We have been away in Tubby for a few nights, staying at The Masons Arms near Yeovil.  We met up with my sister Sarah and her husband Andy - they were camping in their tent!

We headed down to Yeovil straight after work on Tuesday and were set up and in the pub by 8.30pm.  The food was just as good as the last time we stayed and it was nice to be back there for another visit!

We didn't have much planned, but managed to fit some shopping and dog walks in between the eating and the drinking!  The weather wasn't great - we even had snow which looked very pretty on the top of Sarah and Andy's tent!!

The worst thing that happened was that we got locked out of Tubby!  Ian had gone to get his shower, I fed the girls and let them out for a run around!  I stepped outside the van to get something from the boot and couldn't open the door, went to get back in the side door and that was locked too!  My heart sank!

Luckily, we were able to sit in Sarah and Andy's tent and use their phones and iPads to call the RAC who subsequently came and rescued us!  Thankfully they managed to get us back into the van without causing any damage - a very valuable lesson learnt - always keep a key about your person!!

I felt a bit strange wandering round in my PJs until after lunch but at least we had company!

All in all, a great few days away and I look forward to camping with Sarah and Andy again soon!

We had a scary day today - a 'proper' agility show! 

Ruby and I attended our first UKA show back in October but haven't done another one since, and this was to be Pepper's first!  I met up with Mandy and Karen - there's safety in numbers - and when we got there we found lots more friendly faces.

We started with agility - I was running both girls NFC so it was an opportunity for me to try to get over my nervousness and see how focussed the girls were going to be!  Ruby was a little monkey doing her usual freestyling and getting distracted by the horse smells in the indoor school!  Pepper started out in a similar way but thankfully she settled down and finished well!

Next was Jumping - Ruby was a little better but still had far too much of a 'spaniel nose'! Pepper did well but wasn't clear!

Final two rounds were Steeplechase - the first one was a nice flowing course in the indoor arena!  I was a little worried about the final few jumps as there was no option but to rear cross and it's not something that we are very confident with. Both girls did really well and ran clear!

The last round was a huge course in the outdoor arena!  Again it was a flowing course but involved a lot of running!  Pepper went first and I just decided to go for it - she was stunning!  She flew and did everything I asked of her - we event did 2 blind crosses!  Ruby on the other hand stopped for another sniff and preferred her own course!

I could not believe it when Pepper was awarded rosettes for 3rd place in BOTH of the Steeplechase rounds!  What a clever girl in her first big girls competition!