We rocked up at 7am on the Saturday and couldnt find our way in, we eventually did and settled into a good job. I really enjoyed the day and the other helpers and RMs were fab. However at 1.30pm when we still hadnt heard anything about lunch we started to enquire about lunchbreaks and food! We eventually found out that A/ we had to eke out our own breaktimes, we werent offered them (doesnt bother me as I am pretty proactive about that stuff but some of the others werent). B/ They hadnt provided any food for ring party! Not even a bag of crisps or packet of biscuits. I know they are trying to keep the costs down but really a big pot of soup and some bread rolls wouldnt of killed it, or at least a heads up that they werent providing anything and we could have stopped at the co op on the way in instead of spending more money on food at the cafe! Anyway, it felt a little unappreciated that we had all gone out of our way to help, I do wonder how many people will keep offering help at things like this. I think so far it has cost people quite a lot of time, effort and money to help. A lot of unhappy helpers that day even though we did get a thanks and apology.
Anyway onto the agility: Some fab courses, great dogs and nifty handling- Im proud of the British dogs we had there but definately missing a few well known names which is a shame. I didnt leave feeling anymore motivated but did have a good time.
Sat evening we went to the pub 'The Little Harp' for dinner and drinks- fab value for money, awesome food and great company- we ended the evening back at the hotel, drinking, having pillow fights and nattering until 2am- ouch! The next day we had to head back as I had family commitments- yawn a tiring but long weekend.
Back home all the dogs had a nice muddy afternoon walk and Hoaxey had lots of cuddles. I feel very protective over her now and love her big puppy belly :)
Not long left! x
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| Me nd Neill in our room at WAO weekend |
2 comments:
oh dear gem, i know what you with being unmotivated though, and you would have thought, as you did that the best way to do that would be at the try outs. glad you enjoyed the courses and watching the dogs though they did look good from some of the vids that were posted. sounds like you had great fun in the evening though, that must have made up for it, glad to hear the little princess is doing well and i hope she has more lovely babies, can't wait to see what she has this time, still can't get over the fact she gave me what i wanted so i hope you have put in all the orders for everyone. yvette
It does seem sad that they couldn't give you lunch :-( I know it's an additional cost, but without you and the others there they wouldn't be able to run the day. People should feel appreciated.
I think it's a real shame that it wasn't made clear how things were going to operate.
As you say a large pot of soup works wonders. We sometimes have that afterdraghunting - large pot of soup, breads rolls with an optional hunk of cheese, and hot tea. Very simple, very satisifying :-)
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