Results & Reports –

Seniors 1 Persian Bay 2 Canny  Mover 3 Silver Dusk 4 Washington 5 Marlou 6 General James 19 Ran Time 26.45.

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod 2 Rover 3 Rita 4 Babycham 5 Tom Thumb 6 Red Dragon. 16 Ran Time 16. 21.

Open Non- Winners 1 Amber Bay 2 Tuam Lass  3 Dragon Fly  4 Kinniside  Molly 5 Copperfield 6 In The Red.  12 Ran Time 17.15. Also Ran Zara – Nashville – Barncroft gold – Westgate Luther – Ronnies Rascal – Eden Raine.

Report.  I do not know where that wind is coming from but I certainly know where it’s going. Metaphor which was aptly applied to last night’s conditions and considering the wild weather the hounds coped extremely well; hardly putting a foot wrong.

The seniors saw Persian Bay holding her form with a head win over the rejuvenated Canny Mover  , the veteran trainers Lynn and Norman Brown bringing off another double when Amber Bay won the non- winners. Huntsman’s Nimrod  stretched her lead in the puppy championship with a ten meter win over the Dearham pair= Rover and Rita.

The non- winners competition for the four trail meets ,stands thus.

Seniors  West Tip 6 Kinniside molly 5

Pups       Red Dragon 11 (f ) Amber Bay 10 (F) Copperfield 8 Tuam Lass 5 Nashville 5

Seniors 1 Silver Dusk  2 Meadow Josie 3 Mystery Bound 4 Escape 5 Washington 6 sambuca . 11 Ran Time 26.46. Also ran Crazy, Arizona, Foxparke Tramp – Foxparke hooligan..

Pups 1 Tom Thumb 2 Babycham 3 Rover 4 Rhyme 5 Rhythm,6 Cracksman . 16 Ran Time  16.21

. Also Ran  Ranger – Foxparke Jiggly Puff – Foxparke Slo Bro – Foxparke Shaka Laka boom Boom -Foxparke Gypsy Rose –  Barncroft Bob – Encourage –  Ol Blue Eyes – Meadow Spot – Trev .

Open Maidens 1 Cracking Spirit 2 Carrick 3 Kinniside Molly 4 Foxparke So Be It 5 In The Red 6 Captain Jack. 17 Ran Time 16.32. Also Ran Zara-Isabella – Solitaire – Barncroft Gold – Fireman Sam – Nashvillle –  Foxparke  Yabadabddo – Foxparke Saucy Nancy – Foxparke  Wansfell – Foxparke  Homeward Dude –

Open Restricted 1 JLS 2 Breeze 3 Rita 4 Dairy Lightning 5 Kinniside Beauty 6Kinniside Meg . 14 Ran Time 16.10. Also Ran Foxparke Jewel – Foxparke  Zip IT –  Kinniside Bess – Raven Crag – – Hunter’s Dale -Ben 10-Bronco.

Report. I suppose that a good indicator of good- decent trails is the comparisons of the times in the short trails. IE  16.21–16.32,-16,10, Those were the times today and of course were good trails – not as good as the weather , a September Sunday in the sun.

In the seniors four hounds established a lead and the odds on favourite Silver Dusk duly obliged with a narrow win over Meadow Josie.

Tom Thumb made in two in the week when he finished alone in the  puppy trail,  where Babycham finished fast to deny Rover of second Place.

Again it was the stronger on the uphill finish that gained the day and in the maidens and restricted events ,Cracking Spirit and JLS were both the victors.

Now a tale that I promised not to tell::

Timekeeper and Starter conversation before the start of the maidens.( pure guesswork)

Timekeeper- 16 runners one short

Starter.  Are you sure ” count them again ”

T             One Short

S             Look at the entries and see who it is

T             Ok

T              I can’t see Zara on  the line.

S            WHAT!  You are slipping Zara

T             No!  you are!

S              How can I slip her when I am the starter,

t                How can I slip her when I am marking the hounds and timekeeping.

16 hounds on the line , Zara sat in the red van two fields away .

As they say in hooky Street ” You just cannot get the staff.” Sorry girls!

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Aura 2  Marlou 3 jenny’s Delight 4 Miterdale Steel 5 Menorah 6 Queen 23 ran Time 27.42.

Also Ran. Dawn Maybe – Jenny’s Breeze – Huntsman’s Magician – Wild Gypsy – Westgate Autumn – Thorn Dancer – Bewitched – Steel End – Howgill Annabell – Explore – Hawkswood – Manna – Ladybird – Miterdale Copper – Yogi Bear – Casanova .

