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Hotel Adventure & WELKS

28/4/2013

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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!

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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

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The Challenge for Best Dog, won by Elbereth Matkamies.
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Happy 9th Birthday Sisko!!

17/4/2013

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How happy?? :-D
Today is Sisko's 9th birthday.  She's going slightly grey on her face but hey, aren't we all (well err, not exactly on my face....).  She moves better than many Lappies half her age & is as fit as a fiddle - long may it continue!
We celebrated her birthday by walking her and Salo to the pub for lunch and a good time was had by all.

Dare I hope that spring has finally arrived?  Two days now of glorious weather!!

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Scrabble enjoying the view yesterday from the top of The Devil's Jump, Churt.
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Shooting the breeze...
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Zinty's loving it too!
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Sisko - last day of being 8.
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Handsome Scrabble.
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Just for a change ......
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GOOD NEWS AT LAST!

10/4/2013

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Salo strutting his stuff at FLCGB Champ Show. Photo Mark Treasure.
It's been a week of mixed emotions.  I had to say goodbye to my beloved Smuu (see Rainbow Bridge page)  which upset me far more than I thought it would.  She was an old girl who lived a full life filled with love and yet saying goodbye left me in pieces even though I knew that each day was a bonus.  Anyway, I won't dwell on that or the tears will come again.... 

Saturday saw the FLCGB Championship Show judged by Finnish Judge Matti Tuominen.  He awarded first place to Salo in both Junior Class and Yearling - so I was delighted with that.  Sisko clearly wasn't his type and came last, awwww poor Biscuit.  It was lovely to catch up with everyone and although it was a difficult day at times, the kindness of everyone was truly touching - what a fabulous bunch Lappy people are :-)

The best news of the week has been receiving Salo's hip score which is a total score of 11 (the breed average is 12) and an elbow score of 0/0 - perfect elbows.  All my breeding stock is below the breed average which is a lovely feeling. 

Hopefully now I shall have puppies to look forward to in the summer.  The circle of Lappy life continues...

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Sisko giving it her all (she LOVES shows!) at FLCGB Champ Show. Photo Mark Treasure.
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"Where's my sweetie?"
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