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Today's walk: Attingham Park
On our way home after a lovely week in Shropshire, we stopped at Attingham Park. I couldn’t find a map of the grounds through the National Trust app - should have tried the website - to check for shaded areas for Breezy, but it delivered. A mainly shaded walk through woodland and alongside a stream, with plenty of cooling-off opportunities for the furry one.
We finished our visit, and our time in Shropshire, with coffee and a snack from the cafe for the humans, and a doggy ice cream for Breezy. A good way to end a good week.
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Today’s second walk: Exploring Ludlow
On previous hot days we’d had some success with a two-walk strategy: start with somewhere that excites Breezy - today that was Mortimer Forest - and follow it with somewhere quieter and less stimulating. Ideally somewhere that also serves good coffee.
So we headed to Ludlow for a couple of hours. A great coffee stop at Epic Coffee House, then a lovely walk along the river. Enough exercise under Breezy’s paws without her struggling too much in the heat.
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Today’s walk: Mortimer Forest
After the success of the previous day’s walk at Haughmond, we chose another shaded forest walk from Shropshire: A Dog Walker’s Guide. The main car park doesn’t open at weekends, so we parked elsewhere - but it was easy enough to join the route from there, with no frantic replanning needed.
We got out early to keep an easily excited dog as cool as possible. It was a good call. The forest was quiet, with only a few people along the way, and there was a stream for Breezy to refresh herself in. A good place to be on a hot day.
