BevLive: The Big One, Day One

Long day makes a short blog. We were scheduled to start at 6:00 this morning but it took two riders, two people afoot and two on four wheelers almost two hours to move the sheep up the field and into the pen. Scary start to the trial.

Amanda and Clive started the trial with a nearly completed run and it went downhill from there until Herbert and Juno got a 83 for a great run. Their score still stands in spite of assaults from Joni and Bud who both got 73s with no pen or shed.

The sheep were frequently crazed as with the three poor Nel valiantly fought for 12 minutes, finally timing out at the pen. At least half the runners have lost the fight at the end of the fetch when the sheepwould break back toward their home ground and could not be stopped.There has been some great work today rewarded with no score.

Mirk did a great job but his sheep just couldn't be charmed and we timed out at the pen. Amanda and Roz had more luck finishing with a 64 currently in 4th place.

Because of our late start we stopped with dog 54 and will finish in the morning. Gloria and Harry Kerr, our wonderful hosts, had us all up to their home for dinner tonight. So we stopped running at 8:00 to give us a chance to enjoy their hospitality.

Handler dinner at Gloria and Harry Kerr's

Nel and I spent about three hours assisting with the setout. That hill got very tall. I sure admire Mindy and Tom, our two riders, who spent the whole day in the wind spotting sheep for us.