it to let it know I wasn't scared ~ Boss Woman
said it was probably a Pine Marten or something. Boss Woman
washed her face in the loch ~ she was very brave because the
water was absolutely freezing ! We did another long walk today
~ 17 miles to Fort Augustus. We stopped at Eagle barge on
the Caledonian Canal at Laggan Locks and had a drink. I had
water and Big Guy had a beer. I think he was really thirsty
because he drank it all at once. We met Paul and Steph from
Canada. I think Steph likes me, she keeps smiling at me and
stroking me and said I was a lovely little dog. She sponsored
me £10 for doing the walk. ~ Thanks Steph. We also met
someone from Hawaii who told Boss Woman all about her dog
that had died at the age of 12. I think she liked me very
much because she made a real fuss of me as well.
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Friday
15th May |
Big Guy aches
a bit this morning luckily we are only walking 13 miles today,
from Aultsigh to Fort Augustus and they are not carrying their
big heavy rucsacks. I met Toby the Labrador today, he is doing
the whole walk with his Boss Man. He is in a bad way, poor
Toby. He has a very sore foot and is limping badly and walking
really slowly. Boss Woman put him some Tea Tree Ointment on
(she carries it everywhere) to help make his foot better.
We saw Paul and Steph again and Big Guy got them all a cup
of tea from the shop at Invermoriston. Poor Steph had huge
blisters on her feet. We met loads of other people that we
meet every day walking the Great Glen Way as well. Everyone
makes a fuss of me. We walked at the side of Loch Ness but
I never saw the Monster. Boss Woman said she had been walking
with the Monster all the way ~ I hope she doesn't mean me
! The walk was lovely, through some nice Forest. For some
strange reason, I haven't seen one single rabbit on this walk.
Almost at the end, near Fort Augustus, Big Guy heard a lot
of growling and snarling so he put me back on the lead. When
we got round the corner, there was a slack jawed, gormless
fool (Boss Woman called him that) there with his 2 Rottweillers
who were fighting with each other. When they saw us, the 2
Rottweillers jumped straight on the top of me and one called
Finlay nipped me on my back. I turned and bit him back and
growled really mad at him but they both still kept jumping
on me so Big Guy picked me up and Boss Woman hit one of them
with her stick. They were really big and nasty dogs and their
gormless moron Boss Man tried to pull them off but they weren't
obedient at all and ignored him. I think that Big Guy and
Boss Woman would have gone mad with the guy but they were
worried in case he set his dogs on them (and me) so we just
got out of there as quick as we could.
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Saturday
16th May |
A really long
walk today ~ 18 miles from Drumnadrochit to Inverness. We
walked through Abriachan Forest and there was also a lot of
walking on the road and we even walked on an old Drovers road
that had been walked on a long time ago by Bonnie Prince Charlie
~ Cool !!! I had a sniffy sniffy with a farm dog but he didn't
want to play, even though I asked him to. I had a pee on his
grass just to remind him that I had been there. We all were
really tired, hungry and dirty when we got to Inverness. We
didn't like Inverness at all, it has a lot of nasty people
there. On the way down there was a strange man in a leather
jacket and a rucsack sat at the side of the path ~ he looked
dead dodgy. When we got to the park, there was a group of
6 men all drinking beer who were following us and saying nasty
things to us, they even took someone's guitar off him that
he had been playing. At the bus station we saw Paul and Steph
again. There was another nasty man came up to us and asked
if he could 'borrow' Big Guys mobile phone if he gave him
20p for the call. Big Guy got quite mad and told him to clear
off. I think if Big Guy wasn't so tired he would have sorted
the nasty man out I was glad when I got to go in my comfy
warm bed back at the tent.
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Sunday
17th May |
8
miles walking today from Drumnadrochit to Aultsigh and this
is the last day. On all the days of our walk, it has been really
hot and sunny. We walked through some more interesting Forest
and still at the side of Loch Ness. I kept looking for the Loch
Ness Monster but I never saw it. Boss Woman said that it usually
comes out just before the Tourist Season ~ that way loads more
poeple come for their holidays on the off chance of seeing it.
I didn't fancy going for a swim in the Loch. Not only was the
water very deep and cold but I didn't like the idea of the Monster
being in there, just in case it did exist and it got me !! We
met a guy from Belgium who was wearing a kilt. He needed some
water so Big Guy gave him some of ours. On the drive back home,
we called at the Fish Shop for some Fish and Chips. We were
all starving and I got a whole fish to myself. |
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Loch
Eil
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Are
you sure it's this way ?
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Forty
winks
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Toby
with sore feet
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Loch
Ness behind me
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Go
on ~ let's have a stick fight
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| SPONSOR MONEY |
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Name
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Amount
£
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Paid
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James
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10
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10
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David
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10 |
10 |
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Gaye
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2 |
2 |
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Sandra
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5
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5
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Jon's Hairdresser, Stonehaven
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20
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20
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Steph
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10
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10
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Vicky
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5
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5
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John
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5
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5 |
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Lesley
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5
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5 |
| Jenny (Bestdogs) |
20 |
20 |
| Leeann |
20 |
20 |
| Diane |
5 |
5 |
| Kirsty (Canakey) |
10 |
10 |
| Polly |
10 |
10 |
| Cerina |
10 |
10 |
| Paul (Madmurdoch) |
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| Egg |
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| Michael |
10 |
10 |
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TOTAL
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157 |
157 |
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Boss Woman has
now sent the money off to Auntie Tracie at the Scottish Staffie
Rescue to help other rescue dogs. Not everyone has paid who
said they would, but Boss Woman said it didn't matter because
I have raised a lot of money anyway and that I had done very
well and she was very proud of me. She said she was going
to buy me a Certificate of Achievement from the Great Glen
Rangers as a momento and get herself a badge to sew on her
rucsack.
Someone called
Michael just gave me another £10 for the rescue. What
a nice man !
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