More steps!

This morning a friend and I took our dogs out for a walk together. Boris and Ruby are great friends and walks together are good fun. We went to Cranmore Tower a few miles away. The woods surrounding it were good walking territory and the dogs had a wonderful time running around. Sadly Ruby found a really wet, muddy puddle and got absolutely filthy. I had to get the hose out when we got home, poor thing. Luckily Boris was a little more sensible.

Cranmore Tower is a Folly built in the 1860s by a local landowner who wanted to have a view of the land around him. The views from the top are spectacular and we'll definitely return on a less cloudy day to get a better view. We, and the dogs, walked up the 184 steps to the top and then down again. After that we felt that we really deserved a cup of tea and a piece of cake in the tea room.

You can see how sensible Boris was, hardly a mark on him! But Ruby was filthy right up and including her undercarriage, and she even managed to get mud on her nose.