Friday past i set off with my muts for the foreign country of Engerlund...Staindrop which for loads of you who dont know youre own countrys geography is upways on the map and 2 fingers wide away from the north east coast :wacko:
Got the 1215 to Stranraer then headed down M6 to Penrith then across the A66 Pennines to Brough where i took the Northern Pennine road...pure wilderness but stunning and kinda dreamlike.
Id arranged to stop at a campsite up there but when i seen it i opted to drive on and meet up with the gang already at Raby. Campsite my arse..farmers field with 1 tent in it. You know what they say about farmers and their wives :unsure: and they have big barn-like things with giant animals with 4 legs in them :blink: Weirdos !
Dogs were all behaved considering i had an extra one with me...Colts brother Gip. He was being rehomed by one of the NLRC members. Off to a new life in Derbyshire !
I got to Raby early in the evening to glorious sunshine where those Braithwaites from Cumbria were wine tasting. Met a new k9er and his family..Scooter Dack..howdy doody Andy and Mrs Andy :thumbsup:
The grounds were spectacular and seemed to go forever, hundreds of Deer roamed free with one pure white Stag amid the herd.
The castle itself was fantastic, i got the dogs lead up and walked around to see it. I sat watching the Deer roaming around the motte on the field across the motte for ages sipping frequently on a fine ale...the water was really still and when i threw my emptys into it they could be seen floating amid the ducks and geese from miles away :-
Im didnt really throw cans into the Motte o
The next morning Tom and Carol had the Coursing and Striaght Racing up and running from 915AM, thats how to do it folks ! A brilliant uphill track of no shorter than 275yd, the "Course" was a zig-zag swinging out wide to each side before the final 4th gate at the end..perfik !
Heres the pix..
Colt.....Gip (renamed "Major") and Jade....uncles and neice
and Major alone
isnt he a cracker ?!
Ian and Sonia told me theyd started a health-kick and bought bikes last week, theyd brought them with them,
Cycling..Cumbrian style :clown:
whoops im running outve space...
Jade won yet another "Puppy Championship" racing and showing !
Who are those two dodgy ones in the background on the left...wonder what they were sniggering at, done somebodys pockets maybe ? Would you trust them in your hen house ? Hell noooo !
Racing report to follow....................
Got the 1215 to Stranraer then headed down M6 to Penrith then across the A66 Pennines to Brough where i took the Northern Pennine road...pure wilderness but stunning and kinda dreamlike.
Id arranged to stop at a campsite up there but when i seen it i opted to drive on and meet up with the gang already at Raby. Campsite my arse..farmers field with 1 tent in it. You know what they say about farmers and their wives :unsure: and they have big barn-like things with giant animals with 4 legs in them :blink: Weirdos !
Dogs were all behaved considering i had an extra one with me...Colts brother Gip. He was being rehomed by one of the NLRC members. Off to a new life in Derbyshire !
I got to Raby early in the evening to glorious sunshine where those Braithwaites from Cumbria were wine tasting. Met a new k9er and his family..Scooter Dack..howdy doody Andy and Mrs Andy :thumbsup:
The grounds were spectacular and seemed to go forever, hundreds of Deer roamed free with one pure white Stag amid the herd.
The castle itself was fantastic, i got the dogs lead up and walked around to see it. I sat watching the Deer roaming around the motte on the field across the motte for ages sipping frequently on a fine ale...the water was really still and when i threw my emptys into it they could be seen floating amid the ducks and geese from miles away :-
Im didnt really throw cans into the Motte o
The next morning Tom and Carol had the Coursing and Striaght Racing up and running from 915AM, thats how to do it folks ! A brilliant uphill track of no shorter than 275yd, the "Course" was a zig-zag swinging out wide to each side before the final 4th gate at the end..perfik !
Heres the pix..
Colt.....Gip (renamed "Major") and Jade....uncles and neice
and Major alone
isnt he a cracker ?!
Ian and Sonia told me theyd started a health-kick and bought bikes last week, theyd brought them with them,
Cycling..Cumbrian style :clown:
whoops im running outve space...
Jade won yet another "Puppy Championship" racing and showing !
Who are those two dodgy ones in the background on the left...wonder what they were sniggering at, done somebodys pockets maybe ? Would you trust them in your hen house ? Hell noooo !
Racing report to follow....................
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