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28/03/2025

Thank you so much for all the kind words of encouragement. I'm certainly not giving up.

If you know of anyone who would be willing to sell me some land or even do a swapsies, please get in touch.

The criteria:
1. At least 1 acre.
2. Roadside access (with good visibility/no blind bits - not making that mistake again).
3. Not too near houses.
4. Within a 3-4 mile radius of Cockermouth.
5. Pretty flat / not on a steep hill.

Please share or get in touch if you can help.

(Photo taken today on my field with my dog walking dogs)

27/03/2025

**Update**

Im afraid this isnt the update I was wanting to post today...

18months after first submitting my 'change of use application' on the field, I finally got an onsite meeting with my agent, the planner and the highways agency this week. I was so sure that between us, we'd come up with a solution to the entrance to the field, that i started taking all the things I've collected over the last 2 years to the field (tyres, jumps, a shed based etc)

For those that are not aware, everything on my application was accepted, but the highways couldn't sign off on having cars turning in and out of the field where the current entrance is. This is due to the curvature of the road creating a blind spot.

I approached my land neighbour and they very kindly agreed to the possibility of gaining access over their land to get to mine further up the hill, however there are also rules and regulations that this option doesn't comply with.

If it were just me and my staff entering and exiting the land, thats absolutely fine, but the fact it will be open to the public to hire, we cannot find a solution that would be safe.

Sadly, because of this, Paws in the Paddock looks very unlikely to be able to open to the public. I'm so sorry. As you can imagine I'm devasted.

Thank you to the 80+ of you that commented in favour of my plan on my application and for all the support and encouragement over the last few years.

Im not giving up. My dream is to open a safe and fun dog exercise area in or around Cockermouth. Unfortunately, the currently location just isnt to be.

I will leave this page open for a week so everyone has chance to see this post, but then, I will be closing it down until a new location has been secured.

24/03/2025

Calling all farmers and tyre collectors....

We are on the hunt for some large tyres for our field for the dogs to jump on, through or play in.

If you have any lying around that you could either drop off at the field, or I could fit in my van and collect, please let me know 😊

Thank you 🚜

22/02/2025

As previously mentioned, during the recent storms, the big Ash tree came down in the winds.
Typically, it fell right along the fence line.
The farmer of the neighbouring field will be wanting to put sheep in the fields in the next few weeks, so today's mission was to try and cut the tree into small, more movable pieces.
My amazing brother, Owen, has done an amazing job cutting the tree into smaller pieces (my little boy had great fun watching him).
We now just need to pile all the wood and branches up (on my side of the fence) and theb ask someone with a mega tractor to pull the larger bits if trunk into the middle of the field to create a great feature in the dog park.

13/02/2025

Still no news yet regarding my 'change of use' application I'm afraid 🙄

However a few things are happening behind the scenes...

The big ash tree fell down in the storms. I was looking at getting this professionally removed as it was rotton at the base and it was suffering from ash die back. I obviously didn't want it falling down once I was up and running, so thanks to the latest storms, it saved me a job and a lot of money. I just need to chop it up, dish out the wood and fix the fence 😅

I've spoken to my planner this week and by the sounds of it, everything has been ticked off apart from the access issues. As soon as this gets sorted, we'll be good to go, however it does sound like quite alot of ££ is going to have to be spent to make it a safe turn off.

I am not giving up though. We will get there and it will be worth it.

(I took some of the Lakeland Dog Walker dogs up to the field today to get some photos for the planner and couldn't resist a photo shoot on the tree)

31/12/2024

Please be careful when driving up Goat Brow. The culvert under the road appears to have blocked again due to the severe amount of rainwater we have had today.
I have reported it to the Highways both online and via emergency phonecall, but there is alot of standing water on the road and I'd hate for an accident to occur before Highways are able to unblock it.

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