The Edinburgh Spaniels

Stay Where You Are There’s nothing worse than taking your eyes off one of the boys when pitching the tent, only to find they have somehow found the nearest spot to jump into some muddy water. One of the first things we do when finding our wild-camp spots if we are trying to keep the dogs dry is use our Hi-Gear Dog Tether . Simple but effective, it allows us to focus on the tent pitching and not on the dog watching. See our post on harnesses and  Bungee Leads  Keeping Stuff Clean A backseat travel hammock/ cover has become an essential travel piece for us as not only does it speed up the cleaning process when back home, it helps keep the boys self-contained in the back. We also stick our fold out camping chairs/ table behind the front seats, which gives us the full boot space for bigger items.  Not sure if you are meant to, but we machine wash ours every few weeks You Can’t Eat Me Lets face it, some dog chews STINK (looking at you pizzles)! And if you get a long lasting one, packing it

The three that were almost zero, that was almost 2, that was almost 4, but were actually 3... ? The plan had been to wake up at 4am and hike the fist munro ( Cairn Aosda ) for sunrise, however it was still chucking it down with rain (it had been all night) so we scrapped that plan and went back to sleep. When woke up again it was to find our pitch was flooded with water and our tent was functioning as a kind of waterbed... thank goodness for Vango's waterproofing!! We packed up the tent and ate some cereal bars in the car before setting off to the start point for the munros.  When we got to the start (the Glenshee Ski Centre ) we actually decided we weren't going to do the munros. It was raining and the cloud was so thick that we could barely see a few m infront of us. Not ideal conditions! There is no signal as the ski centre, so we drove a bit further down the road to a layby with signal to plan what we should do. With no other munros in the area that we hadnt already climbed

  A good, comfortable and easy to use harness is a key piece of gear for adventures with a dog!  When you think dog harnesses, most of us go to Ruffwear and so we were very happy to be given a few to test out by Go Outdoors.  The legal bit - just to disclose that we were kindly gifted the 3 items mentioned in this post (harness, lead and collars) by GO Outdoors. We chose them ourselves and are under no obligation to share our thoughts about the items. All opinions below are our own and we hope you find it useful! :) Harnesses for ‘normal’ sizes: We went for the Front-range harnesses which are perfect for Hugo, but not quite for Spence (explained a bit later on!). The  Ruffwear Front-Range , harness has foam padding for comfort and a reflective trim for visibility, plus 4 adjustment points to perfect the fit. We went for the bright orange which looks awesome against Hugo’s brown coat. I was worried about it getting dirty but surprisingly it washes off very well!  Harnesses for  LONG  BO

Driving through Glenshee I was worried. I could barely see the taillights on the car in front and we were in a thick constant cloud. Not ideal conditions for finding a place to camp with less than an hour of daylight left!  Thankfully after the ski centre , the road descends slightly and by the time we arrived to the layby/carpark that we were planning on camping from, we had reemerged from the cloud. We couldn't see anything in the distance, but at least we were could see enough to find a spot to pitch up... The layby is the start point for the Glas Maol 4 and has enough room for maybe 15 cars. There is a wee track heading off to the right which we took, bringing us down onto a lower level near a little bridge. We crossed the bridge with our wild camp stuff and got the tent up just in time for the rain starting! Thankfully our tent has a decent size entrance area so we sat inside sheltering from the rain until it was time for bed. From maybe 9-11pm (or whenever I finally fell a

The Glas Maol 4 - what a great hike!  The 4 are;  Càrn an Tuirc , Cairn of Claise , Glas Maol and Creag Leacach . They all sit on the opposite side of the road to Glenshee Ski Centre and on a clear day, give you views as far as East & West Lomond in Fife! Starting from a large layby car park just past Glenshee Ski Centre, this 4 munro multi-bag loop starts with a relatively steep first ascent followed by a gentle mountain top walk to the summits.  We left a fairly sunny Edinburgh on the Friday afternoon and, in typical scottish weather fashion, the sky got greyer and cloudier the further North we went. By the time we got to Glenshee we could barely see the car infront!  Thankfully i'd saved our wild camp spot in map.me as not only was the visibility so poor we couldn't have seen it, the turning for the layby itself is hard to spot coming from the direction of Glenshee. You can read about the wild camp here but for now - on to the munros! The layby is the start point for