Moving On

It was the end of December 2008 when the first “Where the Fatdog Walks” blog took a tentative step into the world of social media. I think it’s fair to say that FD and I “had a good run” over the next three and a half years.

With the loss of Maisie in 2012 it was always going to be difficult to replicate the blogging highs of those 3+ years but with the arrival of Mabel and Lottie (both Labs) later that year I was always hopeful that we would be able to get out and about again and carry on with those crazy adventures. Sadly that didn’t happen. For a variety of totally different reasons I wasn’t able to take the dogs into the hills and once I’d walked the dogs locally my ageing carcass wasn’t up for taking any further punishment. On a number of occasions I gave it a tentative go both in terms of hiking and blogging but in reality the glorious expeditions of the Fatdog days had ended. About a year and a half ago I accepted that I would not be going back up into the mountains.

But all is not lost. A rather sad event has led to an opportunity to once again head out the door and find some adventure although of a much less strenuous nature than what has gone before.

At the end of November we had to say goodbye to Mabel. She’d been with us for 10 years arriving only a couple of months before Lottie. Mabel must have been the most unlucky dog in the world – it seemed we were never out of the Vets surgery; but vet visits not withstanding I’d never met a happier dog.

Mabel 20/08/2012 – 25/11/2022

With Mabel gone we decided that Lottie needed to be out and about much more often than we’d been able to achieve with both dogs. Now that I had only one dog to deal with it also meant I could do more – and take Lottie with me, something I’d not been able to do with both awkward canines.

So…as therapy for both myself and Lottie I decided that we would kick off a new set of adventures – back into the murky world of geocaching. For those of you who remember my. previous exploits many years back you will no doubt remember the silliness that ensued. I expect it to be no different this time around. Only a few days back I joined a Facebook group – you will not believe the skulduggery that goes on in such a “polite” hobby! But that is for another day. Thank you all for having been with me all through the years. I would be most pleased if you would care to join myself and “Not Fit for Purpose” at our latest venue https://thereluctantgeocacher.co.uk/ .

Lottie aka “Not Fit for Purpose”

The new blog:

The Reluctant Geocacher