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Do you ever look up when you're outside?
A pair of athletic shoes hanging from the wires.
They haven't just been slung up there from below . The laces look as though they are tied on.
Who? Why ....well, why not?
How?
From the top of the rubbish truck I'd say, by bored council workers.
It doesn't matter where I walk up here, I have to pass barking dogs.
These two seemed really dangerous, loud barks and big teeth. K had a talk with their owner and he said they'd retreat if you shooed them away.
One was outside the other day and I told him to shut up (nicely of course) and he did lower the tone and backed up.
When I took this photo I had to get closer, closer to the big fence. And they did retreat.
Every time I took a step forward they took a step back.
All the other dogs are also behind tall fences and I hope they stay there.
Their barking is loud and insistent.
I have my trekking poles but they're all only for waving around.
Once, a few years ago, I came upon a pack of dogs. 3 or 4 of them and they didn't look friendly. I retreated slowly and thank goodness they didn't follow .
They must have escaped from one of the rural parcels of land up here. Guardians of olive groves and rustic sheds.
Most of these are large dogs on the end of big chains.
Thank goodness I've never seen them since.
Oooh.. not very walker-friendly then?
ReplyDeleteWe once stayed at a small family run hotel up in the mountains in northern Spain. P went out for a run before breakfast the first morning and was confronted by two huge, very aggressive dogs at the entrance to the farm at the end of the lane - not tied up at all! He decided not to bother with his run and walked slowly back up to the hotel.
There are dogs guarding olive groves and small herds of sheep or a few chickens everywhere here. They all bark like mad well before I'm even insight. I don't walk unknown paths
DeleteP was lucky not to be chased. At least these are either tied up or behind a fence. But 'what if'? They spoil the outdoors
In Ireland they call torn black bin bags attached to telephone wires: "Witches Knickers". Good on for keep going on your walks.
ReplyDeleteI only go in a couple of directions now. Maybe their bark is worse than their bite ..... But.....will they always be ok
DeleteA friend living on Aegina told me once that so many dogs (probably from Athens) were being abandoned on the island that they were forming packs and locals in some places were getting quite fearful. I get that but also feel so sorry for the abandoned dogs.
ReplyDeleteAegina is well known for its animal care and shelters. An easy way for a city dweller without a heart to drop a dog. Stray dogs there are picked up pretty quickly though. From what I've heard.
ReplyDeleteWe get the tennis shoes on wires here too, must be a "thing". I remember being very wary of the massive herders´dogs in Spain on my Caminos. They were loose and just doing their job protecting their herds but it was very scary and I was grateful for my poles.
ReplyDeleteYou never know what a dog will do when you meet them on the road and it doesn't matter what the owners say. K was bitten by one which was with it's owner
DeleteGot any gang warfare going on up there or druggies hanging around. . . urban myths surrounding the runners tossed over power lines.
ReplyDeleteLuckily these days we don’t seem to have dogs running loose around the neighbourhood. I can tell you about barking dogs in the neighbourhood if you want. . with owners who don’t believe they do - well they’re not home when the dogs do it so they don’t hear it do they!
Well well well. One of my granddaughters told us those shoes were a sign drugs were being sold. Urban myth or not? These ones are in the middle of nowhere. No houses nearby but drug dealers would stick out like a sore thumb
DeleteYes I've seen those shoes on powerlines here, they normally mean there is a drug house nearby. Yesterday when I looked up into the sky I saw some long vapor trails.
ReplyDeleteNo houses near these shoes. But who knows. I hope it was just the council guys playing a prank. But who knows?
DeleteI am always very wary of unknown dogs on my walks.
ReplyDeleteBig barking dogs that rush up to the fence or strain on a leash or are wandering free, no, Keep them away from me!
DeleteI am very fearful of dogs when out walking. I've been threatened by dogs on several occasions and been terrified. We get sneakers/shoes over powerlines too!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately dog attacks are not unusual. We have every reason to be afraid of them.
DeleteAs for those shoes over the powerline....I googled it. Seems they can signify various things, a place for drug deals being one of them. Sounds like an urban myth to me
So many people exercise their dogs on my quiet country lane that I have ceased daring to walk up it (about a mile). Most have the dogs loose because it is very isolated and few cars. When the dogs are running free the owners always tell me the same: he wouldn't hurt you. They cannot know that for sure. Many dogs want to jump up and I am at a loss of how to cope because for people not relaxed with dogs this is one of the worst things imaginable.
ReplyDeleteThe dog won't hurt the owners sure. I'm not going to trust them. I'm like you, I am not at all relaxed around dogs, especially strange ones.
DeleteAccording to law here if they're in public they should be on a leash. But who follows the law?
Just look at the dogs tails. If they're wagging whilst barking they're OK, just stoop down to their level and welcome them. Don't quote me on this!
ReplyDeleteSounds ok but in practice I'm not sure .
DeleteLoud barking dogs can be intimidating! There are runners like that down the road from us, but they are thrown over not tied on.
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