Butterley, Blakeley & Wessenden

No flyball training, no competitions, but we have to do something on a weekend. So we hit a section of the Kirklees Way which is very familiar to me and dad, but not so much to the dogs. We used to walk it a lot with the extended family when I was little; it’s nice and leisurely these days but I’m not sure how I managed it when I was 8!

We started off at Butterley Reservoir, headed up past Blakeley Res and on to Wessenden Res. We didn’t go all the way back into Meltham, but turned around at Wessenden Res because it was starting to get dark. It’s an easy walk anyway, nice well maintained single car road for us to follow up, but that’s a bit boring for the dogs.

Kim had a whale of a time digging up molehills, which is one of her favourite things in the world.

Mollie, being an independent soul, spent most of her time crashing though the undergrowth, occasionally emerging to look pleased with herself. She had a general anesthetic and three teeth removed on Thursday, but I think it’s safe to say she’s bounced right back from that.

It was getting quite dark by the time we turned back, but there were some idiots people just setting off for a stroll. Can’t imagine they got very far!

This was the first time the K-x went on a proper expedition with us, I was a bit worried about the weight since I’m used to my super light Kodak point+shoot, but it wasn’t bad at all, especially considering I carried it around my neck most of the way! It seemed to handle the low light quite well too, although it did start getting very insistent towards the end about using the flash. Original Energizer Lithium batteries are still going strong, I charged up the Eneloops on Wednesday but haven’t needed to use them yet. It does start blinking the “no battery” light at me after about 40mins of on/off shooting, but I’m holding on for as long as possible before I switch. So far I’ve taken around 500-600 shots with these batteries, with some play back but no live view or video. Flash seems to be the major drain.