The way I see it ( wk 5)

Baz’s blog: Where should we start ? A pig in a poke or something similar. For some time we have had a problem with the ;Lazonby pigs’ but on this occasion because there are no piglets we didn’t anticipate any bother. The few pigs that were there stood behind a waving stick but one inquisitive boar decided that the photographer leaning on the gate presented an inviting challenge. So avoiding the stick it approached the unaware person and gently nudged him up the butt and with a grunt nudged more firmly. Alex looked over his shoulder , ‘GO AWAY’ he said or something to that effect and to me ‘what you laughing for’. I was thinking ,not a pig in a poke but a ‘poking pig’

Tea van: last chance for a brew and a chocolate cake.- You can have the last two pieces of cake for nowt ,said Steve. Ta !

Just then one of the ‘boys’ passed ‘ Owt left’ Baz he said and promptly I sold him one of the free pieces of cake for a pound. 1-0 to me but prepare for pay back time.

The camera has been in action now for a number of years and on Tuesday at Rusland for the first time a hound ran through the legs of the stand and it hardly budged an inch, I think its name was ‘contortionist’.

There’s seems to be concern over the venue for the International. The BHTA are in charge but the Chair and vice-chair will be checking the venue on Tuesday.

Hounds go missing for a variety of reasons but on Saturday at Lamplugh we were missing ‘Caspar’ aka Foxparke Invisible ( no puns) He was seen by the pup trailer but had apparently had disappeared, only to turn up in Cleator having been found ‘lost’ early in the afternoon.  We must thank them for finding and looking after ‘Caspar’ but you had thought being from the ‘moor’ they’d recognise a trailhound.

Met a gentleman on Tuesday at Rusland, who was visiting his roots in Langdale ,on holiday from Indonesia. He was saying his relations trailed many years ago and had a hound called ‘Ladysmith’ which won five trails in 1953. Anybody remember it?.

Saying of the week: this week it’s a picture:

The picture of two ladies faces after the non-winners at Bridekirk.

Cathy with a grin as wide as a ‘mile’ with Irish Pride and Lisa crying her eyes out with joy because she had finished second with’ Cool Return’. That’s what it’s all about, you can’t bottle it or sell it on e-bay, it was the ringtone on my mobile ‘ magic moments’, even Tony was welling up.