Walk 1000 miles a Year; Can a Great Dane and a Couch Potato #walk1000miles 2021?

Day 116 – I have certainly got a spring in my step – the sun always puts me in a good mood. I take Willow out for a bimble and we just didn’t stop. I didn’t know I was going to continue but did anyway. You know we do the walking Bingo challenge and I knew exactly where I would find a hill. Actually, Sheffield according to George Orwell is hilly and built on Seven Hills, but I think they are arguing about that now. But the fact is there are inclines everywhere. So, to find a hill in Sheffield shouldn’t be too hard, but as I was saying I had just the one in mind. In fact, it wasn’t there when I first moved to Sheffield, and it has siblings, was built behind the English Institute Of Sport Sheffield. I don’t know why, but they are new man-made hills, and I strode on whilst Willow followed.

The block looks entirely different from when we walked it last. The colours have changed with the season. People are milling about, particularly around the back of Meadowhall where they have brought the food court outside. Willow obtained a particular reference of ‘beautiful markings’ which is dog breed standards for ‘they like her patches’

The River Don is running low, I could see Willow gazing longingly at it, with its trickling sound. It wasn’t this hot when we set off, I wished I’d have known I was coming, I’d have brought some water and a bowl. This is another bad owner instance; no, I don’t get it right all the time. I slow the pace and keep to the shade.

As we went across the carpark, a man came up to me and asked if we were here for the funeral procession, errrm no – Oh lordy, when is that due, that was awkward as we ran to get out of the way. I don’t know what that was about, but I didn’t want to be in the middle of someone’s grief.

As we come up to the big hills just plonked on the landscape, I ask just that little bit more of Willow as we climb to the summit. No, it’s no Mount Everest, but I’ve never been up that, but now I can say Willow and have sat at the top. Okay, I sat, Willow lolled all over me.

Went completely mad with the photography, really enjoyed the walk, and reveled in seeing new things and people. It was a good walk and worth the blister I appear to have obtained, all be it not far but so wearing the wrong socks.

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2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

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4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

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I have certainly got a spring in my step – the sun always puts me in a good mood. I take Willow out for a bimble and we just didn’t stop. I didn’t know I was going to continue but did anyway. You know we do the walking Bingo challenge and I knew exactly where I would find a hill. Actually, Sheffield according to George Orwell is hilly and built on Seven Hills, but I think they are arguing about that now. But the fact is there are inclines everywhere. So, to find a hill in Sheffield shouldn’t be too hard, but as I was saying I had just the one in mind. In fact it wasn’t there when I first moved to Sheffield, and it has siblings, was built behind the English Institute Of Sport Sheffield. I don’t know why, but they are new man-made hills, and I strode on whilst Willow followed.

The block looks entirely different from when we walked it last. The colours have changed with the season. People are milling about, particularly around the back of Meadowhall where they have brought the food court outside. Willow obtained a particular reference of ‘beautiful markings’ which is dog breed standards for ‘they like her patches’

The River Don is running low, I could see Willow gazing longingly at it, with its trickling sound. It wasn’t this hot when we set off, I wished I’d have known I was coming, I’d have brought some water and a bowl. This is another bad owner instance; no, I don’t get it right all the time. I slow the pace and keep to the shade.

As we went across the carpark, a man came up to me and asked if we were here for the funeral procession, errrm no – Oh lordy, when is that due, that was awkward as we ran to get out of the way. I don’t know what that was about, but I didn’t want to be in the middle of someone’s grief.

As we come up to the big hills just plonked on the landscape, I ask just that little bit more of Willow as we climb to the summit. No, it’s no Mount Everest, but I’ve never been up that, but now I can say Willow and have sat at the top. Okay, I sat, Willow lolled all over me.

Went completely mad with the photography, really enjoyed the walk and reveled in seeing new things and people. It was a good walk and worth the blister I appear to have obtained.

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Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

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3. https://www.instagram.com/nbchangingpace

4. https://www.tiktok.com/@narrowboatchangingpace

5. https://www.youtube.com/c/NarrowboatChangingPace

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://www.facebook.com/WillowTheGreatDane

2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

3. https://www.tiktok.com/@willowwalks1000miles

4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

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Day 114 – Hoards of people are just flopped down on the route. Walkers and people from the surrounding office blocks. Taking a load off, in the glorious sunshine. Anyone would think that I was running a festival here, wish I was, I’d have made a fortune apart from no one was adhering to masks and distance, so I’d have gained the fortune and lost it in one fair swoop, as I paid for the fine for not following government guidelines. But who am I kidding I’m not holding a festival, all I’m doing is trying to walk my dog whilst avoiding everyone else which is somewhat difficult because mostly my dogs are into food and anybody with food.

