Buttermere Thurs May 31st.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Kinniside Meg 3 Kinniside Joe 4 Washington 5 Miterdale Copper 6 Kinniside Beauty . 18 Ran Time 31.20.

Also Ran Canny Mover – Explore – Overwater Stanley  Westgate Autumn – Red Will – Howgill Annabella – Menorah – Crazy – Foxparke Billy Elliot – Foxparke Tramp – Foxparke Wansfell – Foxparke Hooligan –

Pups 1 Baba O’ Riley 2 Tom Thumb 3 Miterdfale Spirit 4 Babylon 5 Blue Bolt 6 Overwater Seth.  45 Ran Time 22.41

. Also Ran Palm Bay – Amber Bay – Best Mate – Tuam Lass – Cuckoo Lane – One Day – Butterfly –  Dragonfly – Galway Girl – Zara – Simply Red – Monsoon – Cracksman – Persian Ace – Persian Jewel – It Is What It Is – Lets Have It – Lets Get It ON – Mine – Red Dragon – Red Mist 0- Encourage – Foxparke Shaka Laka Boom Boom – Foxparke Rambling Rose – Foxparke Gypsy Rose – Foxparke Zip It – Foxparke Jiggly Poo – Foxparke Slow Bro – Prospect Spot – Eden Raine – New Agenda – Ol N-Man River – Bizzy Lizzie – Colonel James – Trev – In The Red – Baby liss – Chance – Black Eyed Mist.

Open Maidens 1 Lone Rebel 2 Stand By 3 Miterdale Proper 4 Summer Rose 5 Kinniside molly 6 Foxparke Jewel. 33 Ran Time 21.44.

Also Ran Wild Gypsy – Kerrymore – Hunter’s Dale – Thorn Diamond – Great Gable – Ronnies Rascal – West Tip – Artemis – Persian Sky – Persian Ruby – Foxparke Homeward Pride – Foxparke Homeward Dude- Foxparke Peggy Sue – Come Home Alfie – Sandyman – Release The Beast – McCoy – Levitate – Eden Rocco – Captain Jack – Dairy Lightning – Sultan – Spring Rose – Denton Eclipse – Yogi Bear. Kinniside Bess – Kinniside Mel.

Open Restricted 1 Marlou 2 Overwater Arnie 3 Overwater Jack 4 Bewitched 5 Thorn Dancer 6 Quiet Linnet 22 Ran .Time 20.09

Also Ran Miterdale Rusty – Free Spirit – Overwater Hally – Buble – Paloma Faith – Try Again – Try Time – Ladybird – Nikita – Manna – Cherish – Huntsman’s Magician – Steel End – Paddywack – Hawkswood – Ben 10.

Report. 111 runners (And the umpire stood on one leg) at  the midweek meeting at Buttermere and the crack was ” Where’s the pup trailer been” ? Well! He admitted he got a little higher than he should have, but the view was well worth it and the term scenic route comes to mind. Lets face it he didn’t do it on purpose and the hounds went where the trail was laid only it took them longer than usual. The first short (ish) trail and to be honest some made a complete hash of the climb before the finish and the finishing descent as well . Not taking any gloss off the winner Baba O’ Riley who once more sorted it out and finished well clear to record win number three for the  genial ” Bully” and Helpers ( sorry no names )

The favourite Jenny’s delight had a comparative easy victory in the seniors beating kennel mates Kinniside  Meg and Joe and the largest field of the evening the open maidens went to Keswick hound lone Rebel, in front at hallway ,and won easily from Stand by.

Also an easy winner was another Keswick hound , Marlou, who beat  an improving  Overwater Arnie and former kennel mate Overwater Jack in third.

Now for something completely different;: As you have been aware the leader of the puppy championship, Huntsman’s Nimrod , had been missing since Sunday afternoon , when she was spotted on the A 591 near to Hollins Lane , above Burneside. Since then there had been not one confirmed sighting of the hound and to be perfectly honest the worst was feared.

So imagine the surprise when, the only Hound trailer in Burneside , Ian Bell was looking out of his kitchen window when he caught sight of what he thought was a hound.

On further investigation and in true ” Sherlock ” style he opened the front door and in popped  “Nimrod”  down the hallway and into the lounge and onto the settee..

Believe it or believe it not, that’s what happened and theories abound , perhaps she had been taken in by a wellwisher who noticing the publicity decided to leave the hound close to another hound kennel.

She had spent Sunday afternoon until Wednesday evening in a thriving community constantly monitored by all and sundry and was never seen , then! pops up outside the only person with trailhounds, SHERLOCK ‘S on the case.