Ever met someone famous walking their dog while you're out walking yours?

[flounder_1]

Yesterday a basset hound came lolloping (only way to describe a Basset Hounds run!) over to Lolly while we were on our early walk at the park. We've met him before but always with a local dog walker. Well his owner came over to say hello and it was an actress from Holby. She said how lovely Lolly was and we passed a few doggy pleasantries before going on our way. Of course I acted very cool :cool:!!!

It got me wondering whether anyone else has met anyone famous out walking their dog?

[ali-s.j.]

When I was a little girl I met Anita Harris on the beach in Bournmouth with her Afghan Hound, and Roy Hudd :D Oh, and I met Mike and Bernie Winters with the big St. Bernard. Not very impressive now, but it was at the time! :laugh:

[MillieDog]

Apparently I have :D I too met said actress from Holby City, but had no idea who she was until you told me :o:o:o Doh!

[embee]

Rod Argent from The Zombies lives in our village and I've passed the time of day with him while our dogs sniffed each others rears :D

[mandym]

I never meet anyone famous up here in aberdeen,not on a walk anyway,would love to though although my claim to fame is im in one of the mud huts on set in the film willow watching it being made,i was told if stuck my hand out the window and waved id be in a lot of trouble lol i was soooo tempted! x

[JulesB]

I've not met anyone famous out walking Betty, or not anyone I recognised!!! Ali Bastian from Hollyoaks and Strictly was going to have a puppy from the same litter as Betty but the timing wasn't right for her so she waited a year and now has a Cavapoo. We were texting each other when she was going to have a cockapoo as the breeder had mentioned we both lived not far apart so Ali asked her to give me her number and we had been planning dog walks together. Would have been nice to see how one of Betty's litter had grown up.

[Laura(L)Izzie]

Never out walking dogs no :/
The only time i've met someone famous was about 9 years ago in discovery cove in Florida swimming with the dolphins, sally for coronation street was in our group with her family :D

[caradunne]

I went to Michael Attenborough (son of Richard)/Jane Seymour's wedding as he was a friend at uni. Got a salad dressing recipe from Susan George and Simon MacCorkindale in a pub near here, talked to Carolyn Quentin at the local train station and met Jane Asher with her hubby Gerald Scarfe in Riga. none of them had dogs with them! Oh and met John Mayal in a blues club when I was 17.

[Laura(L)Izzie]

I think Cara wins :D Haha, I lso met the chuckle brothers once & got a picture & their autographs! LOL

[flounder_1]

Well I think Cara changed the rules somewhat!!! lol

I grew up in the same town and Eastenders, Holby, Eastenders, Star Wars etc was filmed so frequently see actors shopping in the town. I have a photo of me as a child with Ed Stewpot (anyone remember him? I can't even remember what he was famous for!!!)

[michaelwatson54]

When I was in the RAF my dog High Fived the Queen Mother on her 80th birthday also I met The Queen, Prince Charles and Lady Dianna(as she was then) Princess Ann at Gatcombe Park and Prince Andrew flew me and my dog in his helicopter I've also met Bruce on the generation game Roy Castle and Norris McWerter on Record Breakers Selina Scott and Frank Bough Kevin Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and the unforgettable Brian Clough:) but out with my pet dogs I'm afraid to say no :Done

[ali-s.j.]

Well I think Cara changed the rules somewhat!!! lol

I grew up in the same town and Eastenders, Holby, Eastenders, Star Wars etc was filmed so frequently see actors shopping in the town. I have a photo of me as a child with Ed Stewpot (anyone remember him? I can't even remember what he was famous for!!!)

Ed "Stewpot" Stewart was originally a DJ, went on to present "Crackerjack"

[paul1959]

Jim Davidson and Greg Lake, 'I Believe in Father Christmas' fame

[JulesB]

Anna Friel lives in Windsor and lives next door to some people i know from dog walking does that count???

Prince Philip said hello to me when i was out running (not dog walking) in Windsor Great Park.

The most famous celeb i've seen is Jennifer Lopez who was sat on the next table to us at a London hotel.

oh and on a much more minor level i saw there was a programne on the pop band Steps reforming last night and i have met 3 of Steps as Lisa is a close friend of friend (who also has a dog.....tenuous link!!!!!).

