More recently I was judging in Belgium. I am not the happiest flyer and this short hop suited me better. For 16 years I managed the farm at Ballantrae and lived there until my boss rented a farm near Ayr as an extension to our rearing programme.
The farm at Ballantrae has recently been put out to rent, and the lease at Ayr has finished leaving me more time in my retirement for my dogs and trialling, and available for a helping hand when the'phone rings!
If you happen to be at one of our trials in Scotland and you look in the catalogue and see all these Welsh names taking part,I'm the one with the Blackwatch tartan bunnet. Come and say Hello! He went on to become a university professor in Canada and the U. A, an educational consultant with the Arizona State Government and the Government of Alberta in Canada, and also worked in a consulting capacity with a large oil and gas company in Canada. In Kelvin started teaching again in a primary school in Wales, leaving in to take up full-time pottery and to help on the farm.
In she competed in the World Trial held in Penrith, England with Shep , placing thirteenth of dogs as the only woman competing in the final sixteen. He got his first sheepdog when he was twelve years old and since then has been dedicated to good working sheep dogs. Alan lives in a small cottage 45 miles North of Inverness and has retired from sheep work. Once again she ran well at the Selattyn trial finishing 2nd in qualifying behind Ricky Hutchinson and a young Sweep, and went on to finish 5th in the double fetch final At the World Trial, Meg finished 10th on her field in qualifying, thus missing the semi-final.
A year of mixed fortunes greeted us in The beginning of the season started promising before Meg tore a ligament in her shoulder. After 6 weeks off, Meg came back to finish 6th at the Glanusk trial two weeks before the national and was rested and given intensive physiotherapy for another 10 days leading up to the national. Two days before the national, I tested Meg's shoulder and decided she would start at the national. The national course was exceptional with its steep uphill outrun.
It was a course for a fit Meg but I thought, not for an unfit one! I was wrong. The uphill took a little bit out of Meg making her a little easier for me to handle she was often too strong for my skill level. She put up a lovely run until the sheep almost beat us at the pen. With 45 seconds to go, she penned the sheep with the grit and determination that typified Meg's character, and with 3 seconds to go, she completed the single.
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