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod 2 Cuckoo Lane 3 Huntsman’s Novice 4 Super Sun 5 Best Mate 6 Red Mist. 18 Ran Time 17.16.

Also Ran .Huntsman’s noel – Super Star – Mr Blue Sky – Time Bandit – Baba O’ Riley – Braveheart – Bluebell – Black Eyed mist – Babylon – Galway Lass – Border Lad – Mine.

Open Maidens 1 Zola 2 West Tip 3 Copperfield 4 Red Dragon 5 Silverbelle 6 Tuam Lass  12 Ran Time 17.56

Also Ran Kerrymore – Cuchulainn –  Valentino – Sparrowmire Casanova – Tagget – Eden Raine –

Veterans 1 Bedazzled 2 Westgate Belle 3 Aspire 4 Night Vision -5 Miterdale Proper 6 Debra . 10 Ran Time 17.04.

Also Ran Capetown – Grange Music – Highness – Meadow Dixie.

Report. What with tents, toilets, runners, ramblers, dogs, hounds, uncle tom cobbley and all, it was like Piccadilly circus on a bank holiday.

The trails and the run of wins coming out of the Glenridding/ Patterdale kennel of Denise Bland shows no sign of abating and she scored yet another double with Jenny’s Aura a 50 meter winner and Huntsman’s Nimrod a 100 meter winner.

The closest finish of the afternoon was between Zola. and West Tip, Steven Irving’s charge getting up on the line, but he owns and trains the second as well.

Bedazzled won the veterans from Westgate Belle

SENIORS 1 Miterdale Shadow 2 Miterdale Steele 3 Miterdale Copper 4 Lady Anne 5 Kinniside Joe 6 Hawkswood . 14 Ran Time 30.54 .

Pups 1 New Agenda 2 Cuckoo Lane 3 Babylon 4 Red Mist 5 Colonel James 6 Clearly Cool . 8 Ran Time 21,24.

Open Restricted 1 Miterdale Rusty 2 Sweet Harmony 3 Night Vision 4 Aspire 5 Miterdale Prim 6 Miterdale Proper. 22 Ran Time 21.09.

By the way for those who don’t know Low Place is situated in the valley of the river Mite.

Seniors Void under time. 12 Ran .

Pups 1 Tom Thumb 2 Blondie 3 Best Mate 4 Cracksman 5 Rover 6 Overwater Seth . 18 Ran Time 15.30.

Open Non- winners 1 Red Dragon 2 Nashville 3 Zola 4 Copperfield 5 Kinniside Molly 6 Westgate luther. 12 Ran Time 15.30

Open Maiden   1 Meadow Dixie 2 fireman Sam 3 Prospect Spot 4  Showbiz          5Encourage 6 Issabella.12 Ran Time 15.22

Points Competition over 4 trail meetings  for Non – Winners.in the A/W area.

Seniors  West Tip 6    Kinniside Molly 2 Westgate luther 1

Pups 1 Red Dragon 11   Copperfield 6  Nashville 5   Zola 4                                                      2 In The Red 1 Eden Raine.

Report. Eclipse lived up to his name with an easy win, correction , it was easy but also under the 25 minimum time limit .

The pups , on this dismal evening, also were nearly undertime and the shortened whistle might have had a bearing on the result , as it was . a long overdue win for Tom Thumb over siblings , Blondie, Best Mate and Cracksman.

Red Dragon won the non- winners by a couple of lengths from Nashville and the shoeless Zola in third.

On the way home when the maidens finished ,but near enough to see Fireman Sam getting passed on the finish by Meadow Dixie in another short trail.

The pup finish- 18 runners = 18 hound catchers + a few helpers + six catchers , as all pups were in shouting distance, there were , in the zone 30 people +17 hounds ( Cracksman had crossed the line then went AWOL.) One lonely soul bait intact ,lead around shoulders was heard  to say ” Where’s Me Dog ?  bloody amateurs !.

Seniors 1 Bewitched 2 Queen 3 Jenny’s Aura 4 Bedazzled 5 Miterdale Steel 6 Jenny’s Delight . 19 Ran Time 31.39

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod 2 New Agenda 3 Babycham 4 Red Dragon – Red Mist 6 Zola 16 Ran Time 17.51.