I love people's celeb meetings!!!!

[mandym]

Im going to london next month on holiday,will try and bump up my list while im there lol x

[Tressa]

Me and Teddy? Never met anybody:D! Actually Teddy is the celebrity when we are out walking, lol.

[Rufini]

Not yet as obv Vincent can't go walkies...
But we're going to be taking him down to Wilmslow for walks as there are some beautiful parks there and as far as I can tell most of Man U and Man City players live around there so I guess it is possible!

I have met countless people from Corrie in Manchester, the girl who plays Fizz (the ginger one? I don't watch it!!!) her dad rent an office in the same office building as me so I've seen her quite a lot!

Oh an I met Dragons Den when they were filming the start sequence of last years series.... I stalked them until I could get a photo!! Peter is H-U-G-E

[JulesB]

Im going to london next month on holiday,will try and bump up my list while im there lol x

The funny thing with London is you can easily walk past celebs and not realise!! Selfridges is often a good place to see celebs doing a bit of shopping! x

[colpa110]

Not walking, but have met Sue Barker and Cliff Richard ( when they were
supopsedly going out together..) - both TINY - Boris Becker - HUGE,
and Pauline Collins and John Alderton were on the flight on my recent hols
to Portugal.

[wellerfeller]

When I was in the RAF my dog High Fived the Queen Mother on her 80th birthday also I met The Queen, Prince Charles and Lady Dianna(as she was then) Princess Ann at Gatcombe Park and Prince Andrew flew me and my dog in his helicopter I've also met Bruce on the generation game Roy Castle and Norris McWerter on Record Breakers Selina Scott and Frank Bough Kevin Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and the unforgettable Brian Clough:) but out with my pet dogs I'm afraid to say no :Done
Wow thats an impressive list:D
The best (or worst) depending on your veiws, that I can do is John Terry, Vinnie Jones, actually I think they have to go under heading of worst:D

[marzy]

we quite often see Richard madely ....Richard and Judy on coastal path looe to polperro ... apparently walks to polperro in mornings to collect pappers xx
he's very pleasant xx

[S.Claire]

When I was in the RAF my dog High Fived the Queen Mother on her 80th birthday also I met The Queen, Prince Charles and Lady Dianna(as she was then) Princess Ann at Gatcombe Park and Prince Andrew flew me and my dog in his helicopter I've also met Bruce on the generation game Roy Castle and Norris McWerter on Record Breakers Selina Scott and Frank Bough Kevin Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and the unforgettable Brian Clough:) but out with my pet dogs I'm afraid to say no :Done

Surely this has to be a winner! Getting your dog flown round by Prince Andrew is a pretty good claim! :)

My family is friends with Simon Weston (Falklands Veteran) and this summer he told me Nacho was not manly looking enough for a male dog. Next thing I know, he's got him snuggled up on his lap and letting him tuck into our bbq sausages.

You can't help love a cockapoo even if your a rottie lover!

[Alexis]

Blue Buddy has a famous mummy! I was on the Waterford episode of "Come Dine With Me Ireland" And now every time we go for a walk, everyone recognises me!

[wilfiboy]

I chatted to Paul Opacic, from Hollyoaks, he owns the pub and used to be in Emmerdale, I started talking about his Afgan hound before he was near enough to realise who he was but did nt cotton on that i recognised him. Not into flattering celebs would walk past a big a lister rather than gush, but if a dog was invovled might not be able to help myself x

[Rufini]

Blue Buddy has a famous mummy! I was on the Waterford episode of "Come Dine With Me Ireland" And now every time we go for a walk, everyone recognises me!

LOL! That's interesting because I'm waiting for episodes with me in to be aired!!! UK version

cockapoo owners are obvious so awesome we have to be on the telly :cool:

[wilfiboy]

Let us know when your on Ruth x

[ali-s.j.]

LOL! That's interesting because I'm waiting for episodes with me in to be aired!!! UK version

cockapoo owners are obvious so awesome we have to be on the telly :cool:

My daughter is obsessed with Come dine with me! She'll be very excited :D

[ali-s.j.]

