I can't and won't give a general opinion on Bedlingtons as I don't have the experience or knowledge, I can only give an opinion on what I work and it is just my opinion.
They work and work well, some of the progeny have been hard and as game as any terrier, Killing and drawin foxes, staying in tight awkard places taking and giving punishment til dug to or bolting from easy earths, some were only as good as the next average dog (be it Patterdale, Lakeland, Border or Russell) some just did not make the grade at all.
An outcross to a lakeland was used to put some fire back in this line,