Ha! When we did Great Gable we ended up screeing down ( I know tut tut) otherwise we would have been in the wrong valley! ( no dogs at this time)
We did meet a lot of c?ckers in Keswick too. We don't see so many in other places. In Bowness the foreign tourists stare at them as they've never seen such ears before! In fact they have offered to buy them
We had this on Latrigg but not from Foreign Tourists!
We met an older couple on the way up(I'm 50 and they were older than me but I don't want to label anyone) and they really took an interest in Jura.Whilst chatting they told us they'd just lost their old boy at 15 and Jura was born the day theirs had passed and he was it's double
They asked us there and then if we'd sell him to them
We declined and carried on to the summit.As we were sat having lunch they caught us up and again came over to fuss Jura.In no way were they pushy or weird but the chap again said "we'd really love to buy him as we believe it's fate" again we declined and went our separate ways.
It wasn't until my wife and I were chatting later that evening that it dawned on us that this poor old couple had lost their little Blue Roan at 15 years old
on the same day Jura was born and they were still grieving
On reflection should we have spent a little bit more time with them?I'm not sure but it makes you realise just how important these little bundles of joy are