... since I last blogged. Sorry! Nothing has really happened to be honest. Pie was working really well at Vyne on bank holiday monday and managed a 2nd in Grade 6 Agility. I didn't think I would be able to get past number 3 let alone get a clear and finish 2nd! Laura got the run on video but hasn't uploaded it onto her YouTube page. Then Tunbridge Wells went downhill... My confidence has gone out the window again after a few bad training sessions at club. We managed a 6th in Grade 6 Jumping, with a twirl before the weaves which I think should of be a refusual.
Short and sweet I know, but things are so hectic with work at the moment and my roast is ready yum! Next show is Thames - See you all there x
Laura and I rocked up to the show ground on Friday evening at 10... came in through the wrong entrance... then got stuck in the wet grass. Oops! Thankfully Yvonne and Graham were there to help us.
First run on Saturday was the EO wild card class. The dogs finishing in the top 5 qualified for the European Open try-outs the next day. Pie and I managed a scary clear round and finished 8th. However, 3 people who finished above me had already qualified which meant we got the last place to get us through to the try-outs the next day. OH MY!!
Then was Graded 6-7 Agility. I decided to train this and we managed another clear - Weird! 2 clears in one day!
Graded 5-7 Jumping was quite a tough course for me, because there were several places where I would usually dummy. I was late sending back over after a pull through so Pie flew past me taking another jump whilst barking! Haha!
Last run of the day was Combined 5-7 Agility. The course was too quick for Pie, and I had already decided that I wanted to train his contacts ready for try-outs on Sunday. On the start line, Pie managed to get his tail over the ring rope and got caught. He wasn't happy in his wait, so I did a quick release, which meant I wasn't able to handle the beginning of the course as I wished but meant I didn't have to leave him on start line unhappy and also meant I had to do a cross behind further on. We managed to do it woo!!
I was really looking forward to the EO try-outs. Lee was judging which eased my nerves a little. But on the whole, I was quite calm about the whole event. I missed my normal entered courses as Pie had 3 try-out rounds and potentially a 4th final round, if we finished in the top 30.
Here is the video of Pie's clear in Round 1 Jumping. Couldn't believe we managed it!
Round 2 was Agility. Unfortunately, we got E'd at number 16... :( We were soo close aswell. Tried not to think about it too much as many people were getting E'd so I just had to focus for Round 3.
Another Agility, I was running fairly early. 13 or 14. I was worried about pulling him off the jump after weaves as I was hoping to make the second reverse. Again, it was all a little messy and we got 2 refusals for it. Then Pie took off too late and I was in his way which meant he had the pole down. We finished the round with 15 faults, hoping it would be enough for us to finish in the top 30 in order to qualify for the Final 4th Round. We finished 29th!! The final ran in reverse order which meant I was running 2nd! I over worked the weaves and got a refusal... oops! I don't really know why I over worked it, as if it was any other round, I would of let Pie pick up the entry himself as I KNOW he can get it, but I guess the pressure and things, I just thought I'd play safe - which back fired!
Overall, I was so pleased how we both coped with some of the 'big boys'. Pie is still Grade 6 and it's both of our first times under proper pressure, and our first 'proper' class. It was a great day and I thoroughly enjoyed trying-out, and it was a great experience for next year in case we manage to get in again. Just want to say a quick thank you to everyone who was supportive on the day and thanks to Lee for fab courses, and also being supportive too. Well done to those who qualified too!!
p.s. Laura is still uploading other videos, so I will put them up once they're on YouTube.
First camping show of the season... It went really well and I'm really pleased with how Pie and I both worked.
As neither I or Laura were working Friday, we strolled up Friday afternoon to a very windy show ground and to be camped miiiiles away. As the ground was very wet everyone who was mad enough to still camp were being parked on the hard standing roads.
Our chum was on Saturday and was a nice course. Although I decided to train the round as I didn't think Pie would be quick enough on the course. Mainly because of my attitude towards courses at the moment. Following on from my long post a couple of posts ago, I'm not 100% confident in myself or Pie so i can't expect to go into a ring and win. Things are getting better though!
I hadn't planned to hold him that long on his see-saw but as I was running off he didn't hear me say 'go'. oops!
Grade 6 Jumping he came out of weaves as I haven't done enough proofing of obstacles at the end and around the weaves. *Need to practice*!
