E By Gum

It was quite an interesting day at the agility as we started our campaign to get back to Crufts in the team event. We warmed up with a clear round on the Helter Skelter course where we never get anything because Helter Skelters are always fast courses and we don’t do speed. Then we went clear in the Jumping too, it was good round but still not good enough for a rosette. All this time we were waiting for our team run to come around. The judge had set an evil looking course which was right up our street but I don’t think it appealed to the rest of our team, let alone the rest of the competitors. Anyhow after a few teams had run they decided to simply the course and start over again. Unusual but fair enough. This delayed things a little and as we were one of the last teams due to run it was almost lunchtime before we were called forward. Then just as we were getting ready to run a decision was made to restart the class again, nearly four hours after it had originally started. Some teams weren’t happy about the way it was being judged.

So it all started again with a new judge and another new course. We finally got our team run around 3.30. It had been a problem keeping Doggo cool all day as it was pretty hot but still he did well and posted a solid clear round. Unfortunately we didn’t get all the team around clear so we now try again at Rugby in around eight weeks time.

After that we still had to run the Olympia Qualifier and I didn’t have the heart to send Doggo back for yet another stint in the car to cool off so we did it straight away. He wasn’t really up for it, he was far too hot by now, and he went the wrong way down the tunnel, so that was the end of that.

Meanwhile L and Daughter are out shopping for prom dresses. We had spotted a good one last night in a shop window in town, it was after we'd had a few beers... but our judgement must still have been sound because Daughter seemed to like it too and they've now bought it. L’s also been shopping and tells me she’s been re-measured as an E cup. Wow or 'E by gum' as the say up north. I’m not sure whether to commiserate or congratulate. Which is tricky because choosing the right response could influence how well my evening goes.

I get home to find my E type girl sticking little number 18’s on cup cakes for tomorrow’s big event. As she's busy, I ask if she minds if I slope off to spend a few hours with my other girl. She didn’t seem to mind, so I took my girl for a spin up some of the hills around Stanton and Dale Abbey. As predicted she skips up the hills really well but it was her pace along the flat that impressed me the most.

Let’s spare a thought for Newcastle United, relegated today. Poor old Geordies. You have to laugh though. Hull didn’t deserve to stay up but hey, who cares.

It was a rather good weekend all round, I was also pleased to see Burnley and Scunthorpe win their play-off games.



Then to top it all I won the fantasy league with ease. The long term leader ended up third. He’ll be dreading that vote of confidence from his chairman.