Open Maidens 1 Mine 2 West Tip 3 Dragonfly 4 Prospect Spot 5 Carrick 6 Denton Eclipse . 14 Ran Time 18.43

Seniors 1 Persian Bay 2 Miterdale steel3 Meadow Josie 4 Queen 5 Wild Gypsy 6 Washington. 15 Ran Time 30.36. lso Ran . Jenny’s Delight – Canny Mover – Nikita – Eclipse – Silver Dusk – Persian Prince – Westgate Autumn – Kaiser Sosa – Lady Anne

Maidens 1 Howgill Annabella  2 Spring Rose 3 Sultan 4 Yogi Bear 5 Raven Crag 6 Huntsman’s Magician .9 Ran Time 34.26..Also Ran . Artemis – Cool return – Captain Jack .

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod 2 Rover 3 Rhyme 4 Rhythm 5 Galway Lass 6 Red Dragon . 17 Ran Time 17.40..Also Ran – Ranger – Rita – Persian ace – Persian Ruby – Super Sun – Braveheart – In The Red – Cracksman – Babycham – Tom thumb – Just Got It.

Pup Maidens 1 .Palm Bay 2 Meadow Spot 3 Nashville 4 Cracking Spirit 5 Encourage 6 Some Lad . 23 Ran Time 19.14. Also Ran . Amber Bay – Persian Jewel – Zola – Solitaire – Ol Blue Eyes – Superstar – Bluebelle – Black Eyed mist – Trev – Mr Blue Sky – Time Bandit – Copperfield – Border Lad – Zulu – Baskerville – BaByliss – Lets Get It On.

Veterans – 1 Meadow Dixie – 2 Westgate Belle -3 Capetown – 4 Denton eclipse 5 Levitate 6 Aspire, 9 Ran Time 18.42.Also Ran .Flawless -Highness – Jimmy Choo.’

Report.A bit like the proverbial bus, you wait ages for one and along come two. That was the story at Helton when Mrs Brown’s Girls Persian Bay and Palm Bay each broke their duck for the season. The 2016 puppy champ had been knocking at the door and deserved her first win after an injury plagued season, she got the better of Miterdale Steel and a surprised Meadow Josie in third ( hound wasn’t surprised her owner was) and the same owner vice -chair Paul Airey nearly scuppered Palm Bay’s win , she ran off on the finish preferring the rough ground to the trod , finishing second and in the last it was Meadow Dixie that completed a Ted Rodgers for the Carlisle kennel ( 3-2-1.)

Howgill Annabella won the senior maidens for the Bells of Burneside and Huntsman’s Nimrod made it eight on the trot.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s aura 2 Marlou 3 Miterdale Copper 4 Miterdale Shadow 5 Kinniside Joe 6 General James 12 ran Time 30.31. Also Ran Mysterious = Ladybird – Jenny’s breeze – Thorn dancer – Crazy – Manna .

Maidens 1 Sugar Ray 2 Kinniside Bess 3 Foxparke Hooligan 4 Maybe 5 Lady Anne 6 Escape.                        11 Ran Time 34.29. Also Ran Foxparke Tramp – Foxparke Homeward Pride – Foxparke Homeward Dude – Foxparke Wansfell – Kinniside Molly .

Pups 1  Cuckoo Lane 2 Forlorn Spring 3 Babylon 4 Baba O’ Riley 5 Butterfly 6 Huntsman’s Noel. 15 Ran Time 20.07 .  Also Ran  Red Mist – Huntsman’s novice – Valentino – Foxparke Gypsy Rose – Foxparke Rambling Rose – Foxparke Slo Bro – Foxparke Shaka Laka Boom Boom – Foxparke Jiggly Puff.

Open Restricted 1 Foxparke Jewel 2 Bewitched 3 Kinniside Meg 4 Hawkswood 5 Dragon fly 6 Sweet Harmony . 16 Ran Time 19.54 Also Ran Miterdale Rusty – Huntsman’s Jenny – Silverbelle – Hunter’s Dale – Come Home Alfie – Paddywack – Try Time – Foxparke Zip It – Dawn – Tuam Lass .

Veterans 1 Debra 2 Bewitched 3 Foxparke  So Be It – 4 Night Vision 5 Miterdale Proper 6 Foxparke  Yabadabado. 12 Ran Time 19.54 Also Ran Miterdale Prim – Kerymore – Try Again -Tagget – Cherish – Great Gable.

