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Woof! what makes us dog-friendly?
Whichever cottage you choose, you are
most welcome here at Church Court Cottages.
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Cleo points the way to getting the most out
of your holiday in Cumbria.
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Where are the best walks?
We take our humans
out walking regularly. We keep our leads on in the courtyard and while walking through the main village. Get your human to
read information here.
We turn left out of the courtyard gates and, as soon as we have passed John & Sandra’s barn, we are free to run on the cart tracks in the beautiful countryside that surrounds the cottages.We usually walk straight on for a little way until we reach the junction. Here we either turn right to go to Melmerby Village, or continue straight up the “tunnel” when we want a circular walk. Circular Walk (20 minutes for humans) Go straight up the “tunnel” and turn left at the crossroads. Follow the track to the next crossroads and then turn left and this brings you back to the village again next to Old Mill Barn. Before you get to Old Mill Barn, wait for your humans so you can lead them back to Church Court Cottages. Melmerby (30 - 40 minutes for humans) We love Melmerby because it is a whole mile of walking without the lead (if we are good dogs) and because my boyfriend ‘Bod’ owns the Shepherds Inn and he invites every dog in to the end where the bar is. Our humans like it there too because the food is good (it must be, they never give us any of theirs!) We do get a dog chew and we lie down to soak up the great village pub atmosphere.Not far from the pub is the Village Bakery. They have a café too but dogs are not allowed inside but we do sit outside with our humans in the garden. Hartside Café (nearly 2 hours for humans) This walk is a serious one! We turn right out of the courtyard and head down towards the centre of the village. Then we turn right again and go past Old Mill Barn on the left and onto the cart track. We jump over the little stream and head up to the crossroads. We then walk straight on with spruce fir trees on the right and a wall on the left across two fields. The first is a big one with a stone stile at the end of it. The second is on a hill and is a bit marshy. There are usually sheep in one or both of the fields. At the gate at the bottom we turn left and walk along the road for 3 minutes until we see a farm on the right on the other side of the stream. There is a signpost ‘Two Top Bridge’. The path that goes up past the farm is great. We are usually off our leads all the way up to the road but we are back on our leads to cross the road (the A686 to Alston).On the other side of the road, we go through a gate and up a road to a sheep pen. Before the sheep pen the road goes off to the right (but that is the wrong way). We always go through the sheep pen and then climb the hill always keeping the fence on our left. At the top you will see is a big five-barred gate. On the other side of the gate, the path is nearly flat and you carry on walking until you reach the café.We are not allowed inside the café but there are plenty of picnic tables outside. It is the highest café in England (1903 feet) so tell your humans to take an extra layer in the cold WEATHER There are loads more walks if your humans have a car. Our humans have little map guides available. |
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We are dog-friendly, but
not dog-eared! The cottages are of the highest quality. dogfriendlycottage.co.uk
CHURCH VILLA, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 1HR or Fax to +44 (0)1768 889055 or Tel +44 (0)1768 881682 eMail: woof@dogfriendlycottage.co.uk Web site design & hosting by: EDEN VALLEY WEBSITES
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