Gallery

First adventures soon

There are no bus days yet, so there are no dogs to show you. Rather than fill this page with stock photographs of somebody else’s dogs, here is the country the bus will drive through, and the towns it stops in.

No bus days yet

The gallery fills itself from the first day the bus runs: the album from each day, grouped by route and date. Until then, no stock dogs — only the real ones.

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Where the bus goes

The towns, the fields and the ground in between

These are photographs of the real places on the six routes, taken by other people and used under a Creative Commons licence. They are not our field, they are not our bus, and they are labelled as what they are.

Winter light over walled pasture, looking across the valley to the long whaleback of Pendle Hill — Pendle Hill from Weets Hill, above Barnoldswick. Dominic Nelson, CC BY-SA 4.0

Small green fields divided by drystone walls running up a Dales hillside, with stone field barns — Walled fields in the Dales: the shape of the country the bus drives through. Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0

Stone walls and a fence line leading away across rough pasture towards the flat top of Ingleborough — Ingleborough, framed by walls: the Dales end of the map. TXGemGem, CC BY-SA 4.0

Clitheroe Castle keep on its limestone knoll above the town, with trees and grass in front — Clitheroe Castle, at the middle of The Ribble Run. Phil Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0

Rooftops and church tower of Whalley village seen from the fields above, with wooded hills behind — Whalley, one of the six stops on the live route. Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0

The brook and stone cottages of Waddington village on a bright day — Waddington: the last pick-up, ten minutes from the field. Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0

The stone frontage of Settle Town Hall on Duke Street, with the market square in front — Settle, North Yorkshire: where the bus lives. Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0

Narrowboats moored along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the middle of Skipton — The canal through Skipton. Daderot, CC0 1.0

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal running past mill buildings at Barnoldswick — The canal at Barnoldswick, on the Pendle side. Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0

Rough grass and heather on the top of Longridge Fell with a wide view over the Ribble Valley — Longridge Fell, looking over the Ribble Valley. Phil and Juliette Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0

Lawns, flower beds and mature trees in the Valley Gardens at Harrogate — The Valley Gardens, Harrogate. David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0

A closed metal field gate in a stone wall, with sheep pasture rising beyond it — A gate, shut behind you. It is the whole point of a secure field. Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0

What lands here from week one

The album is part of the fare, not a marketing exercise

Five to eight safe pictures or clips on every run, taken with the vehicle stationary and the handler's hands free, or in the field. Nobody photographs while loading or handling a dog: a hand on a phone is a hand off a lead, and a day with no usable pictures is a normal day rather than a failure.

We never photograph people at pick-ups or drop-offs — not you, not a neighbour, not a child — and never house numbers, street names or number plates.

Three consents, not one

The day album: on by default, because it is the thing you paid for. Photographs of your own dog, shared with you and the other owners on that day.
Your dog on our social media: off unless you switch it on. We ask warmly at registration and again after a good first adventure, when the answer is much more likely to be yes.
Your dog's name: a separate switch, because plenty of people are happy with the picture and not the name.

You can change any of them at any time in your account, and it takes effect immediately for anything not yet published. What withdrawal cannot do is recall a photograph that has already been shared onward, and we would rather say so than imply a delete button reaches the internet.

Photo credits

The photographs on this site are of real places on the routes, used under the licences below. Attribution is a condition of those licences and this is where it lives. They are placeholders in the honest sense: each one is replaced by The K9 Bus's own photography as it is taken.

Weets Hill, above Barnoldswick — Winter light over walled pasture, looking across the valley to the long whaleback of Pendle Hill. Photograph by Dominic Nelson, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales — Small green fields divided by drystone walls running up a Dales hillside, with stone field barns. Photograph by Kreuzschnabel, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales — Stone walls and a fence line leading away across rough pasture towards the flat top of Ingleborough. Photograph by TXGemGem, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clitheroe — Clitheroe Castle keep on its limestone knoll above the town, with trees and grass in front. Photograph by Phil Platt, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whalley — Rooftops and church tower of Whalley village seen from the fields above, with wooded hills behind. Photograph by Peter McDermott, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waddington — The brook and stone cottages of Waddington village on a bright day. Photograph by Peter McDermott, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Settle — The stone frontage of Settle Town Hall on Duke Street, with the market square in front. Photograph by Colin Smith, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skipton — Narrowboats moored along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the middle of Skipton. Photograph by Daderot, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC0 1.0.
Barnoldswick — The Leeds and Liverpool Canal running past mill buildings at Barnoldswick. Photograph by Gordon Hatton, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longridge Fell — Rough grass and heather on the top of Longridge Fell with a wide view over the Ribble Valley. Photograph by Phil and Juliette Platt, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harrogate — Lawns, flower beds and mature trees in the Valley Gardens at Harrogate. Photograph by David Rogers, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
A field gate — A closed metal field gate in a stone wall, with sheep pasture rising beyond it. Photograph by Chris Heaton, via Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.

Be in the first album

The first bus day fills this page. If you would like your dog in it, the list is the way in.

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£26 per dog per adventure · first adventure £23.40 · free to register, and nothing to pay until you book.