Then my last run of the day was 6/7 Jumping. I wasn't a big fan of the course as there was CROSS BEHIND and also a few places where I would usually dummy. Somehow I managed to do the cross behind, although he jumping a little long, I wasn't worried about it as it's a HUGE step since last season, when we couldn't do any, let alone worrying about him jumping long! Unfortunately he had a pole down near the end, but something else that I was pleased with, was that he was only 0.5 behind both Dave Alderson's dogs, one of which won the class. I think Pie's speed can be very deceiving. Just need to sort his sluggish weaves out now.
Saturday evening, Laura cooked crispy chicken and carbonara pasta which was yum. Followed by Lee's egg that he won for winning Grade 7 Jumping (which we conveniently stole! Haha!) I think we ate at about 5.30ish which was accompanied by vodka... which is never good!!
Sarah Stokoe & Ian came over to the caravan after their meal at the pub at about 10ish and the drinking continued until 2 I think in the end. They are such good company though so no one really thought about competing the next day, so what were we going to drink now that we had gone through all we had... Oh yes that's right... Port and diet coke... yuk! Laura turned out the worst I think!!
Pie's first run was 5/6 Agility. I wasn't keen on the course, but after both Laura and Lee had walked it with me, I seemed a little more confident as to where I had to get to etc. Pie came out of weaves again :( Must practice!!
Then was Grade 6 Jumping. Leslie Osbourne was judging and it was a really good course - Well I thought so anyway! Again Lee and Laura walked it with me, and I was pretty sure I could get round it. I've never said GO so many times and don't think I've ever run as fast as I did in this course! I was late calling him after tunnel so jumped long going into the pull throughs, however we managed a clear woohoo!! We finished 7th - and wasn't far behind winner, which I was pleased with as I think we could of finished in top 3 without the little blip before the pull throughs.
Then last run was silly connection agility. Needless to say mine didn't go to plan! But it wasn't my course - as I gave Laura mine and she finished 3rd. With courses like that I don't focus on the way I plan as I know it doesn't really matter what course I take.
I had a really good training session at club last night. I worked 80% of exercises from behind to practice my cross behinds - and I was really surprised and pleased at how well we did. No shows until Agility for GB next weekend, however I might do 1 day of a local UKA or just go down to the field and try and attempt push-throughs!!
First off - Crufts. Well Thames had qualified a team for Thursday that consisted of - Andrew & Tag, Roger & Ray, Alan & Chase and then P & I. Laura stayed over on Wednesday and groomed for me. I think we left at about 5.30 or something ridiculous like that!! Once we had parked etc, we got to the benches at just after 8.30. Tash's course was lovely apart from the change over. I instantly went into panic mode as the start and finish jump were the same! Not good for Pie! Him and Chase don't get on at all, as Pie can be an idiot with dogs sometimes, so them running into each other wasn't even an option. So I decided to run last. I don't handle pressure well so made sure that no one would come over and wind me up - which they did anyway! By saying things like 'Ooooh 3 clears and then you'. Brilliant way to encourage your own team member eh?! Nice ones guys!! Anyway, I held my ground and I WAS going to run last. I went over and over how i was going to handle it and where I would put turns in etc. Thames were first to run, which in some ways was good. I decided not to watch any of the team run, but just focus on Pie, and jog him around on the carpet for him to adjust (Thanks Lee!). Pie did a lovely clear round wooo, but Andrew, Roger and Alan all had faults.
Here is a video of the last part of Alan's run and then Pie running last.
Laura and I also went back up on Sunday to watch the champ and do the odd bit of shopping. Brilliant courses by Andy Hudson - although I doubt very much that i'd be able to get round them.
The following weekend, Laura and I went down to train with Lee. Despite the horrible weather, it was really good, and I think the cross behind issue is slowly fading in training. I just need to crack it in the ring now!
Saturday just gone - I went to a local UKA show at Newbury. I decided to use it as a training show as I will be running his contacts at Easter. I had 2 steeplechases, 1 agility and 1 gamblers. I messed up both steeplechases but he was working really nice. Then his gamblers - I took his toy in. His first dogwalk was slow, but 2nd wasn't too bad. Then the stupid judge was stood right at the end of the see-saw with her back to it, so as Pie came along he looked back at me - grr. But it was fine in the other agility class.
This week is only a 4 day week at work as it's Easter bank holiday - woo! Easter Celebration will be the first camping show of the year so hopefully it won't rain! Will keep you updated via Twitter though!
