welshphil

I'm 59 and fortunately still in good health, be lying if I said i didn't have a fair few niggles but I payed rugby for 20 odd years and gym four times a week (mixture of strength and cardio) and do about 50-60 miles a week around the local hills with the lurchers. I could dial it down a bit but where's the fun that lol. Seriously thinking about doing a few Hyrox competitions in'25 to get the competitive juices flowing as I love a challenge. My life motto at the moment is "age is not an excuse to get old." so I intend to squeeze the most of life whilst I can. Iechyd da

Good luck in finding what you want. I'll be in the same boat but i'll be looking for a beddy/greyhound/deerhound hybrid - finger crossed for us both.

20 odd years of Welsh valleys rugby! Thinking back to some of the really brutal games I played in it's a miracle no-one was killed

Really looks the part as well mate.

I've got a three quarter bred from a long line of workers and he has a coat like a half cross. I'd have another in a heartbeat or would love to put him over a decent deerhound/greyhound.

Vancouver in June to visit my Son, first time for us so really looking forward to it. He's got a nice little itinerary planned which includes a weekend on the Sunshine Coast so we'll get to spend some quality time with him and his Canadian girlfriend - who now considers herself half Welsh lol. Taking the Grandkids to Bulgaria for a week at the end of August and again will enjoy every single minute of that so all in all two cracking holidays to look forward too after a really stressful couple of years.

I was about 13/14 and sat in a maths lesson staring out the window as always. There was a piece of waste ground next to the school covered in brambles and a few trees, a couple of lads appeared with a ferret box and started to lay a few nets, out came the ferret and in no time a rabbit bolted out of the brambles closely followed by a whippet lurcher that i hadn't noticed previously and it took the rabbit in what seemed like a nano second! I was absolutely hooked from that moment on and have kept lurchers for over 35 years. Phil

Same here in the Gwent valleys mate, been a shocking non-summer!

The vast majority of my dogs have been small whippet based lurchers and I reckon the next lurcher will be my last so i want a big hairy beast! Ideally it would be beddygrey x deerhoundgrey hybrid - reckon I might have to start putting the feelers out soon ?

Diolch yn fawr iawn Aled

I'm a bit of a fitness freak and gym four days a week alongside averaging about 50-60 miles a week around the local mountains with the lurchers. Played rugby for more years than was probably good for me and try to get out and watch a local game when I can. I also have two young Grandsons who i take to mini rugby training and gymnastics, also trying to dysgu Cymraeg. Thinking about it I'm not sure where I find time to work lol. Definitely wouldn't have it any other way though, the last few years have shown us that life is very fragile so I'm a firm believer in making hay while the sun shines an

Yes please mate ??

My Son moved to Vancouver in December last year to play a bit of rugby and have a bit of fun. He's previously lived in Melbourne, Auckland and Canterbury but reckons Vancouver is head and shoulders above them. Plenty of work available, locals very friendly, stunning scenery and fantastic facilties. Last weekend was Saturday on the beach and Sunday hiking in the snow. He's said that he's found his spiritual home and will be applying for permanent residency.

I agree - love a beddy cross. ? Do it and reserve a bitch for me please lol

Thank you, much appreciated. The litter is very pleasing to the eye to be honest as are the dogs above ?