Doggy holidays (where do you take yours)

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As in you specifically book for you and your dog/s to stay somewhere you can walk alot or involve the dogs and the dogs stay in the accommodation with you?
Have you booked anywhere this year?
 
We go to the Lake District usually once a year. We were there a couple of weeks ago with our 2 terriers. We stay in dog-friendly cottages (by that I mean REALLY dog friendly - where they actively welcome dogs and don't just tolerate them! I avoid cottages that charge for each dog - I have seen £25 per dog per week charges!:eek:)

This year we stayed in a gorgeous place called Glebe Cottage in Caldbeck. Beautiful cottage, lovely owners who live next door in a stunning Georgian rectory, and plenty of good walks from the door or further afield. (Highly recommended cottage. I know I am not allowed to post a link to their website but Google will bring it up.)

The Lakes is a super-dog friendly area - most shops, pubs and cafes allow dogs in. Keswick has just been voted the most dog-friendly town in Britain. The only thing to be aware of is that it is a sheep farming region, so care needs to be taken when choosing where to let dogs off lead.
 
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This was the Forest of Dean for a specific dog event. Wettest night of the year. Never again. :p

If we go again this year it'll be a night in a tent in Wales somewhere to climb a mountain and have a morning on the beach, nothing fancy.
 
We've been to all sorts of places... local, West Country, North Wales, Norfolk and we're going to South Wales soon :)
 
We're taking the dogs (and kids) to Sandringham in October, there aren't any restrictions re the beaches at that time of year. We take them to Northumberland a lot, no restrictions on most of the beaches, though they're not going this year cos when we go it'll be our honeymoon :D We go in our caravan and nearly all camping and caravaning sites allow dogs
 
Red30563 said:
We go to the Lake District usually once a year. We were there a couple of weeks ago with our 2 terriers. We stay in dog-friendly cottages (by that I mean REALLY dog friendly - where they actively welcome dogs and don't just tolerate them! I avoid cottages that charge for each dog - I have seen £25 per dog per week charges!:eek:)

This year we stayed in a gorgeous place called Glebe Cottage in Caldbeck. Beautiful cottage, lovely owners who live next door in a stunning Georgian rectory, and plenty of good walks from the door or further afield. (Highly recommended cottage. I know I am not allowed to post a link to their website but Google will bring it up.)

The Lakes is a super-dog friendly area - most shops, pubs and cafes allow dogs in. Keswick has just been voted the most dog-friendly town in Britain. The only thing to be aware of is that it is a sheep farming region, so care needs to be taken when choosing where to let dogs off lead.
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Oh, im sure you can post, esp if I say "oh have you got that link for glebe cottages";):D I think you just cannot advertise for yourself, but you are not, you are helping someone out:D
Well at £25 a night, that would be expensive for me:D (im not planning on taking all of them) so maybe not to bad:D
I will look that up. Thankyou:)
 
amymay said:
We don't book, just load up the camper van and off we go.
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Now...don't laugh:o we don't have a camper van:( but my mam has a humungus van (for transporting the dogs) we nicked it at the weekend to get some (doggy room supplies) and we both (OH and me) discussed maybe taking it camping:o well he more than me:o
Where do you stay (on camp sites)? obs you cant do that in a van I bet:D:D
 
We're going to Islay, may stop off in other parts of Scotland on the way. Only ever stay in dog friendly houses when we go.
Will be going hill walking, bog walking, walking on the beaches and visiting the distilleries :D
 
blackcob said:
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This was the Forest of Dean for a specific dog event. Wettest night of the year. Never again. :p

If we go again this year it'll be a night in a tent in Wales somewhere to climb a mountain and have a morning on the beach, nothing fancy.
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BC you are (to hard) camping like that, it takes balls I recon:o:D (not that I am saying you have any) but I certainly don't:o Crikey I was dead on my feet at the aad bbq the following day (I mean yes) we where massively ill prepared) whith our minimal crappy bedding (MM's daughter supplied me with pillows) cos I forgot them:o:o der!
I think if I camped then it would have to start off being very close to home so I could literally pack up and drive back when I had (lost all hope):o:D:D


How many times a year do you camp?
 
CAYLA said:
Oh, im sure you can post, esp if I say "oh have you got that link for glebe cottages";):D I think you just cannot advertise for yourself, but you are not, you are helping someone out:D
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Well, seeing as you put it like that! :D

www.glebecottagecaldbeck.co.uk

As an aside, I think the Rectory itself is one of the most beautiful houses I've ever seen! (There are pics of it on the website)
 
Jake10 said:
We're going to Islay, may stop off in other parts of Scotland on the way. Only ever stay in dog friendly houses when we go.
Will be going hill walking, bog walking, walking on the beaches and visiting the distilleries :D
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As in cottages? do you stay in cottages? Scotland is probably where we would head.
 
CAYLA said:
As in cottages? do you stay in cottages? Scotland is probably where we would head.
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Yep cottages, the last one we stayed at had the sea (complete with seals) at the back and a field of sheep and tiny lambs at the front. Short walk to the village pub etc but a long drive to the area we usually stay at.

