I'm not moving!

Reuben refusing to get out of the waterhole

Fire spaniels

Someone has set a fire on Bonsai Mountain, the eastern side has turned black, the Berners wondered where all the gorse bushes had gone.

Gathering of the clan

Bliss, Aunt Montana, Reba and Rocky Joined by WooZah on the green rope and Spotty stood watching. Only one missing. Reuben cooling off.

Reba

Leading the way up Bonsai Mountian.

Hot dog

BBMC trek tonight and after the Magnificent Seven plus Poppy the pathetic triever drink their fill from the rock pool on top of the Bonsai Mountain, Reuben decides to cool off by sitting in it!

Show stance

Rocky showing his pedigree

Birthday Berners

Here's HPD, or Harvey Puppy Dog, from the class of 2009 on his Birthday. The first 8 Dolyhir Berners were two years old on the 24th March.

Unlike HPD ours didn't celebrate with a nice walk and a peaceful rest under a Berner bush and most importantly staying clean for his lovely owners.

No, ours did the usual chasing of asthmatic rabbits, rolling in fox poo and finding stagnant ditches to sit in. Bless.

Father and son

Rocky and Spotty, father and son at five ways crossing. Spotty does have a better name, he is Dolyhir Tropic Thunder but he prefers Spotty!

Offas Dyke Path

I took the boys up onto Hergest Ridge this evening, making the most of the fact that British Summer Time has returned. Spotty posed under the recently repaired finger post marking Offas Dyke, it seems like a long time ago since the Great TODO (The Offas Dyke Ordeal) when I walked all 186 miles in six days.

Wheres Reba?

Berners like to stay close to their owners at all times.

Big lads

Rocky and Reuben take a break in the lane

Heel

Rocky showing how close Berners like to be

Whats happening!

Precious little is happening on the lambing front so I wasting valuable time watching fat ewes burp and belch and refuse to give birth. Reuben and the rest of the Dolyhir Clan try to gatecrash the lack of action.

Bunny face!

Rocky sticking his nose in!

Concentrate!

Now look! Dougal! Concentrate! One of those Berners isn't small, its just far away, small, far away.

Off the beaten track

With Poppy the pathetic triever leading the way we went off the beaten track to where the Trolls live at the top of the Cauldron.

As it was daylight we were safe from trolls, but the path was interesting at times.

A test of agility, footwork and bravery!

The descent

Never quite sure whats going on behind me as we descend the Bonsai Mountain so I pointed the camera over my shoulder

and caught the Berners and Poppy the Golden Retriever following almost single file!

On parade

The Berners line up ready for the trek up North Face Gully

Its a mystery

How Rocky fits all this in his mouth!

On Parade

The BBMC training has plenty of photo opportunity. So as I toiled up the slope of the Bonsai Mountain n the "Long Haul" side the Berners showed off their formation lying down routine, from the left Rocky, Reuben and Bliss. Spotty is the Berner reviewing the parade.

Montana

Auntie Montana sitting pretty

Getting bigger

Here's some pics of Lyndon's pups, his lovely girl Berners Sally and Rocky have given rise to these lovely pups.

A lot bigger than the last time we saw them, perfect markings.

And we heard from Molly's mum Leanne today, telling us that she thinks Molly is now seven weeks pregnant. So the clans getting bigger!

Over under

The magnificent seven demonstrating their fence techniques, except for one, Boo left behind. Poor lad!

A clean sweep

Heres Spotty playing in the Cauldron, and just to make his life more interesting he has stolen the broom. Again!