MONDAY THE 2ND OF DECEMBER
A cold morning and a nice dry day and at one stage it was 12 degrees . We got the van back from the garage and its like brand new again . We were preparing hounds for schooling , we did a major tidy up plus I got all the waste away and I am on top of the paperwork and I will be all posted of on Tuesday morning. I placed a load of orders for supplies to get us over the Christmas and the day has went well.
TUESDAY THE 3RD OF DECEMBER
We got up today to a very heavy frost so we couldn’t gallop , hunt or prepare hounds for schooling . We had hounds that were sold going to the UK with Ross Myles. We checked the broods to see if any were in season . We had a delivery of time dog food and Kasco and we also had fish to collect plus we did the everyday jobs of cooking, cleaning and feeding and all the taps were frozen so we had to carry water from my house.
WEDNESDAY THE 4TH OF DECEMCER
No frost today thank goodness so the whole day was took up preparing hounds for schooling . We needed meat so i had that to collect and we got a delivery of bag dog food from red mills plus we did the everyday jobs of cleaning kennels , cooking , feeding , changing all drinking waters . Newcastle have a massive game tonight against Liverpool , we play better against the top clubs hopefully happens again tonight .
THURSDAY THE 5TH OF DECEMBER
We had rain today like I have never seen and I was driving and I had to stop till the rain pasted . We did a major tidy up so there was another load for the dump we got feed up early for the main job today trialing in Kilkenny. The best game of football I have seen this year was Newcastle united last night against Liverpool. .
FRIDAY THE 6TH OF DECEMBER
A very wet day and we have a storm on its way so all we could do today was cook , clean , feed , tidy up and change all beds in all the kennels and I also took a brood bitch to Droopys stud to be mated to King Sheeran and the 191 van is off to the garage to get a service tonight.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE FOUR RUNNERS AT ROMFORD SWIFT UNITED , SWIFT INDIGO , YOU TWO AND WRIGHTY.
SATURDAY THE 7TH OF DECEMBER
We had wind and rain overnight like never before. I’m amazed that we dont have any damage. I can get Swift Vicki out to relieve herself this morning. We have John O’Reilly coming to check hounds. We wont be able to do anything with the weather other than cook, clean and feed. I have a few bits and pieces to collect. Thankfully I’m not in England as for the first time I can remember all ferries are off. This afternoon, I’ll watch the Newcastle United game. I hope they play as well as they did against Liverpool during the week.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK AND IRELAND WE HAD TWO WINNERS LAST NIGHT AT ROMFORD YOU TWO AND WRIGHTY. TONIGHT WE HAVE TEN RUNNERS AT SHELBOURNE PARK PHOENIX MEMPHIS .AT CENTRAL PARK SWIFT UBIQUITY. AT OXFORD SWIFT PAVLO , CALICO KEITH AND SWIFT GIDDY. AT YARMOUTH SWIFT BANKRUPT , MERLINS MATE , SWIFT YANK , SWIFT LEGACEY AND SWIFT DEPOT.
SUNDAY THE 8TH OF DECEMBER
The forecast is good for a winters day if the day goes well we will get the vans washed and tidy up after the storm , The power is gone in the whole of the village and there is trees down everywhere roads are blocked but thankfully the power has been on all the time at the kennels we will do the paperwork and do the everyday jobs. Newcastle united were very poor in the second half against Brentford and deserved to get beat.
ON THE OPEN RACES SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD THREE WINNERS LAST NIGHT AT YARMOUTH SWIFT LEGACEY AND SWIFT DEPOT AND AT OXFORD SWIFT GIDDY. TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE RUNNERS AT SHEFFIELD DUBAI KID. AT CRAYFORD TRINITY BELLA AND SWIFT QUINCEY.