{"id":287,"date":"2018-06-25T06:59:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T06:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=287"},"modified":"2020-07-14T07:11:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T07:11:58","slug":"oak-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2018\/06\/25\/oak-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Oak Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Oak<\/a><\/p>\n

Westward ho! First the <\/font>east coast of England<\/font><\/a>, and now road trip to the west. With the help of the handy <\/font>Dog Golf Course Map<\/font><\/a>, we plotted a golfing holiday in Cornwall (which with the Home Counties and Scotland is one of the areas with the most dog-friendly courses). But the west country is a bit further from us so we decided to break up the journey with a stop en route at <\/font>Oak Meadow<\/font><\/a> golf course (formerly \u201cStarcross\u201d under which name the website still exists). It was a perfect pit stop about 2.5 hours into a 4 hour drive. A little break from driving and good warm-up for weekend of dog golfing.<\/font><\/p>\n

Travel Tip \u2013 If you are renting a car for your dog golf holiday, most rental agencies prohibit you carrying pets in them (Rusty and Grace had to travel in an accompanying friend\u2019s car) so you might need to search for a special pet friendly car rental.<\/font><\/p>\n

Welcome<\/i> \u2013 First the course was a little tricky to locate. The postcode (EX6 8QG) and street address (\u201c9 New Road\u201d) don\u2019t get you there using the sat nav. Go to New Road and then carry on about a half mile and it is on your right. Google Maps calls it an \u201cUnnamed Road\u201d, but for all intents and purposes it is the extension of \u201cNew Road\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n

When we did arrive, we were enthusiastically welcomed by a dog named \u201cBobby\u201d who is the unofficial mascot underscoring its dog friendly (or \u201cfriendly dog\u201d) credentials.<\/font><\/p>\n

Walk<\/i> \u2013 One of the shortest courses with holes crossing over each other to squeeze 9 holes into a quite contained plot of land right next to the estuary. <\/font><\/p>\n

Wildlife<\/i> \u2013 Mostly seagulls squawking around.<\/font><\/p>\n

Water<\/i> \u2013 Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Being by the estuary, it\u2019s all mostly brackish. So off we go to the \u201cwater hole\u201d\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

Wind Down<\/i> \u2013 According to Doggie Pubs, there was no real \u201clocal\u201d, so we ventured into nearby Exeter center to the 5 star reviewed <\/font>The Fat Pig<\/font><\/a>. It was 7 miles away but it is close to the motorways you will be re-joining whether you are going further south on the M5 or west on the A30. We had a superb meal (Lori had the pulled pork, I had the chunkiest tomato soup ever, and Rusty and Grace had their Nature\u2019s Menu evening meal). Plenty of fussing over them by the patron and hosts (who brought out a biscuit for each).<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Oak<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Oak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westward ho! First the east coast of England, and now road trip to the west. With the help of the handy Dog Golf Course Map, we plotted a golfing holiday in Cornwall (which with the Home Counties and Scotland is one of the areas with the most dog-friendly courses). But the west country is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}