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// January 21st, 2011 // Comments Off // Holidays, Work
In my new role as trainer of booker, I have had to run at Feshie, on Wednesday I put skeena, keisha and min in with booker, raz and Juno and we had a ball running the loop, overtaking 3 teams with barely a glance.
Thursday first light it was probably -5 and I took my three with Sid following to learn the route. We flew and the girls had frosted chests and chins when we got back. It doesn’t get much better than that ever
// January 21st, 2011 // Comments Off // Holidays, Work
So in a much calmer state than last year we set off on time into the darkness. Travel lodge was fine – although the nightmare was surreal, and we met up at the Penrith little chef for breakfast and started the holiday in style with the keen’s, the sandfords’s and mr givens. The redwoods, well they were in York still.
Lovely day, sunny and clear, we all travelled to Stirling services and stopped for coffee – well it is a holiday! – the redwoods were still in York. Out of Stirling, police car comes past at 100 mph, hmmm. Up toward the roundabout, draw to halt, no traffic other way, turn off engine, all out on carriage way, open doors for warm dogs, eat cake, clean wing mirrors……..mel looks incident up on phone.
We are stuck because there is a loose cow on the A9! One and a quarter hours later we hear shots and then we all move – surreal.
Rest of journey fine, well apart from the dead sheep….just needed a pig for the mixed grill.
// January 21st, 2011 // Comments Off // Beauceron, Work
For the first time in well over 10 years we decided to go back to the FOD to race. It has been running under the ABSA banner for 8 or so years and is currently a night and day run. You can stay over night in the car park and there is great cafe on site.
As I have had to take up being a musher again Keith had the four, mobs, pix, gracie and Indy and I had booker with Juno and raz. I HATE NIGHT RUNS! Boy was it warm, we ran at 11 degrees both days. Keith flew on the sat night and was like a junkie with a complete rush and then the munchies. His quote re snubbing was ‘ I’m so happy I’ll just float not kneel! I hated my run, and Juno did too, plus I had the dear! Sunday, Keith kept his lead to win and although I made up time on stu, I came 2nd.
Sat night saw an excellent talk on Antarctica in the 50′s including photos and a film.
Altogether a fab weekend
// January 10th, 2011 // Comments Off // SHCGB, Working
Well what a wet and then cold weekend we had. We took the teams up to Sherwood for the SHCGB rally, run by the ever loveable Mr Givens & Sue lol. In an attempt to get more like Steve & Andrea we took cardboard to put in the van and soak up some of the mud – woohoo that worked! Driving up it was torrential and we were lucky we were late getting there as once we arrived it stopped and then stayed dry.
I was out in the B class running 4 Rigrunners, Raz & Juno plus Howley and Minnie from Julie. Fab little team I really enjoyed my mudbath. Keith was in the C with Mobs, Pixel, Gracie & Indy. He had a great run and was lying 2nd overnight.
Fab night out in the China Moon – always very welcoming and then a few drinks in the pub.
Sunday was really cold and the ground was solid, had an OK run as got a puncture on the long straight and also Juno felt the team a bit fast. Keith kept 2nd place – really chuffed.
Other Rigrunners were Salmo with a second in B for Paul, and Mookie, Benny & Snowy getting 5th in E. Gotta love Snowy, it’s a year since she went to Guy & Helen’s and she so enjoys running again, what a sweatheart. And Ozzie & Raider with a 9th in C for Dave. Here are some photo’s courtesy of Stu Malcolmson
Guy Redwood
Dave Hemmins
Keith Robinson
// January 3rd, 2011 // Comments Off // Van, Working
Well 2011 starts as no doubt the season will mean to continue, with the Rigrunners having van problems. Admitedly this time a slight Keith hitch, but 3 days of hard training at Bracknell took place each morning – in the car! We now have taking 9 dogs out down to a fine art, we have discovered that single leads work best and only tie 2 to any tree or post to stop over knotting of the leads. You do learn that you actually don’t need most of the items you have in your van ‘just in case’ but a big thanks to Dave & Carolyn for the use of rigs, and also to all the others who kindly offered.
As Sherwood is hoped to be 5 miles for B & C, Keith took out, 6, 6 and then 5 – poor Juno said enough! and ran approx 5 miles each day. The girls did well and on Monday Mark followed with his 2 girls. Temps were about 5 on Sat and then 1Sun & Mon, the ground dried better each day and the others all got a lovely walk, Patsy excelling at pulling on the flexi.
Just need to get the van ‘fixed’ this week and try and get in a railway line blast before Sherwood