Well it seems a while since i've posted. As you may have noticed, i've linked my twitter account up to my blog and also my phone. So I can send text message to my Twitter and they will post straight away - Which means as soon as I get E'd on a course I'll send an update which enable people to see straight away. Fabulous.
Anyway, some of you may know already that confidence is something I struggle with. I'm not going to go into detail, 1) because it will bore you and 2) because I get quite choked up about it. Recently things haven't been great and at one stage I was very close to taking a long break out of agility. However you'll all be pleased to know that some really great people have spoken to me about it and I'm going to go straight into the season and we're going to give it our best shot (aren't we Pie! ;). We may not set the world on fire but we're going to have a bloody good go at it.
I've had some great training from Tasha and Lee who have helped lots with the whole confidence issue. It's not gone and I don't think it will ever just go away but I'm working on how to handle it etc.
I just want to go abit soppy here and just write a little bit about the 3 main people who are helping me at the moment. I just want to point out that there is no hierachy, but each person contributes different things that make a big difference to me.
1. Tasha Wise - She helped me train Pie also train myself. She's always positive despite not being overly confident herself. She won the world champs last year with her medium collie, Dizzy, but she's still got her feet on the ground and it hasn't made any difference to the person she is with others. She isn't cocky or arrogant about anything and it's something that I admire. Tash always tells me to stop being silly about things and gives me little things to work on in order to achieve greater things. No only does is she a fab trainer but also a really lovely person and a great friend. I just want to thank her for always being the one to lift my spirits whenever they are down.
2. Sir Lee Windeatt - OK i've spoilt him by calling him Sir I think!! Lee is another person who helps me alot without even realising it sometimes. Lee is always good fun to hang around with and also turns out to be pretty good at agility too! hehe! No, on a serious note, Lee is brilliant. He is someone else who has helped/helping me with my silly confidence issue. It must be hard for him to find good bits out of my runs or sequences in training but he always manages to do it. I always go straight for the stuff that went wrong or was wide etc. Since last season, Lee has helped me lots with my handling. Even if no one else agrees, I think i've improved a little. Again not amazing but I like to make small steps with things! I shall finish off by saying; Thanks for you all your help Lee and good luck at Crufts on Sunday :)
3. Laura Chudleigh - Yes she is the girl who has an opinion on everything and one day will probably take over the kennel club. Literally!! Laura and I get on really well and always have a laugh about one thing or another. It is because of her that i've got a show practically every weekend up until August. Take that one as you wish. Good because i'm actually competing or bad because i'm just making things worse by not having a break. Well after long chats with her about be being a weirdo, I have decided to spend my summer weekends being a passenger whilst she drives like a nutter to the shows ;) Her approach to agility is the complete opposite to mine, which at times can be challenging as she thrives off pressure, whereas I crumble. However after Mid Downs which was my first show since having a little panic attack over everything - I think we're on our way. P.s. Just want to say well done for winning into grade 7 with Ploddy x
Now, i'm not saying that these 3 people are the only people who have helped me along the way, but i'm just saying that these are the 3 most significant people. They each contribute to my agility. People are going to disagree with things I say or do but i've just got to try and ignore that and realise that those sort of people aren't doing me any good and I don't need them to be pressuring me or constantly be putting me down. When I look back on what I achieved since the beginning of last season - it's more than I could ever of imagined! I know that some of you reading this with think I'm pathetic but i'm finally starting to realise that you people don't matter.
Sorry to bore you all with that. Onto training and shows etc. Well last month Laura and I went to the X Factor Tour at Wembley. After our stressful drive there is was brilliant and really worth it. We had brilliant seats too, which helped!
Last weekend I think it was, Laura and I went and did some training with Lee, which is always good and we always come away with things to work on. Me more than Laura!
Mid Downs was last Saturday. It made a change from getting up a stupid o'clock and it's always a nice show. I didn't do good and had an unlucky day, but had some really nice bits which I was actually pleased with for once. In the 6/7 Jumping there was a really tightly spaced pair of jumps which I thought Pie would run round because he's such a large striding dog and he did run past it, which was a bit of a shame.
