Sophie Mayes

Back to the Ipswich area for this one.... and another one of my favourite places to go. Not so much for nostalgia this time (although we walked here a lot when I worked for Brainy Dogs), but more for the sheer beauty of the environment. I've been here many times, but this walk took me further than usual which was nice for me to expand the horizons as some might say. The walk starts at the Orwell country park car park (bit of tongue twister for you!), which can feel like you're on the road to...

Todays walk was one for the folk 'the other side of Ipswich' as we went to good old Needham Lakes. Our walk started early as I wanted to combine it with some foraging around the car boot sale with Skyla. Apparently they hold them every week, but next week is the last one before winter (*mental note made to go back next year earlier in the year*). I wanted to go and see if I could pick up some objects for scent training. Wasn't a great haul but we came away with a couple of things - and more...

For my first addition to 'Walks with Skyla' I decided to keep it nice and local and go somewhere I knew where to park. So I asked my mum...