Despite the chilly winter weather, we kept to our plans, and on Friday afternoon our little tricolour girl Tia (Talraz Silver Tiara) set off on the first leg of her long journey to France, joining Madge and Ruby in the back of the car on the way to our rendezvous hotel near the following day's Bearded Collie Club Championship show.

She was delighted to meet her new folks, and thoroughly enjoyed entertaining them and meeting as many of the other guests as she could.  Meanwhile Madge and Ruby, together with Cawley and Roxy, were fairly pleased that she disappeared to leave them in peace, and Martine and Pierre quickly realised that their new puppy was not going to be troubled with shyness!