Report. A pleasant afternoon in the Eskdale Valley for the annual puppy Show trails. And getting things underway was Jenny’s Aura who won the senior trail in a hack canter, Marlou was best of the rest in front of the two Miterdales. The senior maidens and a Laidler cast off Sugar Ray obliged for Lisa and Graham , he led at the first road and the last road and where it mattered although Kinniside Bess was closing.

Three pups came through the last gate neck and neck and the stronger finishing Cuckoo Lane won by a length from Forlorn Spring and Babylon.

The last two races featured two close finishes and the Jackson’s of Borrowdale came off worse in both events when,firstly, Foxparke Jewel edged out Bewitched  and then Debra got up on the line to deny Bedazzled in the veterans.

Now on a sad note – commiserations to the Steele family of Low Place on their loss of promising puppy Miterdale Spirit.

One tale for the notebook. a noted supporter of the sitting down brigade of trailers ,said ” Debra has just got beat, when it was quite obvious to all that she had prevailed on the line. On checking her line of view of the finish , cameraman Bill had parked his vehicle in a direct line with the tape, her view was restricted to ,before the line and after the line I can report that nobody argued, they daren’t!!!!!

Seniors 1 Miterdale Shadow 2 Persian Bay 3 Canny Mover 4 Silver Dusk 5 General James 6 Miterdale steel  17 Ran Time 25.11

Also Ran . Eclipse – Bronco – Wild Gypsy – Aspire – Mystery Bound – Kaiser Sosa – Raven Crag – Step Up – Menorah – Marlou – Meadow Josie.

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod  2 Rover 3 Babylon 4 Tom Thumb 5 Cuckoo Lane 6 Rita . 20 Ran Time 15.58.

Also Ran .Palm Bay – Ranger – Rhythm – Some Lads – Meadow Spot – Zara – TRev – Blondie – Foxparke Rambling Rose – Foxparke Shaka Laka boom Boom. Foxparke Zip It – Persian  Jewel – Persian Ace.

Open Non- Winners 1 West Tip 2 Red Dragon 3 Amber Bay 4 Copperfield 5 In The Red 6 Eden Raine. 16 Ran Time 17.22. Also Ran Zola- Solitaire – Colonel,James- Clearly Cool – Time Bandit – Persian ruby –  Kinniside Molly – Foxparke Slo Bro – Foxparke Jiggly Puff – Foxparke Gypsy Rose .

Open Maidens 1 Babycham 2 Denton Eclipse 3  Fireman Sam 4 Prospect Spot 5 Levitate 6  Sugar Ray .18 Ran Time 16.01

Also Ran – Encourage – Cuchulainn- Demelza – Mine — Captain Jack – Jimmy Choo – Foxparke Wansfell – Foxparke Jewel – Foxparke Homeward Dude – Foxparke  Homeward Pride – Persian sky .

Report. A pleasant evening on Sandale Hill , well! it was until it hailstoned, A little bit of winter in September. The seniors must have been aware of the impending storm as they  ran the trail in 11 seconds over the minimum time=- Miterdale Shadow winning comfortably from Persian bay and Canny mover.

Huntsman’s Nimrod is quickly putting the puppy championship beyond reach when she notched up win no 23 , coming home clear of Rover with championship challenger Cuckoo Lane back in fifth.

Stephen Irving and West Tip (cast Off ) finally got of the mark when he held on to a slender lead to beat Red Dragon and Amber Bay and Babycham  took the maiden trail by 50 metres from Denton Eclipse and the popular Fireman Sam in third.

Rugby scouts were made aware of a splendid ,flying.tackle  made by yours truly, grabbing his escaping hound with a two handed tackle from behind bringing the errant hound to a stop. a tackle that Lynchy would have been proud of.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 Jenny’s Delight 3 Marlou 4 Miterdale Copper 5 Steel End 6 Jenny’s Breeze. 9 Ran Time 27.12. Also Ran Manna = Hawkswood – – lone Rebel.

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Nimrod 2 Huntsman’s Novice 3 Babylon 4 Huntsman’s Noel – 5 Forlorn Spring 6 Galway Lass. 13 Ran Time 19.22 Also Ran Superstar – Supersun – Just Got It – Baba O’ Riley – Butterfly – Eden Raine – Zola.

Open Maidens 1 Maybe 2 Dragonfly 3 Showbiz 4- Colonel James 5 Clearly Cool 6 Some Lad -8  Ran Time 22.59 Also Ran – Tuam Lass – Lets Get IT On.