If you want to celeb spot - come to Edinburgh during the festival! I had a chat with Billy Connelly in Princes St gardens one year :) Also spotted on the street - Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Peter Kay, Terence Stamp, "Lexy" from Monarch of the Glen (my niece told me who she was!) and Kate who won Big Brother - both in Harvey Nicks. JK Rowling's daughter was at my kids' school, so I used to see her quite a bit.
My niece works for Rays of Sunshine, a charity that grants wishes to terminally ill and profoundly disabled kids, and she spends lots of time with JLS and now One Direction, and meets famous people all the time. She's usually very cool about it, but did embarrass herself in front of Helen Bonham Carter by telling her how much she admired her!

[lady amanda]

MAN!! now that would have been awesome! I am close to Toronto, and The Toronto international Film festival was just here...I should have gone and tried to get LAdy her pics with the big stars....Angelina Jole was here, and Bradd pitt. Gerard Butler was here too ( yummm) and It think that even Mr George Clooney was here too... SHEWT!!! well maybe fun for next year.

[ali-s.j.]

I saw the lovely Mr George Clooney at Venice Film Festival - it was my 25th wedding anniversary, and I left Hubby in a cafe while I wrestled my way to the front of the crowd
:love-eyes:

[michaelwatson54]

Wow thats an impressive list:D
The best (or worst) depending on your veiws, that I can do is John Terry, Vinnie Jones, actually I think they have to go under heading of worst:D

I did a dog display at Gateshead for charity and there was an all star football match Gazza, Ian Botham & Frank Bruno:D where brilliant but Daley Thompson was a real pain:(
PS Also met Simon Weston, very humbling experience indeed

[lady amanda]

LOL!!!! of ocurse you did ALI!!! lol! too funny!

[DONNA]

Not dog walking but i served Ryan Giggs once and thought he was dodgy (im not into football) because he was buying 4 of his friends shoes as well (all footballers ,dont ask me who) ,so when he came to pay i asked him to sign his card slip again (all his mates laughed,which made me more suspisious! ) It wasnt till he left that all the guys from a shop over the road came running in saying wow do you know who that was.God i felt stupid!!!

[MillieDog]

LOL! That's interesting because I'm waiting for episodes with me in to be aired!!! UK version

cockapoo owners are obvious so awesome we have to be on the telly :cool:

Oh do let us know when. I entered and got telephone interviewed for ages. They didn't want me :( Probably because I said I'm too chilled out when cooking and unphased by cooking for 5 people. I'm glad I didn't make it on in the end, when they aired the St Albans one, one man in particular was quite aggressive and wound everyone up - I would have ended up giving him a slap!

[mandym]

The funny thing with London is you can easily walk past celebs and not realise!! Selfridges is often a good place to see celebs doing a bit of shopping! x

Thanks for the tip,will be taking a trip to selfrigdes lol xxx

[Tressa]

we quite often see Richard madely ....Richard and Judy on coastal path looe to polperro ... apparently walks to polperro in mornings to collect pappers xx
he's very pleasant xx

Oh, that cliff walk sounds wonderful. Lucky you!

[Tressa]

Blue Buddy has a famous mummy! I was on the Waterford episode of "Come Dine With Me Ireland" And now every time we go for a walk, everyone recognises me!

Wow!!!!:D That's a new slant - YOU are the celebrity, lol.

[MillieDog]

When I was in the RAF my dog High Fived the Queen Mother on her 80th birthday also I met The Queen, Prince Charles and Lady Dianna(as she was then) Princess Ann at Gatcombe Park and Prince Andrew flew me and my dog in his helicopter I've also met Bruce on the generation game Roy Castle and Norris McWerter on Record Breakers Selina Scott and Frank Bough Kevin Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and the unforgettable Brian Clough:) but out with my pet dogs I'm afraid to say no :Done

Michael wins. High 5-ing the Queen Mother on her 80th is pretty cool :cool:

[pixie]

Michael i am impressed! Even hubby who isnt phased by this celeb stuff(but i totally am) went wow! And all these 'come dine with me' celebs on here too! And Ali and Cara etc etc ......cool. Im just so boring i have no tales to tell:( Just me and my Cockapoo:)

[ali-s.j.]

Ah, but she's no ordinary Cockapoo ....

[pixie]

Ah, but she's no ordinary Cockapoo ....