In the 5-7 Agility, part 2 was nicer and i'd say easier than part 1, and thankfully I was in part 2 woop! It was the first time in a long time that I went into the ring really determind about the places I needed to get to etc. After the Dogwalk there was a jump to the right which I did a reverse after (note: So I could see Pie coming down the contact). However the silly judge decided to mark his contact. Which is a little annoying but there were other dogs that I saw completley fly the contact and she didn't mark them, so I guess her judging was just inconsistant during the whole class. But again, I didn't let it get to me that much at all because there is nothing I can do about it. Just a little annoying as Pie was only 0.3 behind Ian Jackson's Bobbi who won the class. Which is pretty good for little Piddles.
Here is a video of our agility round -
Think i'm going to leave it there. Sorry for the long boring post! My next show isn't until Easter now so hoping to get some training in before then. I'm also up at Crufts this Thursday as my team have qualified - so I will Twitter update how we get on.
Laura and I travelled up 200 odd miles on Friday night, and stayed in a travlodge only 10 mins from the venue. I think we eneded up getting to the venue at just after 8, which is pretty early for us... but turned out we were actually late as the show started at 8! Luckily, we had enough time to walk our courses.
My first run was Graded 4-7 Jumping. Pete Jennings had set a really nice course but there were 2 bits where I thought I would lose Pie. The turn after the snake (where he had the pole) and then coming out of the tunnel after the snake. I was late with my turns (shock) but thought he worked quite well and was fairly pleased with the run.
Then was Combined something Agility. Was rubbish but here's the video anyway...
Then was Graded 6/7 Agility. I had a little trouble working out how I was going to handle the start and in the end didn't even do it how I had intended. A cross behind?! I know!! It was an nice round, I thought, although pretty obvious i'm just lolling around, and P did a nice position-go on his A-frame. Not so well on his dogwalk - NAUGHTY! I managed to achieve my one clear round goal though :) Well done to Laura and Plods who won this class and so now have 3 wins towards Grade 7 woop! Here's P's run.
Then the last run of the day was Combined 1-7 Jumping. I was cold, tired and my head wasn't in it. The thought of having to do a cross behind also wasn't good! There was no way I could get out of it, but did actually manage to do it - even though the silly woman got in the way of the camera so you can't actually see it :( P ran past a jump - from my lack of dummying. But bounced a few jumps which was good.
Next show isn't until Mid Downs, then have Crufts. Laura and I have X Factor Tour Live tickets for Sunday at Wembley which should be good and then we're training with Lee the following Saturday.
Ok... I've clearly been rubbish at updated by blog so apologies for that! But not much to say about Waldridge, only in that I was shocking as per usual! So no videos are going up haha!
But just want to say well done to Laura and Plodders for winning Grade 6 Jumping - getting their first win towards Grade 7 woop!
Where do I start... Thames 'treat' their instructors to a training day at the end of the year, as a thank you for helping throughout the year. It's usually freezing but always a good laugh. This year we had Dawn Weaver and Nancy Hudson. A bit of an odd pairing but oh well. Dawn took the agility section and Nancy took the jumping. It was a good day, and Pie was suprising quite good...!
Since that training which was the 29th I think, I had said to myself that I wanted to do certain this in training. Leading up to Christmas I hadn't had a chance to do anything 'proper' training. By that I mean, actually achieving something from the session instead of doing/practising the stuff I knew I could already do. However, work was hectic and I was working right the way up until Christmas Eve and then was back in the office of the 30th and New Year's Eve, and by the time I get home, it's too dark to train.
Then we got hit by all the snow, which meant i was working from home, which was lovely as I could walk the dogs in it. Pie and Paddy love it!! Kip will be 12 in March, and his fit and healthly but I could tell the cold was getting to him. We had about 6 inches here, and then another few the following day. I've never seen so much of it. It was all very pretty but just not practical, as I couldn't go anywhere and was stuck at home. I will post some pictures on here some other time, but they are on my facebook, if anyone wants a little look.
Right back to the important stuff! Laura and I were meant to be going to Wilmslow but it got cancelled because of the awful weather, which was a shame, as we're both chasing wins. Thankfully Ribble wasn't cancelled yesterday, so I headed down to Laura's Saturday evening and got to hers at about 10.30 for her to tell me that the alarm was set for 3.40 am!! Took just over 3 hours I think to get there, which whizzed by with me having my signature snooze on the way ;)
My first run was the pairs. Laura managed to walk it wrong about 3 times, but luckily I told her she was going wrong ;) I went second as I thought Laura could do with the wait practise ha ha! She managed a clear round with some baaad handling (:p) and then we went... OOOOPS! Pie went in the wrong end of a tunnel, but the correct entrance should of been visible but it had moved and so Pie thought he'd do the wrong end... Apologes Laura.
