The Rambling Corgi

Lola's first litter and her first puppy visiting day! The pups are 2 weeks old. Who can resist puppy toes?

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Everybody up between 4:30 and 5am to get to the Event Center, unpack the booth and be ready for the public-at-large by 8am! The dogs did their part pulling in folks to interact with our great dogs and talk "Corgi"! Barb Koski and Windy did an awesome job demonstrating all that a well-trained corgi can be. The days were long, but everyone hung in there! The dogs never stopped working! If we could only hear the pup's thoughts while everyone was talking to our visitors, I'm sure the event would have been  an even bigger hoot! Phew.... we did it!

Saturday brought beautiful sunshine and a corgi gathering at Argus Ranch for the Cascade Coursing Clubs CAT event. Evanwhit PWC was well represented with 7 dogs running. Many legs were earned, a great potluck shared and multiple Halloween costume contest prizes won!

Wow- what a trip. We had a great time. Crufts was all we'd hoped, if not even bigger than we expected. For everyone who'd like more pictures of the breed winners, I've included a link to the Pastoral group here http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekennelclub/sets/72157626124341373/detail/ Other breed winners can be found by doing a search for Crufts 2011 "your breed here". This year Crufts decided to charge for access to their video feed- blah, or I'd provide a link. The Mary Ray performance can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjfOBDOc3U England is a history buff's dream. I could easily spend a month in each of the places where we only could afford to spend a day. Do it if you get the chance!

Birmingham- Moor St Train Station Last train trip before packing the bags to come home- Stratford Upon Avon. The entire center of town is a pedestrian zone with lots of shopping, eating and historical information regarding William Shakespeare. The home where he was born has been restored and many archaeological digs have been done in the region. A museum with research material for scholars is right next door. All of his writing is available for sale as well. Stratford itself is a small town so it was a very relaxed day all around. I got home at about 3:30pm just in time for tea and cakes with Julie. By the end of tea Barb and Jan had talked Julie into taking us all into town to visit thrift stores- you can't trust these two if there's a bargain to be had! Luckily it was late in the day so we couldn't get to very many shops before the sidewalks were rolled up at 5pm. Shakespeare's birth home Shakespeare So packing is the priority for the evening! See you all so...

The Eye Our host at Elm Cottage kindly dropped us off at the Birmingham Airport train station bright and early. It took about 2 hours to get to the outskirts of London where we transferred to the "Tube" to make our way to the Waterloo tube station and our first attraction of the day, "The Eye". They make 14,000 pounds every time that beast makes a full rotation- what a money machine! It's certainly a remarkable view from the top. Have a look at the scale of the wheel compared to the building it sits next to. Each capsule holds about 20 people for the 45 minute, single rotation ride. It never stops rotating. They just open the doors and you get in or out as it goes past the platform slowly.You're locked in from the outside for the duration of the ride. That made me pause for a moment. Just as you get off the Eye you walk past the pier for the Thames River Cruise, so we hopped on. The Eye Parliament from the Eye Black-friars Bridge  The down-ri...