same over here, if I take my dog out to the local woods this time of year I can literally go for days on end with out seeing anyone, come a bit of sunshine and there will be dozens of people everywhere, proper winds me up! there must be millions of dogs bored out of their minds during the whole of winter in this country. If you live in a country where the weather is iff 90% of the time, and you don't like iffy weather, I seriously can't get my head around why you would get a dog?? I used to know someone who's idea of taking their dog out was to drive on a car park after the shop has closed,