Veterans 1 Miterdale  Proper 2 Huntsman;s Novice 3 Cherish 4 Miterdale Prim 5 Bedazzled 6 Capetown.

Report. It is not often the two ” Jenny s meet, when they do expect  a race, and a race it was , both came “neck-and neck from the last wall, where Aura ran on to  win by four lengths with Marlou in third

Monday mornings washing came to mind as ” Nimrod ” won by the proverbial  “mile “and the second was well clear of the third.

The maidens and one against seven as Senior  Maybe lined up against six juniors, of which Dragonfly was the only one to make a race of it. The two came together on the downward stretch of fell , into the beck, and onto the uphill finish, where Maybe went on to win.

Missed the finish ,of the veterans but at halfway the proverbial blanket would have covered them all as they jigged and jagged there way round.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Persian Bay 3 Washington 4 Silver Dusk 5 Hawkswood 6 Canny Mover  13 Ran Time 32.08 .

Also Ran . Foxparke Tramp – Foxparke  Hooligan – Foxparke  Homeward pride – Ladybird – Overwater Hally – Overwater Arnie – Miterdale Steele.

Pups .1 Baba o’ Riley 2 Forlorn Spring 3 Foxparke Shaka laka Boom Boom  4 Best Mate 5 Rhythm 6 Ranger. 18 Ran Time 20.50.

Also Ran  Colonel James – Foxparke Zip It – Foxparke  Rambling Rose – Butterfly – Babycham – Persian Ace – Rover – Babylon – In The Red – Prospect Spot – Nashville – Tom Thumb.

Puppy Maidens 1 Mine 2 Trev -3 Tuam Lass 4 Dragonfly 5 Encourage 6 Super Star .18 Ran Time 22.10 . Also Ran Some Lad – Amber Bay – Palm Bay – Foxparke Gypsy Rose – Foxparke  Jiggly Puff – Foxparke Slo Bro – Cracking Spirt – Persian Ruby – Clearly Cool – Eden Raine – Meadow Spot – Lets Get It On . Withdrawn at the start Copperfield ( in order to give the others a better chance.)

Open Restricted. 1 Meadow Josie 2 Sweet Harmony 3 Rita 4 Breeze 5 Foxparke So Be It 6 Foxparke Jewel. 21 Ran Time 18.30.Also Ran Sugar Ray – Foxparke Homeward Dude – Wild Gypsy – Rhyme – Rita – Ben 10 – Cool Miracle – Dawn _ Wanted – Breeze – Dairy Lightning – Just Got It – Summer  Rose – Sultan – Quiet Linnet – Copperfield aka( Encourage).

Report . Loweswater Show in the parish of Lorton if this was centuries ago heads would have rolled instead of which perhaps charging £ 4 for the trails and £6 for the show would be classed as daylight robbery. Some didn’t pay the extra but my family did and didn’t complain but some refused and didn’t go to the show and as they were prepared to spend money whose loss was it !

The trails and ” make hay whilst the sun shines” a proverb relating to get things done now  rather than later and literally speaking that was what happened on the home straight as the local farmer made use of the dry day to harvest a late crop and  in turning the hay after the trail had been laid confusing the hounds and consequently the results can be misleading. That being no compensation for Meadow Josie who lost her maiden tag when she beat the consistent Sweet Harmony by a head. Mine won the Puppy Maidens when finishing alone .Baba O’Riley was one of four that were  first to put themselves right in the juniors. And in the last trail in an upside down programme  Jenny’s Delight kept up her championship challenge with a five length victory over Persian Bay.

Seniors 1 Miterdale Shadow 2 General James 3 Miterdale Copper 4 Kaiser Sosa 5 Lady Anne 6 Kinniside Joe . 13 Ran Time 29.17.

Pups 1 Cuckoo Lane 2 Super Sun 3 Huntsman’s Novice 4 Galway Lass 5 Huntsman’s Noel 6 Braveheart . 7 Ran Time 19.08.

Open Non- Winners 1 Showbiz 2 Kinniside Molly 3 Bluebell 4 solitaire 5 Super Star 6 Border Lad. 10 Ran Time 21.34.

Open restricted 1 Huntsman’s Jenny 2 Hawkswood 3 Steel End 4 Hunter;’s Dale 5 Casanova 6 Raven Crag. 10 Ran Time 18.37.

Veterans 1 Westgate Belle 2 Capetown 3 Aspire 4 Debra 5 Miterdale Prim 6 Flawless . 10 Ran Time 18.10.