Eva is a slow walker anyway, but spending a greater part of the walk watching a book reader, who was totally oblivious to her stare, eat his lunch isn’t going to increase our pace. So, I’m watching the dog, watching a man. I know, living the high life, aren’t I.

I know when we come back out for the evening walk Willow and probably Eva are going to be making a beeline for all the little titbits left behind.

Contrary to popular belief and my ability to keep repeating them my favourite words and phrases are defiantly NOT ‘No’ ‘Leave it’ ‘Stop’ ‘Wait’ ‘Come Here’ ‘Not again’ ‘Don’t’. Actually, I would love to see them running and playing without my voice billowing out across the plains.

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4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

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Day 113 - Willow and I find the Canal and River Trust volunteers planting trees and pruning the wooded area as we set out on our bimble. Last time the volunteers planted new samplings the council came along and mowed the grass and apparently just mowed over the very young new trees, never to grow older, now kindling, what would have been trees given half the chance. I’m not sure how the grass cutter didn’t see them, but see them they did not. The trees they’ve put in today and more sizeable and unless the grass cutters ‘eyes are painted on’ I don’t think they are going to miss them, which I can only hope that Willow does. The trees have been planted in Willow's zooming area. I know it’s not her area, although if you were to ask Willow anywhere the boat is moored is her area – didn’t you know we own all the towpath on the whole system, according to Willow, which she tends to guard as her patch.

Keep your fingers crossed that Willow’s eyes aren’t also painted on and they are wide open and very much aware of where she is running. I worry for these trees with a Willow running full tilt at them. She could just uproot them with her wind vortex.

Also, why have they planted new trees along the towpath? Which I believe later this year, will be being dug up to fix the broken water pump line. That’s the pipework that travels from the old pump house, up to the top lock carrying water that is owned by the Canal and River Trust. Currently, there is a leak in the pump line and at the moment the canal is being fed by water that is being pumped out of the River Don, owned by the Environmental Agency at a considerable weekly cost.

I hope that whilst CRT is at all the digging, fixing, and replacing they have the foresight to improve the towpath around here. This middle bit has been forgotten and at times is simply impassable. CRT wants people to use the waterways but with nasty towpaths that just simply isn’t’ going to happen.

Wouldn’t it be something if all the departments actually spoke to each other. It would almost be organised and the savings would be astronomical. For that to happen the right hand would need to know what the left hand is doing.

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Day 112 - Willow is such a strange puppy and I do believe she is getting worst with age. She has never been a brave dog, some may say a Cowardly lion, not me of course I love her dearly. She is steadily getting more and more clingy and I wonder if it’s the breed trait, or is it the fact that I am always at home and never leave her. Her anxiety levels seem to be spiking. Is it an age thing? Do dogs get dementia? never tell her I said that. Is this me being a hypochondriac fur mummy again. I’ve noticed subtle changes in her behaviour, the way she’s started barking at people, her frequency at chasing bikes. Her increased levels of fear. It’s not like Willow is a rescue.

On our way to see Dave, a group of boaters was sitting around a bench and they only wanted to say Hello, Willow looked like she’d seen the vet. Seriously fearful and even with encouragement hid behind my legs. Like no one could see her poking out a bit either side. I eventually apologised and we went on are way and she perked right up. The people were sitting, so the body language wasn’t dominating. They cooed so their pitch was just right. They would have allowed sniffing if she’d have but sniffed. One even had a bit of chicken but Willow just wasn’t interested and you all know how much Willow likes anything she can eat.

I think these are the tell-tale signs of Willow getting older. It’s a worry.

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Day 111 – Clearly, Willow has been eating something she shouldn’t have. How do I know? It’s not the eyes in the back of my head. It’s not my sixth sense tingling. It’s not even that I found her with the evidence hanging out of her mouth. It’s the aftermath. The evidence just racks up. The complete and utter inability to go longer than 2 hours without rushing outside. The ability to splurge everywhere, don’t worry I’ll not go to graphical – I’ll spare Willow the embarrassment and you the disgusting truth. I stood with my hands on my hips looking at Armageddon, wondering how the hell I’m going to pick that up, only armed with a scented nappy sack and goodwill, wishing I was elsewhere, anywhere than this spotted field.

