This morning, Sammi and Zeus waited in the van that I had parked by the top of Pen Yr Orsedd quarry. I walked Beti and Meerah cross-country to the Cwm and then headed off towards Castell, with the plan to circle right back through the fields to swap dogs. To get through the main gate before heading down for Castell I put both girls on the retractable leads. Closing the gate I got a sharp tug from Beti's lead .. I called her back, but she didn't come. She'd got the lead caught in the wall, and the more she pulled to get to me the tighter it got! I struggled and struggled to release it, but it was not budging, I consider I may have to cut my losses and leave it there, or call Steve. Then I heard a noise and I looked down the track (In the photo) to see two police cars and a police van coming towards me. Shit, I tied Meerah to the fence and pulled Beti into the edge. As one of the officers came out of her car to open the gate I called out "Can you help me?" Bless her she came over and between us, we managed to get the lead free. I thanked her, and she left, but there were 6 of them in three vehicles ... what the hell had been going on at Castell??? (I did hear a couple of years ago that the owner had a "trespassers will be stabbed, " on the gate and that there was trouble with people walking the path. Needles to say I never go that far.)
The second walk was pretty uneventfully really - but despite the wind we did have a lovely time!
With Steve needing to pick up his prescription I walked Orin and Siska down from the village, past the donkey field and he picked me up at the top of Carmel by the bus stop. The only disappointment was that there was not a single donkey in sight!
I hate having 7 dogs, poor Ross was today's billy no mates!
