Latrigg with Mom and Cocoa!

Mom on top of Latrigg

(Doesn't she look pleased with herself?)

Guess who?

Monday, 28th April

And what a nightmare this turned out to be - (not really) but fond memories will remain of my voice breaking the pleasant silence for a number of ramblers trying to enjoy the day, by periodically yelling: "COCOA!" at the top of my voice.

Problem is the dog (next door's - not mine) is hard of hearing - bless her and once she gets her nose to a trail she might as well be stone deaf. Oh and she also has this love of chasing sheep . . . in the Lake District, yes, in spring.

So I'm walking up this fell with a seventy-year-old behind me who can't keep up and a dog in front who can't hear me and keeps disappearing in front!

Anyhow, we all made it in one piece; Mom making it all the way to the top (both of us thought she might not make the last few feet) and Cocoa being rescued by several different groups of people along the railway footpath who spotted her running off in the wrong direction after we had lost her.

Mom said it was as worse as taking Ricky out when he was little!

NB: Just for the record, Cocoa is an adorable dog - a sweet, nervous timid creature who needs lots of luv. She was a rescue dog and still jumps when logs on the fire spit and bangs down the door of her run and runs off into the woods when she hears fireworks. She has a lovely owner, named Chris, who looks after her much better than I ever could.