As I stood with my mouth hanging open, I hatched a plan. I trooper on and pick up what I can, again sparing Willows blushes, I won’t tell you the difficulty of picking up liquid but will skim over it, letting you know that some of this field has alopecia as I ripped the grass up in a desperate bid to make the job more solid.

I took sorrowful Willow home and picked up Eva, more bags the pocket is brimming, and a metal bucket. Have you guessed the ending yet? Eva and I head out like Ghostbusters, too dramatic? like Dorothy and ToTo ready to do battle with the slush road.

I filled up my bucket with the magic canal water and revisited the scene of alopecia and washed that slush away. A couple more bucket loads and nature could regain the area again. Although if I was nature, I’d be packing my bag and moving to the next district. Just to confirm the canal water isn’t magic – just so you know – just to be clear and transparent.

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Out chatting again and one of the marine neighbours reminded me of, ‘you must remember that time Willow chased our dogs’. Yes, all too well, when we thought our dogs would do as they are told and used to walk them off lead near the marina. That doesn’t happen anymore, and also now we know better. The girls do listen without distraction but you stick a distraction in and you’ve lost them. You could wave a chicken foot under their nose and unless it’s the thing that has their focus you might as well be talking to yourself. Let’s face it I frequently have those ‘you might as well be talking to yourself’ moments.

Also, I know me and a million other dog owners always, no matter where they are or what they are doing. Posh frock and fancy affairs they and I will always have poo bags in their pockets…. That is right up until today. I thought I put my jacket on. I take out a thousand poo bags at a time like our dogs suffer from the running trots and certainly enough to pick up mine, every other lazy pigs, and probably a zoo too. But not today. I thought I had my jacket on, nope – I had Dave’s jacket on, I don’t know why Dave can’t be like every other dog owner and have poo bags in every pocket and bag he owns. Clearly, Dave is special knowing that I’m carrying poo bags must mean that he doesn’t have to. I thought I was wearing my jacket. No poo bags in this jacket. Willow has just done the doo. I look round franticly, unsure if I was looking at being spotted or looking for all the litter I see frequently around hoping that something would make do. My error, my foul, my bad. Clearly, Willow likes to go in the non-litter area. What do you do? Seriously decisions decisions. Yes, I did it, I left it, the shame. I can only hope I get back to it before someone stomps in it. Oh, the guilt is running through me like bad spelling in a stick of Blackpool Rock.

I apologise, I’m sorry and don’t think badly of me. It happens all be it, super rarely, but it does and I’m not going to sit here typing this pretending I’m lily-white using Daz washing powder, which we don’t by the way.

I’m bad – I’ll be over here in the corner if you want me or at least until this evening walk when I shall go poop hunting.

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Willow and I sauntered out. Another nice and busy day. It’s nice to see the boat’s coming up the lock again, three today and one yesterday. Yesterday’s narrowboat got banked on silt coming up so the marina community went down to help refloat it. That was nice. Today was two narrowboats and a wide beam GRP although, to be honest, it did look like a posh coastal boat – had patio windows in it and everything. Helped closed one of the gates. If you ever come up this way; know this, the gates are piggin heavy. So much so I never do this lock flight – lucky to have Dave.

One of the neighbours told me that a lot of boaters are going out this Saturday, lucky them. Currently, everywhere we want to go there are closures and restrictions. Ripon has a breach up there somewhere. Doesn’t look like the BCN is on this year so Birmingham, #sign is a no-go. No explanation as to what local travel means for boaters so we’ll wait.

Walked a bit further than expected and walked back on the wasteland. Where Willow tried to eat a dead bumblebee. Unsure if they still sting whilst passed but luckily, I got to her just before those chops sucked it up. Willow spent a lot of time eating grass but she’s black and white and eating grass she’s just opening the door for all sorts of cow comments but still, she continues to munch.

The chicken foot gang was out again. If you ever wonder where your parcel is from Truelles (I think they said) it’s probably been sent to the wrong address in a drunken stupor. Eva bounded up to Chicken foot gang, demanding to be fed such a weird crunchy tip-bit but alas no foot today.

