• 2 months ago
A couple and their pampered pooch are enjoying England's longest dog walk.

Wives Rachel Leigh, 34, and Jill Pearson, 36, are hiking the South West Coast Path - England's longest marked footpath with Pomeranian cross Arnie.

The family are carrying all their supplies for the 630-mile walk on their back - including little Arnie whose legs are usually too tired to walk.

The couple have modified a child carrier for him, covering the leg holes so he can lie down and even adding a special pillow.

They've taken 12 weeks off to do the walk - which they are half way through - and took on the challenge due to their shared love of the outdoors and as a mental-health boost.

The outdoorsy pair say walking takes longer with Arnie as they are stopped up to 50 times a day by people who want to give him a cuddle.

They said the scariest moment was when they nearly lost their tent off a cliff in the wind.

The highlight was finding chocolate and bananas in an honesty box after days on end of lentils and porridge.

The South West Coast Path stretches from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset.

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Transcript
00:00Honey what's that behind you?
00:02Campsite on the hill!
00:04Campsite on the hill!
00:06Right on the path, just how we like it
00:08Just how we like it, ready for a sleep
00:10Oh no wait, Arnie's sleeping
00:12Let's go
00:18Oh my god!
00:20What did we just find?
00:22Honesty cafe with chairs
00:24and cold water
00:26and bananas
00:28and chocolate bars
00:30Oh my god
00:32We've been eating nothing but snack bars all morning
00:34and it's now what
00:363 o'clock
00:38so we won't pay
00:40Thank you so much, this is amazing
00:42Walker's honesty box
00:44Oh bless you
00:58She's in my smile
01:16Fluffy tail
01:18and
01:20Fluffy face
01:22Fluffy face
01:24and speak
01:2640mm
01:28Impressive
01:50So we left
01:52Woodmouth bay this morning
01:54for this afternoon after a big breakfast and we're heading to crackington haven just past it
02:01um it's a bit rainy of an afternoon everyone's covered up right jill yeah
02:12everyone's covered up got a shower cap on
02:17he's very very cozy in there aren't you
02:20yeah still smiling still smiling
02:29nice view as always
02:33up here up up up
02:42that was an excellent step wasn't it good boy
02:51just
02:54that was a really handy step
03:03yeah go for it
03:20okay thank you
03:37washing day arnie on such a lovely day let's see what we have here oh oh wow look at this
03:45washing line look at this washing line amazing washing line with the view
03:59yeah great to have a get washed on and great that it's a lovely day to have it dry
04:04perfect perfect timing
04:10lovely well done
04:15fail bad diamond
04:34you

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