white van man

Enjoy your hols mate

Sad news to hear this about Phil. We met a few times for a walk out with the dogs and he has always been on the end of the phone whenever I needed advice. Chats with him always started on the subject of running dogs and then normally went on a tangent to welsh hill farms and rugs. Popped in to see him a couple of times when I was down his neck of the woods. Always made welcome and we would chat for hours. He would always ask if I’d been anywhere different with the dogs and no matter where I mentioned, he had pretty much been there and had the stories and photos to back it up! A very humble

Just stand in front of the mirror and whisper saluki 3 times and he will appear

I’ll let you know. Text you later

Brilliant stuff mate

Who got the biggest fish mate? I’m going with lucky Phil?

He will take the cost of fuel, bait and rod hire from their wages mate!!

Looks like a cracking day mate. I’m hoping to get out over the weekend. Some nice fish there.

Set off from Porto this morning. At about 11AM our train stopped dead. No explanation of what was happening and about 45 mins later someone mentioned the power cut. We had to walk up the train tracks for a while before we could jump a wall onto an estate/industrial area. Managed to share an Uber with someone to the airport but so much disruption. No ATMs at the airport working and no card payments in the limited food shops that were open. We got on the plane only to be told we were having to wait for 5 hours. This rapidly changed and we were in the air within an hour. Interesting to see how pe

That’s it. Once it’s broke to stock you can get out and about more. If it’s from decent breeding it will get going early on. Always good to get it out with other bushers if possible. I’ve never had to do much training with a busher other than to brake to stock, ferrets and general obedience. The rest normally comes naturally.

Mates is a lovely stamp too. Big strong dog. Think he was bred by a keeper up theNorth East. He’s great on the shoot and excels at main trailing.

Was lucky enough to be invited out stalking last week. Just fried a bit up. Fallow with rosemary, thyme, garlic and butter.

Few people on a shoot near me use lab x GWP. They are 1/4 GWP and they seem to be decent. All look well put together and great temperaments. Mate has one he uses for beating/picking up. He also uses it for man trailing/tracking. He’s a great dog.

Nice healthy pups there. Good to see.

Should be just the job for hunting the hills