No running for us today as I thought I’d give my quads and hamstrings a well deserved rest and I’m sure Ruby needs the odd day off too. Instead, I drove to Jepson’s Gate and we went for a walk around Lead Mines Clough in the beautiful sunshine.
We went up to the Bomber Memorial and then carried on up, following the path by the edge of the farm which then takes you out to a waterfall a good way down. Whilst walking along this path I passed two blokes who, whilst were probably very nice people and did say hello to me, looked a little bit dodgy. This got me thinking – would Ruby be an effective deterrent for any would-be attacker? She’s only little but would the mere fact that she has teeth scare someone enough to leave me alone? Answers on a postcard please.
We continued on across the bridge over the waterfall and then made our way over the fields before dropping back down into Lead Mines Clough, where I got chatting to a nice 71 year old gentleman who, sadly, had recently lost his wife to cancer. Ruby really took a shine to him as he fed her a digestive biscuit… which again got me thinking – could any would-be attacker just hand Ruby a biscuit to get her off their case? Probably!
Perhaps I should trade her in for an Alsatian or a Doberman…
…not a chance!
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