Amanda: The Big One, Day 3

In a strange turn of weather events, a fog blew in. The course
couldn’t be seen so everything stalled to the great frustration of
all, for two hours. That put us behind a loaded roster of dogs, which
our hosts generously arranged for us, lots of dogs. And now a 900
yard outrun.

The wind never gave up, but it shifted over the day, from not straight
into your face, to the side of your back. no one seemed to need
suicide watch due to the wind, although a couple of hands needed
suicide watch for the way their runs went. The running was nearly as frustrating as yesterday with scorers not
exceeding retirees and DQ’s.

I badly let down Monty, asking him on hard, not seeing he was directly
behind his sheep. He shifted a gear, as asked, and the sheep
scattered everywhere, painfully showing me where he had been. Clive
ran better.

I spotted sheep from Shannon Fritz’s horse which was very enjoyable.
Such a vista from there, the horse and hill combined.
The high scorer so far, is once again Lyle Lad and Shep. About
fifteen dogs are left over to run tomorrow before Nursery. Then we
all move over to Joni’s fabulous field for more sport, hopefully more
successful for your blogger. Her sheep look great.


The weather is meant to be cooler tomorrow with a wilder wind if
that’s possible. I get to run little Doris, Dorrit, Adorable, Dorey.
Her first crack at western sheep, and I can’t wait.

Crumby personal performance notwithstanding, I am having a wonderful
time, girl’s overnight with Michelle Howard and lots of fun at Joni’s
house.