The South East Branch of the Basset Hound Club
ABBOTS WOOD WALK - NEAR POLEGATE
21st September 2008
Dusty and I used to come to Abbots Wood many years ago as it was a favourite walk of our previous Bassets, Emily and Teddy. Annie and Cass have been before, but not on the walk we did this time.
We were very pleased to see a total of fourteen Bassets - plus
their owners - as we knew several people were on holiday and
it was also quite a journey for some members.
The previous week
had been warm, sunny and dry and we were hoping it would last.
As it was, we could
not fault the weather; but the walk did not go according to
plan, as Trudy’s Mollie (together with a couple of boy dogs)
all thought it would be fun to explore the woods. The boys all
came back, but not Mollie. Trudy and Frankie then left the
main party to see if they could find her.
What a blessing a
mobile ’phone is! As Roy, Terry and Dusty had all turned back,
they were ’phoned and it turned out that Mollie had returned
to the car park and was sitting by Trudy’s car. Much relief
all round and the rest of us continued to the lake, where
there were several fishermen. Being Bassets you can imagine
what happened. ‘What’s going on there?’ they seemed to be
saying. Eventually, they lost interest in the very patient
fishermen and we walking to the car park without further
mishap. We then went to the Old Oak Inn, near the woods, and
sat outside in the very warm sunshine, where we had welcome
drinks and food from a very wide menu. We wondered afterwards
what Zinzi - a Russian guest of Trudy’s who came on the walk - thought of all the mad English people chasing and yelling at
their dogs as only Basset people can!
(Ed. We all felt for Trudy - but what a smart hound
Mollie is to find her way back!).
