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Sorry, the above title is a slight wind up to the two people who I sent absolutely mad on another thread with when I made the very mildest of criticisms about our lack of welcome regarding both our little dogs and indeed our camping car when we recently visited Portugal.
My mother always told me to play nicely but I have never learnt.
Quite seriously if you are a dog owner then Keswick is the most amazing place. Everywhere welcomes dogs. I do mean everywhere.
There will be sad people who will relish the chance to post replies about how unhygienic dogs are and that they would not enter a restaurant or Pub if dogs were allowed inside. Excellent. It allows more room for me, my doggies and other dog owners. Such people would hate Keswick and I strongly recommend that they go elsewhere. Portugal perhaps?
Keswick is the most dog friendly place in Great Britain I am told and most restaurants have signs saying 'muddy boots and paws welcome here'. I fear that it is not just kindness but rather the lure of good hard cold cash that allows such indulgence. One Pub owner told me that he would close his doors the moment he started refusing dogs such is the demand of his clientele who bring dogs in when they eat.
My favourite place in the UK is now the Royal Oak in Keswick. A very good meal with excellent friendly service. Best of all is the bangers and mash with gravy that for £1.50 will be bought to the table with your main course so that your doggy pal can eat under the table at the same time. I swear that Margaux our little rescue dog was going to have her eyes burst out of her head when the two bowls were bought. She actually paused for a second and looked at me with an expression of. 'It can't be for me!' That was a split second before doing her impression of a Dyson vacuum cleaner by polishing off the lot and then spending the next hour washing out the bowl. (Cue response from 'dog hater of Tunbridge Wells in purple ink).
When we walked into the same Pub the next morning for breakfast she turned tight to sit under the same table. She is no fool when it comes to sausage and mash. By the way, note the fact that because we were welcomed and served so well we returned for breakfast, More profit for the place and good luck to them.
I will also say that I was blessed when a young man to be able to camp in the Lakes every weekend and would go hillwalking with my dog. Those days are long gone and this was our first return for about 25 years. We live in France and in the past I have not enjoyed our returns to the UK very much but for whatever reason this trip was a triumph and apart from Greece the UK was the best place that we visited on our 11 country 18.000km tour.
I really loved Keswick and we stayed there on our return from Skye (which was also stunning) as well, actually delaying our return to France by two days especially to spend more time there.
So if like us you love dogs. Go to Keswick. If you hate them go to Portugal!
My mother always told me to play nicely but I have never learnt.
Quite seriously if you are a dog owner then Keswick is the most amazing place. Everywhere welcomes dogs. I do mean everywhere.
There will be sad people who will relish the chance to post replies about how unhygienic dogs are and that they would not enter a restaurant or Pub if dogs were allowed inside. Excellent. It allows more room for me, my doggies and other dog owners. Such people would hate Keswick and I strongly recommend that they go elsewhere. Portugal perhaps?
Keswick is the most dog friendly place in Great Britain I am told and most restaurants have signs saying 'muddy boots and paws welcome here'. I fear that it is not just kindness but rather the lure of good hard cold cash that allows such indulgence. One Pub owner told me that he would close his doors the moment he started refusing dogs such is the demand of his clientele who bring dogs in when they eat.
My favourite place in the UK is now the Royal Oak in Keswick. A very good meal with excellent friendly service. Best of all is the bangers and mash with gravy that for £1.50 will be bought to the table with your main course so that your doggy pal can eat under the table at the same time. I swear that Margaux our little rescue dog was going to have her eyes burst out of her head when the two bowls were bought. She actually paused for a second and looked at me with an expression of. 'It can't be for me!' That was a split second before doing her impression of a Dyson vacuum cleaner by polishing off the lot and then spending the next hour washing out the bowl. (Cue response from 'dog hater of Tunbridge Wells in purple ink).
When we walked into the same Pub the next morning for breakfast she turned tight to sit under the same table. She is no fool when it comes to sausage and mash. By the way, note the fact that because we were welcomed and served so well we returned for breakfast, More profit for the place and good luck to them.
I will also say that I was blessed when a young man to be able to camp in the Lakes every weekend and would go hillwalking with my dog. Those days are long gone and this was our first return for about 25 years. We live in France and in the past I have not enjoyed our returns to the UK very much but for whatever reason this trip was a triumph and apart from Greece the UK was the best place that we visited on our 11 country 18.000km tour.
I really loved Keswick and we stayed there on our return from Skye (which was also stunning) as well, actually delaying our return to France by two days especially to spend more time there.
So if like us you love dogs. Go to Keswick. If you hate them go to Portugal!
traumatic......but we always had holidays in the Lake District and loved the fact that we could take our dogs in with us for a meal, it makes good business sense and is great for us.
. Haven't tried the Royal Oak yet, but next time 
