A Wallace and Gromit walk has been launched in Grizedale and Whinlatter forests.
The Forest Walkies routes have been developed in partnership with Aardman and Ordnance Survey.
Forest Walkies will give four-legged friends the time of their lives and help you spend quality time with your canine companions. Not only that but there’s a chance to win your dog a fabulous holiday – and the whole family can go too.
Panels along the routes offer activities to do with your dog featuring Wallace and Gromit. Challenges include encouraging your dog to sit still while you count up to 30 (in Gromit seconds!), high-fiving your canine chum, and encouraging them to lie still while you both enjoy looking up at the trees.
Any cheating is all part of the fun and there’s even a photo opp at end of the route for your dog to say “cheese Gromit!”
Routes will also be plotted on Ordnance Survey’s Maps app to help you navigate your way around and you’ll find more information about the routes and be able to enter the competition from the app too.
With a third of visitors to the nation’s forests bringing their beloved dogs, Forestry England welcomes them all year round to exercise and enjoy the sights and smells of the forest landscape. Forest Walkies is a chance to deepen the bond you have with your dog and support their wellbeing and yours.
There is an activity pack to buy before you go on your Forest Walkies, with a beautifully designed tote bag featuring Wallace and Gromit striding out on their own forest walk as a special gift for dog owners. Inside is a cute dog bandana as a gift for the most important member of the group. You’ll also find a leaflet to enter the competition as well as a fun crossword puzzle to be just like Wallace and Gromit, with clues on the route panels to solve on your forest walk.
One lucky dog (and their family) will be in with the chance of winning an amazing Forest Holidays cabin break worth £1,500, where they can put their paws up and relax! Details of how to enter can be found in the activity pack and also on the Forestry England website.
Sally Burchall, Forestry England visitor experience manager, said: “We can’t wait to welcome dogs and their owners for their Forest Walkies with this brand-new campaign.
“Grizedale and Whinlatter are the perfect place for dogs to have fun, exercise and stay healthy all year round. As well as being a beautiful environment for us as we take our dogs for a walk, it’s also a place full of enrichment for them with sights and smells to keep your dog happy and stimulated.
“Dogs and their owners are incredibly important visitors to the nation’s forests, and we are looking forward to seeing some very waggy tails and bright eyes as they experience this grand day out! All our dogs deserve a treat, and this is the perfect way to give it to them.”
As well as appearing on the Forest Walkies routes, Gromit will be Forestry England’s special celebrity ambassador for the year ahead.