It even had a secured garden and an extra bathroom downstairs which we used to clean the dogs up after they went bog walking :p
 
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echodomino said:
We're taking the dogs (and kids) to Sandringham in October, there aren't any restrictions re the beaches at that time of year. We take them to Northumberland a lot, no restrictions on most of the beaches, though they're not going this year cos when we go it'll be our honeymoon :D We go in our caravan and nearly all camping and caravaning sites allow dogs
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Well Northumberland is on my door step:) so I shall definately be having a squizz as places to go there, for may even days out with doglets.
Enjoy your honeymoon:)
 
CAYLA said:
Crikey I was dead on my feet at the aad bbq the following day (I mean yes) we where massively ill prepared) whith our minimal crappy bedding (MM's daughter supplied me with pillows) cos I forgot them:o:o der!


How many times a year do you camp?
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I remember, we'd got our tents packed up and done an hour's walk while you lot were still in your fleapits. :p :D

We'll go at least once this summer for our mountainy/beachy holiday and then we'll be camping at a few more events next racing season, already got one in October and one in Feb earmarked. :) Would love a caravan or a tourer, lots of husky folk have Transit vans with beds over the top of the cages.
 
We're going back to the old piggery in tideswell this year. We had a lovely hols with the 3 mucky pups in November :)
 
blackcob said:
I remember, we'd got our tents packed up and done an hour's walk while you lot were still in your fleapits. :p :D

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Haha! That was the worst nights sleep of my life, listening to someone *cough cough lala* whinge about being cold, someone else whinge about hating camping (Guess who??), having a bed hopping whippet and a bloody lump of a tyson land on my head at one point during the night:rolleyes:

Plus the fact that we were all a wee bit drunk:p

I am never camping again if I can help it:o
 
CAYLA said:
As in you specifically book for you and your dog/s to stay somewhere you can walk alot or involve the dogs and the dogs stay in the accommodation with you?
Have you booked anywhere this year?
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We run a farmhouse B & B on Anglesey, and we take dogs and horses! We have dogs staying in the rooms with them or have kennels outside! I think we few and far between as most people are glad to stay with their dogs!
 
We take our dogs to the Lake District normally twice a year - we stay at Derwentwater Marina near Keswick http://www.derwentwatermarina.co.uk/

On Saturday we are going to the Gower (South Wales) and staying here
http://www.no38thegower.co.uk/

We have also been to Manorbier near Tenby http://www.thehaggard.co.uk/
Little Dumpledale near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire http://littledumpledale.co.uk/, Clun in Shropshire http://www.clunfarmhouse.co.uk/ (horses came too) , the Forest of Dean http://www.churchfarm.uk.net/ (horses came here too!)

2 years ago our dogs had a week in the Lakes in March, a week on a canal boat on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal in May, a long weekend in Clun in June and another week in the Lakes in October - that was their best holiday year! We never go away without them and sometimes the horses come too :D
 
Booked for Whitby last year to do a charity Bull Terrier walk at the Gothic Weekend, had a fab time with them apart from the cream carpet and cream sofas, and cream bed spreads. The first thing Harry did was pee on the sofa leg, I then spent Saturday afternoon cleaning the carpet because obi got exited stood in the feed bowl then ran across the hall way, then I ended up on the setee as they started to howl on the saturday night as the pubs chucked out. Nice dog friendly appartments :( i prefer MIL's caravan at Druridge bay :D
 
We go to Woolacombe; amazing HUGE beach that is dog friendly and also hours and hours of coastal walks along National Trust headland.

We stay at this dog friendly hotel
http://www.lundyhousehotel.webvilla.net/
which is superb. Lovely breakfasts and it is so perfectly placed for beach/walks/restaurants etc we parked the car up when we arrived and didn't need to take it out for the whole of our stay :)
 
Just back from a week with the 4 dogs, we were in a cottage at the top of loch riddon, it's a sea loch and the tide goes out for miles so 50yds and the dogs were off leash with only the seagulls to chase, lots of forrestry commission roundabout where all they can chase is deer (according to the neighbour!!!) and the farmers are really good about if there's no stock in the field feel free to use it. Our 4 had a ball, garden was really secure as well so they could have the door open all day. Great to use as a base for walking as well, pucks glen less than an hours drive, I couldn't recommend it more. 2 different cottages to chose from, one that sleeps 4 and one that sleeps 6, we took the larger one, had 4 adults, a teenager and 2 kids along with 2 ridgebacks and 2 crossbreeds and it didn't feel at all cramped.
www.tighnariddon.co.uk 18 miles from dunoon.
 
We are going to a cottage in the lakes in June and then another cottage in September. He is only pup this year but we got first place no extra charge 2nd place wanted 25for week as he is under 1. Not bad tho looking forward to playing on beach and doing some walking. Good to know about keswick being so dog friendly!
 
Just got back from Perthshire - had a fab time and was hot and sunny - bonus!

Stayed in a lovely village pub where the boys had their own bed in our room :D they chilled out in the bar with us on a duvet and played with the landlords dogs in the beer garden - it really was dog friendly :)
http://www.smiddyhaugh.co.uk/

Beautiful walks nearby!
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I've not read all the replies so sorry if this isn't your bag BUT last year I went on a solo trip to the highlands with my dog... stayed at the campsite next to Loch Morlich. GORGEOUS walks, and that was in september! Although I'd recommend anywhere in the highlands quite frankly, particularly Aviemore then you can go visit the sled-dog centre :D :D

en-route I stopped in Edinburgh in a BNB that was situated in a graveyard :o but they were very dog-friendly. The room was a bit old-fashioned but it was still good, and in Edinburgh you can explore Hollyrood park which is AWESOME! Never knew it existed !
 
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