Eva wiggled and waggled and did her best to get them to submit to giving her such a strange treat, but they just rubbed and made a fuss of her. Well now the line has been stepped over, Eva will always now beeline for them especially if she’s either going to get food or fuss. Mind you I don’t think that’s such a bad philosophy for life. Food and a fuss, although I am never gonna eat a chicken foot unless there is money involved.

Willow and I did knock 6 feet off the Walking Bingo Challenge so that’s another one off the list. Still no line from us though.

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Day 108 - Up early again today, had to take Eva for her monthly injection, also had to take Dave to work as I’m having the van. Whilst we were bundling dogs into the van, Willow came too– she would only bark the place down if left on her own and it’s far too early for that.

Shook it up for the lunchtime walk, took Eva out first, and wasn’t it her lucky day. Do you remember I said we see regulars when we’re walking roughly the same people doing the same thing day in, day out. One of our regulars are young lads who drink at lunchtime. Not for Eva and I to judge. Whatever gets you through the day, only hopes they are not working machinery. Same young lads who said previously, my friend wants to stroke your dog. So we’ve advanced to speaking terms. Random question – “does your dog like Chicken Feet?”. Not your everyday question and certainly not one I know how to answer but the general rule of thumb is if it’s food we’ll give it a go. Just to confirm, Eva does like Chicken Feet and hung around those boys like a floozy – I get the feeling she was suggesting the chicken have two feet and you’ve only given her one. Defiantly not Willow, and the smarty cookie of the pack. I did ask whether they were just chicken foot voodooing random walkers, but they assured me that wasn’t the case and I didn't feel and sharp pains when I thanked them and walked away. Now of course we are beyond speaking terms, we’re on feeding your dog terms, so the next time when Eva the smart cookie sees them she’ll go bounding over, I can only hope they will be able to come up with the goods. You never know, maybe tomorrow we’ll get the other foot.

The boys were gone by the time I got back and before you go suggesting that Willow should have the other Chicken foot remember she has a delicate princess feed me expensive food belly so that’s a no. Apologises to all the vegans and vegetarians, and I’m sure there are some dogs that don’t eat meat but let’s be really clear my dogs will eat anything. It’s the pain in my butt that I have to bare.

I curse myself, not in a voodoo way you understand, for putting bird's eye on the Walking Bingo and not having the foresight to put bird foot. How short-sighted of me and to be really transparent I am short-sighted and I do wear glasses, still squint occasionally so I think I’m due for a test.

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The day after the pub. We met a lovely ‘Mauve and Me’ today as we boated out of Victoria Quays after the freedom of going to the pub. Louise, no not me the Mauve’s mummy is also called Louise, but she knows Robbie Cummings. Anyways Louise said she’d seen our video going into the Chesterfield, Oh the shame!! Who put the brick wall there? Mauve was super excited to be out walking, she’s 8 now the same age as Willow and considerably better behaved. We cruised home down the Sheffield Canal, down the very much underused Industrial past canal. I think she’s one of the youngest on the system, just being a mere 200 years old. Passed the point where they put the car in the canal for the scene from the full Monty. I get a thrill every time we pass it.

We have walked the towpath many many times, but not today – today is all about the cruising, listening to the birds, and making up stories in my head of yonder years gone by. We went to Dorothy Pax last night and sat in the Roof Terrace, it wasn’t quite as romantic as it sounds but it was nice to be out and with friends.

Dorothy Pax was the last surviving wooden keel working boat (widebeam) that worked the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, along with her predecessors her cargo was coal and iron ore which aided Sheffield evolving into a top Steel manufacturing city. Dorothy Pax was built in Mexborough in 1913 and was sunk when she was no longer of use. A charity back in the 60s refloated her as they were going to restore her but like most people restoring boats, totally underestimated the amount of work involved. She rotted until she was broken up.. All that remains is her name (the bar) and some wood that was repurposed for the, I think it was bar top but I’m not too sure. That’s the short story of Dorothy Pax. Nothing to do with walking other than the environment in which I walk and I do love history.

In unrelated walking, news has anyone found a Rhino for this week walking Bingo? Anyone apart from Vicki who happens to live with an abundance of wildlife. In some sort of hybrid life of boating crossed with Tarzan.

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