Winter Charity Walk

It was a cold snowy icy day and the sponsored winter walk was cancelled. Brenda and I however decided we would do it anyway and get that money for the motor neurone disease charity because we’re good people like that... Not one of our best ideas... I was walking with my standard poodle, Bob and Brenda was walking with her West Highland Terrier, aptly named, Snow. We were wrapped up in lots of layers with food and drinks packed and a camera on hand and we were ready to go.

We started walking from school and all seemed to be well, we were walking on grass so the ice didn’t really hinder our progress much. We had a bit of fun in the snow, snow angels and such, and then cracked on with the walk. All was fine and the cold wasn’t even that bad due to our brilliant clothing choices. We then reached the road into Staunton Harold… Road and grass are very different. Grass has grip, road doesn’t when covered in ice. This is the part that took the longest, walking down a 2 mile long road in the ice with two dogs pulling us, we both had a few near falls.

We finally reached our destination in one piece and had a rest and some food, we attracted some attention with our dogs, little Snow was getting cold feet so Brenda was carrying her. We eventually started the trek back, it really wasn’t as nice as the way there. The way back seemed to be 3 times as long and 10 times as cold. It was definitely a slower pace of walking with a lot more slipping and a lot more rests. The moral was down for sure. When we got back to the school I could’ve collapsed of happiness, my dad came and picked us up in the warm car and we went back to mine for hot chocolate. We couldn’t even relax as then we went to the Christmas market in Birmingham. We both slept very well that night indeed.

Bob wasn’t entirely sure of Snow at all, he’s not keen on small dogs and seemed a bit scared especially as Snow was young and excitable. They managed together ok and posed nicely for pictures. Bob isn’t exactly the most extrovert of animals, he’s used to being walked in a field and didn’t take very well to the public environment, I think we’ll stick to fields in the future!

Overall it was pretty difficult but definitely worth it as we managed to raise over £200 for the motor neurone disease charity. Plus all the character building and whatnot.