It was the first chum of the season and the course was nice. Pie got marked on his dogwalk, which I was pretty certain he got, but I'm not going to complain about bad judging (unlike Laura!) and I just took it on the chin. I trained the rest of the run, but P did something a little strange on the see-saw. It was almost he did a hand stand!
On the way up to all the shows, Laura and i always have our 'clear round quota'. Well on Sunday, Laura's were 2 clears, and mine was 1 clear. She managed 3 (8th in Chum and 3rd we think) and I managed 1 which was a win wahoooo! We won Grade 6 Agility by 2 seconds. I always say that I just want a clear round, and that's honestly all i wanted. From the video you can tell i'm not pushing at all, I was just casually jogging around. Here's the video of our 3rd win towards Grade 7. Just the 1 to go... which can be either Agility or Jumping.
Hello all. It's been a little while since I've blogged, so apologies for that! I'm going to keep it short and sweet though :)
Since my last post, Pie has got another win towards Champ, woo! He won Gd 6/7 agility at North Downs. We did pretty rubbish in our other runs, but videos are below so have a little look.
First video is G6/7 Jumping. I didn't like the course as it involved everything that I can't do. It was my first run of the day and I went into the class knowing that I wouldn't be able to get round it, which isn't a good start. Ooops!!
Then onto our win :) Jumped long at 2, and the snake was terrible, but P was the only dog that I saw, have a nice turn on the pink jump after the aframe - good dog.
Our last run was Combined 6/7 Agility. I wanted to only train it as I'd ran his contacts in the morning plus I'd seen a few dogs go, who I knew I just wouldn't be able to beat. At the end, Pie just wanted to do the pink jump again, and again, and again.... haaa naughty!
Onto Woodside/ Rugby. After much confusion it turned out that I hadn't entered Pie at Rugby :( Mine and Laura's plan was to drive up on Saturday morning compete at Rugby then afterwards drive on up to Scotland, stay in travelodge overnight with the dogs and then compete at Woodside which was only 10 mins from the travelodge. After finding out I hadn't entered P in at Rugby, I didn't really fancy going but Laura offered me Phoebe, her medium cocker, to run so made it worth the drive, as I'd have something to do, other than video Laura!! Well Phoebe and I managed 2 clears and 2 places! hahaha! If anyone knows Phoebe, they will know that clear rounds are gold dust with that dog ;) Her first run was the open jumping, which I only had time to walk up to number 15!! urggh!!
I love how Laura is helping with her running commentary and how her and Lee are jumping around haha! p.s this was the first time I've ever run Phoebe, apart from one little course at training.
Then we oddly managed another clear in the open agility too!!
So after competing at Rugby we headed up north urrrrgh! I think it took us 4 and half hours up to Scotland, maybe a little more, as we stopped a few times. It was sooo cold. I've never felt anything like it before!! As soon as we got to travelodge, the TV was whacked on to catch the first part of the xfactor final. During the break i managed a boiling hot shower, which was well deserved!! Then on Sunday morning I managed to snap Laura's stupid wobbly van key off in the door... ooooops. Not good seeing as her spare was 500 odd miles back in Wiltshire! Thank you Mr AA man who sent out a locksmith. And also Norman Stokoe who lent us the money as he didn't accept card. Norman, you star!
I really pushed in the agility, and finished 2nd behind Sarah Stokoe. She had a cracking run with her young dog who has just gone G7. Sarah ran straight after me and if it was the other way round, i would of held my contacts. P was only 0.5 behind, which I was really pleased with. The other jumping runs were rubbish. Me again. One, he had a pole down which threw me and all my reverses and timing was all out from then on. It had an interesting end which i must remember to set up as Pie didn't have a clue what i was asking, as he thought he was done and was looking for his ball.
I also went to Olympia on the Saturday. Laura was grooming for Lee as he and Shy had qualified and Virginia from The Agility Voice magazine had offered me a press pass, so I went along too. It was a really good day, and I had such a laugh. Well done to Lee (aka Ken)who finished 4th in the Final and also to Elspeth & Tasha who won the afternoon pairs event.
