Amanda: Finishing Up

The trial had a couple of stellar runs from Serge van der Zweep, mainly with his Jim but also a good go with his bitch Eve, both sired by Aiden Gallagher’s Bill. All the running went uphill after the first day, with lots of dogs making the outruns and finishing the drives. I clerked with Frank in a perfect little sheep camp-like wagon that had a wood stove, a gloriously hot spot from which to watch the very cold trial. We did not wait for the reporting of the scores, so I read about it on Facebook, with the rest of you.

We had a Swiss classic, Rosti, for supper, something to do with the great divide between the Swiss Francais and the Deutch. The Gerbers, were wonderful hosts, with their cute smart kids, Martina and Sylvan. I seem lucky that way. I don’t know why it is.

Very early this morning, Daniella took us halfway to Zurich, and Stephanie picked us up, with Alsidair Lyttle, for the final push to the airport. We had an unremarkable flight to Ireland, but the weather in Ireland is remarkable–the coldest November on record. These last couple of days have set new record lows for the dates at minus seven when we arrived in Dublin and snow everywhere, just like Switzerland. The drive down to Wexford was taxing, since the snow removal is not the most happening and why would it be? They hardly every have snow.

I have booked a hotel at the airport, me and Bev’s new bitch O’Dinn. I am bringing her home to Bev. I love Bev. The forecast is for more snow which will cripple the traffic here and I thought I would give myself the whole day to get to Dublin—my flight leaves at six Wednesday morning.
I am really looking forward to getting home to my beautiful dogs. But I am going to straighten up their pet passports so I can make a break for the UK sometime and go dog running, and maybe even on the continent.