Report. No Bookie but an able sub ,pool bet on the five events and contributed £40 to the funds.

In the seniors the paper favourite was Jenny’s Aura but money made Miterdale Shadow an 11/8 shot and he duly obliged , last seasons puppy champ beating the previous season’s champ General James, comfortably.

And another favourite obliged in the juniors when Windermere named , Grange owned Cuckoo Lane finished alone .

That’s Showbiz as the non-winner made the long journey from Wigton a memorable one , as he collected a winning bet for his owner ( enough to buy a pint) lost his non – winner tag before the opportunity to go for a bigger pot in a few weeks time as they say in Hollywood ” That’s Showbiz” she  was followed by Kinniside Molly who in the words of the owner ” will never win”.

Three down two to go the books level then “bingo” the last two go unbacked at a returned SP of 20/1 apiece, Huntsman’s Jenny holding off the challenge of Hawkswood and the veterans was won by Westgate Belle , the only one to keep to the trail on the finish. Lowick Show about three fields away, the local pub was beyond reach ( the road was under repair) but the intrepid kinnisiders found another one frequented by “farmers”.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 Persian Bay 3 Miterdale Steele 4 Canny Mover 5 Eclipse 6 Silver Dusk . 9 Ran Time 27.37

Pups1 Huntsman’s Nimrod  2 New Agenda  3 REd Dragon 4 Amber Bay 5 Palm Bay 6 Cracking Spirit 19 Ran Time 20.36

Open restricted 1 Sweet Harmony 2 Rhyme 3 Spring Rose 4 Rita 5 Meadow josie 6 Huntsman’s  Majician. 18 Ran Time 21.37

SENIORS  1 Overwater Hally  2 Crazy 3 General James 4 Kinniside Joe 5 Miterdale Copper 6 Kinniside Beauty. 9 Ran Time 31.09.

Pups 1 Cuckoo Lane 2 Forlorn spring 3 Babylon 4 Foxparke Shaka Laka Boom boom 5 Baba O’ Riley 6 Overwater Seth , 22 Ran Time 16.23.

Open Maidens 1 Summer Rose 2 Kinniside Molly 3 Foxparke Homeward pride  4       Tuam Lass   5  Foxparke Saucy Nancy 6  Captain Jack.  23 Ran Time 16.45

Open Restricted 1 Frankel 2 JLS    3 Breeze 4 Escape 5 Dairy Lightning 6 Wild Gypsy.  17 Ran Time 16.59.

Seniors 1 Marlou 2 Lady Anne 3 Miterdale Shadow 4 Manna 5 Queen 6 Jenny’s Delight. 13 ran Time 35.12. Also ran. Mysterious – Jenny’s Breeze – Howgill Annabella – Steel End  – Maybe – Hawkswood Ladybird.

Pups 1` Super Sun  2 Best Mate 3 Galway Lass 4 Huntsman’s Noel – 5 Huntsman’s Novice 6 Super Star 22.48 Also ran   – Showbiz – Time bandit – Voodoo  Zola – Black Eyed Mist.

Veterans 1 Aspire 2 Capetown 3 Night Vision 4 Flawless 5 Westgate Belle 6  MiterdaleProper 9 Ran Time 21.39. Also Ran . Miterdale Prim- free Spirit-.Kerrymore.

REPORT. It was getting dark, a gloomy night , one trail to come and all the way from Cleator came Veteran Night  Vision, a car full of supporters, and named for the occasion but , alas . he aspired to no better than third,still a four pointer , better than nowt and what more a journey through the lakes to a delightful venue overlooking Windermere and in the distance the lights of Morecambe, that ‘s for those who stayed behind for the sing song led by chairman Baz, ” Two wheels on my wagon and I’m just rolling along”

The seniors and a change of trail led to a right mix up on the homeward turn, hounds were going in all directions heads up, no signposts , but it is intriguing how they all ended up on the finish. Marlou beating Lady Anne and Miterdale Shadow.

Now it was no secret that the pup trail was going to take part over much of the locals practice ground and like the seniors would they guess, As it happens none of them had run the last section but had spent all winter learning their trade on various sections of the trail . the answer they never put a foot wrong and finished 123, ahead of the unfortunate Huntsman’s Pair who lost ground at the start.

Super Sun not Super Stition that’s us on 13.

A note the road may have been resurfaced and the temptation to go a little faster might be there but that rock just before the entrance would stop a tank and it did!