She's a JD Cockapoo...lol! I think she is my own celeb,even though a not very nice man said she looked like a scruffy rat the other day:mad:

[ali-s.j.]

Oh, don't be offended, Izzy looks like a scruffy rat every day, as soon as she jumps in puddles/sea :D But when she's clean and fluffy she's beautiful, and I love her however she looks. I was looking at her today, and she's looking like she's going to look like I wanted my dog to look like when she grows up :D Thanks Julia, for pairing us up :)

[pixie]

Thats really sweet Ali! I have to say before i looked into the Cockapoo,i was in love with working cockers as my friend has a stunning choc girl,but decided that this breed may be just a little too exuberant for me! And Pixie just looks exactly like a wavy (scruffy!!! ha ha)version of her mum Mia,who is so pretty,she is def more spaniel looking so she is perfect for me:) Buffy looks totally different and is so stunning,little round face,really wavy soft coat,perfect cockapoo in my eyes,and she was the runt of the litter so it just goes to show!...

SORRY TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE THREAD!!!:focus: X

[Alexis]

Our episode aired in July when I was on holiday! I had to go to an Irish bar every night to watch it! Hope yours goes well, ours was great when we did it but editing was a nightmare!!! It will eventually come to channel 4 in the future! Good luck with yours!

[Rufini]

Our episode aired in July when I was on holiday! I had to go to an Irish bar every night to watch it! Hope yours goes well, ours was great when we did it but editing was a nightmare!!! It will eventually come to channel 4 in the future! Good luck with yours!

lol yes I am worried about the editing....I'm sure I am going to look like a complete weirdo! Please cockapoo people don't judge me!

errrm back to topic.... I saw a Blue Peter presenter this morning....but not walking my dog... :o

[JulesB]

Zinzan Brooke the NZ rugby legend has met Betty as he drinks in a pub by where i walk Betty (and often stop for cheeky glass of vino) but he doesn't appear to have a dog!!!!

[MillieDog]

Many moons ago I met Terry Venables and Gary Linaker in a bar in Spain.

Also bumped into several Eastender celebs, either in the street or at the gym. Embarrassingly I said hello to 'Sharon' & 'Michele' once as we passed in the street, the sort of hello when you know someone but don't stop for a chat. I did it so automatically before realising they were TV celebs and not just people I know :o

My own claim to fame - Weakest Link, got kicked off in the 4th round, the chap who had the casting vote said I was too much of a threat :D

Also been on an obscure TV game show called TV Scrabble with my son who was 11 at the time. Again, embarrassingly, we had to do a head to head with the opp team to go through to the next round. Charlie let me play so we could get through, the other team chose their 11 year old daughter :rolleyes: I thrashed an 11 year old :o, no choice, it was that or be thrashed by an 11 year old ;)

[JulesB]

Oh i forgot a very good celeb meeting that most of you ladies will like. I was a member at quite a posh gym for a few years and Daniel Craig was a regular user in the gym, i even had to run on the treadmill next to him once!! At the same gym i chatted to Twiggy (in the changing rooms!!!!) and also met a number of top tennis players inculding Novak Djokovic (who owns a poodle who wasn't with him but is half related to our lovely dogs!!!) as he played at a tournament there.

[JulesB]

Many moons ago I met Terry Venables and Gary Linaker in a bar in Spain.

Also bumped into several Eastender celebs, either in the street or at the gym. Embarrassingly I said hello to 'Sharon' & 'Michele' once as we passed in the street, the sort of hello when you know someone but don't stop for a chat. I did it so automatically before realising they were TV celebs and not just people I know :o

My own claim to fame - Weakest Link, got kicked off in the 4th round, the chap who had the casting vote said I was too much of a threat :D

Also been on an obscure TV game show called TV Scrabble with my son who was 11 at the time. Again, embarrassingly, we had to do a head to head with the opp team to go through to the next round. Charlie let me play so we could get through, the other team chose their 11 year old daughter :rolleyes: I thrashed an 11 year old :o, no choice, it was that or be thrashed by an 11 year old ;)

love the game show appearances!!!

[ali-s.j.]

OK - Jules wins, Daniel Craig trumps all the others - unless anyone has actually met Mr. Clooney properly of course :D
Ooh, I kissed Rory McGrath when I was doing the Edinburgh Moonwalk :eek: