I decided to drive towards Malvern the evening before WELKS - we were to be first in the ring & with AA Routefinder telling me that it would take me 2hours 40 to get there, I figured I'd break the journey. So far, so good. Long story short, I made excellent progress & before I knew it, I was almost there. Time to check out the Days Inn that I had researched. I spoke to Rory on the phone who told me that in fact it was past my exit on the motorway, so why not just drive into Malvern - 'bound' to be somewhere there..... Well... you can probably guess what's coming next. It had taken just two hours to get into Malvern itself & by now it's dark & I'm tired & there's no room at the inn, or the next one, or the next one. I rang 4, 5, 6 different places, either they didn't take dogs or were full. Finally I struck gold, The Cotford had had a cancellation & not only could they accomodate Salo & me, they agreed to discount the room. I can't tell you how relieved I was - it's by now 9.40pm & I have visions of having to sleep in the car! I was worried & grumpy.
Sat nav took me to Waitrose & not the hotel, so I had to ring again for further directions - but finally, at 10.15 I made it into my room for the night. Not just any old room, but The Bishop Room, complete with four poster bed! Within minutes I had been brought a bottle of cider & a packet of crisps - ahhhh, and relax :-D Apparently this is the hotel that all the judges stay in (very nice too!) so I ate my breakfast in the room, although I did spot Jeff Luscott as I checked out. Gorgeous hotel & we really enjoyed our 'mini break'. Of course only being 7 minutes from the showground the next morning was rather lovely too!
Sat nav took me to Waitrose & not the hotel, so I had to ring again for further directions - but finally, at 10.15 I made it into my room for the night. Not just any old room, but The Bishop Room, complete with four poster bed! Within minutes I had been brought a bottle of cider & a packet of crisps - ahhhh, and relax :-D Apparently this is the hotel that all the judges stay in (very nice too!) so I ate my breakfast in the room, although I did spot Jeff Luscott as I checked out. Gorgeous hotel & we really enjoyed our 'mini break'. Of course only being 7 minutes from the showground the next morning was rather lovely too!
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The weather was sunny but blowy, so it was eventually decided that we would be judged inside - this was fine as the indoor rings were nice & large. Salo did me proud by winning both Junior & Post Grad & earning himself another 2 points towards his Junior Warrant, 7 more to get!! Salo then went on to be awarded Reserve Best Dog, with judge Jean Lanning remarking on how lovely he was. Thank you Mark Treasure for the fab photos as always :-D
The Challenge for Best Dog, won by Elbereth Matkamies.
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