To go walking early alone with my dog?

[Catslovepies]

I walk my dog for an hour each morning from around 6-7am through the local streets, but now it's light out earlier I'd like to do something different. I live local to a beach with lots of trails through the sand dunes. If I were to walk my dog along those trails we wouldn't run into anyone else the whole time, as usually no one else gets there before around 8.

This area isn't really high crime or anything. Would you feel safe walking the trails alone so early? I'd have my phone with me and would tell someone where I was going. I've done it once before and it was amazing although a little bit spooky!

Yabu= too scary/dangerous
Yanbu = sounds fun, go for it!

Mix up your routes and go ahead.
Dogs make people think twice.

I said to my friend that if women were encouraged from young age to muscle gaining and fighting exercises like boys are, we would be equally ready for fight. Wonder who would these scumbags take their little man frustrations on.

I used to run in the dark at 6 am with my dog. When I had my supersized dogo generally felt safe. After he died I became more anxious about being on same route every day.

ID see the same cars every day and a few times noticed a turned head as some guy drove past.

They could’ve been eying up my head torch for all I know but I won’t do it any more.

There are other ways to exercise