I probably won't be blogging until after Christmas now. But I do have a training day on the 29th so will blog after that :)
Well Norfolk Autumn was a really lovely show. Despite being quite far away, it was 4 proper runs a day. The ground was rock solid though and Saturday was very windy! All the jump wings had to pegged, there was no Dog walk in the outside rings, and whenever i went to walk the wind would literally push me along. After it being windy all day, I had an awful head ache and couldn't wait to go to bed!!
So Saturday runs... I had 3 course that were in Dave Hutchinson's ring and although they required quite a bit of work, I really liked the courses. First up was Combined 6-7 agility. The jumps were quite tight which required me to turn Pie left after number 3. It was just too tight going right and it can't be good on their legs to take them that way especially with it being so close and the ground being rock solid! Anyway I was lazy with the turn which meant P thought we were going right... no no! He nearly back jumped aswell. Oops! He worked really nicely though apart from flying out of the tunnel barking and not listening to my shouting 'right right riiiiiight!!' so I re-did that little bit to make him do it properly!
Then was Grade 6 Agility. Again a nice course. I was late with turns again... and then he ran off into tunnel after see-saw. I'm not sure if this was a place for a dummy but ahh well.
Laura ran Pie in the Combined 6-7 Jumping. She's always giving me stick about Pie blabla, so I said that she could run him. Plus there was far too much running it in for me ;) She didn't do too badly... you can watch the video... and yes I did chuckle a little as her hat flew off!!
Then last run of the day was Grade 6 Jumping. It was back in Dave's ring. I ran off too early for a jump and Pie came with me. Pie struggles to pick things up like this especially if it's off set. It's OK when i can be there, but when i need to run off to get somewhere it's tricky for him as Iim not there to help him. He also has this problem with tunnels. Off set things is something I really need to work on.
Saturday evening it started to rain boo!! And I was not impressed ha ha. Laura and I are big x factor fans and seeing as we haven't sorted a TV out for Laura's caravan we were stuck on Saturday night. Thankfully Linda and John Cook were kind enough to have us both other to their lovely caravan to watch it. I haven't seen Linda and John in quite a while so it was nice to spend some time with them. They are so lovely.
Onto Sunday. Well I think in my last post I said that my aim for the weekend was to get 2 clears out of 8 runs. As Laura had one run, it was to be 2 clears out of 7. After Saturday it wasn't looking too good!! First run on the morning was Combined 6-7 Agility. At the start there was a snake, which I had been struggling with recently. Pie had been running past the second jump, my fault of course. Bad training and handling. I had decided to run his contacts in this, but only if the first big was tidy and tight. It was, to my surprise until the left turn before the see-saw. I checked him late which meant he jumped long, looking for the dog walk, which meant I trained my contacts. I know what people mean about me not 'meaning' it when I run. I just jog around not pushing at all. This showed in this run as P's aframe and dog walk were slow. I was determined that this wasn't going to happen in his Grade 6 agility.
I really pushed his contacts in this. They were much better speed wise but he self released. This goes to show that i need to do this all the time, as when i just jog along he stops fine but as soon as i push them i lose them. Not good. So in more runs I will push them, and maybe only quick release one, to test him on the others. He worked really nicely though.
His combined 6-7 Jumping i was also pleased with. Despite him missing a weave entry that he should of got, i was really chuffed with the run. OK it wasn't perfect and we didn't get a clear, there was some really nice bits. I know people will read this and watch the video thinking it was rubbish, but i honestly don't care. I've struggled this season with him, and in this run it actually felt like we were on the same wave length :) and I think i was more confident coming out of this run than any other.
His last run was Grade 6 Jumping. Laura really wanted me to go for this one and on the course it was i thought we stood a good chance. He landed badly after 3 as he didn't check properly which meant he fell onto his chin, which lost him time. We managed a clear, with me nearly falling over after the pipe tunnel (!!) and was 0.9 behind the winner. We finished 4th which was really good, as I'm not worried that he wont get another jumping win. Without that fall he could of easily won. If the round had been perfect and we still finished 4th, then i would be worried. So we managed our 2 clear rounds yay!!
On the way home we got stuck in too much traffic. Whilst Laura and I were moaning about it, Pie was nice and cosy, snoozing...
Videos to come once YouTube has finished uploading them. Our next show is North Downs, again 4 runs. I'm aiming for one clear round.
Also here are a couple of photos of Phoebe and Rodney for Laura...
