The real Milly Dog, who is the main character of the book ‘Between Mountain and Sea, A Dog’s Adventure in Coigach and Assynt’ , is a very sweet-natured Lollie (I have made that name for her mixed breed up as a dog who is a lab crossed with a collie). I got her from a croft on Skye (there is a longer story there..) when I was ranger there and our first walk together involved a wee sit down to watch an otter. She was a 4.5 month old puppy and she just sat beside me on a rock looking and sniffing the air. That was the dog for me. She…
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New Book – Between Mountain and Sea, A Dog’s Adventure in Coigach and Assynt.
Setting the scene and procrastination… I am a frustrating procrastinator when it comes to my books. Despite it being something I want to do more than anything else, I find things such as cleaning windows (I don’t like cleaning) or taking my dog my for another walk to come between me and them… In fact, quite a large part of my procrastination comes in the form of walking. However, for this I don’t think procrastination is the right word and proof comes in the form of my new book which is composed of many hours walking through my local landscape with my dog Milly. Walking and looking and listening all gets…