Out and about in the UK with Ali and Hoover Page. Also known as Out With Hooves!
The tiny hamlet of Castlehaven near Niton, on the Isle of Wight’s southernmost tip, is a magical spot that is tucked neatly away off the beaten track. Located close to Ventnor, the larger village of Niton that sits above Castlehaven is split into two by a break in the inner cliff: Upper Niton, and Niton Undercliffe. We have …
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The sun was shining this morning so Hooves and I escaped for a stretch before the weather changed. We headed out for a dog walk around Hawley Lake, near Farnborough and to investigate Hawley Common. Hawley Common is part of the Minley MOD Training Area. There are public rights of way zig-zagging across the land, which are always …
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Nearly 800 years ago, King John met with a group of barons on the water meadows at Runnymede. This was the site where he sealed the Magna Carta, seen by many as the symbolic first step on the road to modern democracy. Today Runnymede has several memorials to the ongoing struggle for liberty, and I have always …
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I have driven up and down the A3 more times than I care to remember but had never found the time for a dog walk around The Devil’s Punchbowl in Hindhead. Since the opening in 2011 of the new stretch of bypass, including the Hindhead tunnel, I have enjoyed bypassing the bottle neck that was the traffic lights at …
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I had a meeting booked this morning with a client who lives in Bourne End. Each time I have been to visit her in the past I have driven past a car park on the edge of Cookham and have noticed happy looking dogs haring off into the meadow beyond. I have often thought about stopping to investigate …
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