Toller Meet at Wild and Windy Newgale!

Well 2014 has been quite a year so far with the wet and windy weather, I really can't quite remember a year like it and we still have some time to go until we see the end of winter and beginning of spring.

The ground is still saturated, and has stopped any new years resolutions of practice in the garden, however we did bring the weaves up to the front drive to see if we could manage a bit of practice.  They have been in the garage for 3 weeks now and we've managed to have them out twice!  Due to school, weather and dark evenings haven't had too much use but the nights are starting to lengthen so hope isn't lost yet.

I'd been asked a few times about having a meet, but with live being so busy at the moment and no guarantee of dry weather I'd been reluctant to organise anything.  However persistence did pay off from some quarters and a meet was organised for last Friday at Newgale.  Newgale has been in the news recently due to the road being closed due to the weather and a stranded bus! After Wales taking another battering from the weather the road was duly closed again after last weekend, so an alternative venue had to be sought.  So it was arranged to meet at Wolfcastle and walk on the Sealyham estate, a favourite walk for our dogs but very muddy and difficult terrain which didn't suit everyone.  Thursday evening saw Newgale been opened again so we reverted to plan A!

So we had a very windy, but dry walk on the beach which looked quite different to when we last had a meet here in the autumn.  The dogs had a great time, even some extreme swimming!  It was great to catch up with everyone and after the dogs had been dried and tucked up in the vehicles we headed to the cafe for a hot drink and a proper catch up.

Thank you all for taking the trouble of coming down to me, I really appreciated it and you know that you're all welcome anytime.

News from this weekend;

Cooper had a 3rd in a large AVNSC class at Neath on Saturday with Dawn.
Megane has a 2nd in another large AV gundog class at Salisbury and South Wilts show on Saturday.

Well done to all, looking forward to seeing lots of you at Crufts in a few weeks time!