Liz and friend Linda enjoyed a trip to Belfast Championship Show this weekend plus the four Beardies Honey, Ellie, Nellie and Kelly - needless to say the similarity of three of the dogs' names led to some confusing moments at times!

We all had a lot of fun and were treated to some great Irish hospitality, many thanks to Deirdre and Claire who put themselves out to ensure we had a pleasant stay.  All the dogs were placed, our own team had a second in Post-Graduate (Honey) and a second in Limit (Ellie), the latter being especially pleasing as it gave Ellie her Stud Book number, and lifelong Crufts qualifier which she so deserves, well done Ellie!

We had a pleasant journey down from Stranraer back home, including a lovely run for the four dogs in Galloway Forest Park, which at that time on a Monday morning we had completely to ourselves, bliss for the dogs after having been on their best behaviour for so long!