ISDS World Sheep Dog Trials, 2005
Early this year, the ISDS, (International Sheep Dog Society), asked us to
document, in a video, the 4 days of the World Sheep Dog Trials in Ireland.
Over 200 Border Collies were entered to travel to this year’s ISDS World Sheep
Dog Trials and from 21 nations from around the world.
For my first time to Ireland, I think that my dad and I did pretty well; what
with seeing as much countryside possible and meeting all the lovely people from
the ISDS. We couldn't have asked for better weather.
The trip from Winnipeg to Ireland, on the other hand, was quite different
than what I imagined it would be. I hadn't been on a plane in a couple of
years, and I was kind of looking forward to getting on a big plane and just
sailing over to Ireland. Well, dad and I were taken by surprise to find out
that the planes we were taking first went to Thunder Bay. That wasn't too bad
until we realized that the little 40-seater plane with the two propellers sitting
out on the runway was it. The ride over wasn't that bad. A little cramped for
dad, and not enough space to put the cameras above our seats so we ended up putting
them under the seats ahead of us. Making it a bit more cramped. But we eventually
made it to Thunder Bay and got on another, slightly bigger plane that took us to
Toronto, where we got onto my big plane that flew us to Dublin Airport.
So, the biggest task was finished. We had made it to Dublin (with our luggage,
which was fortunate because we were incredibly late for our flight to Dublin) and
now we had to go and rent our car and get all the bags into it. The car, for me,
was the funniest part of the day, because we didn't realize that an upgrade from
the compact car was equivalent to the compact car but with 4 doors instead of 2.
Dad was a little concerned that all the luggage and equipment we needed for the
World Sheep dog trials, our hockey bag with our tripods and clothes, our slightly
smaller bag with the rest of our clothes, a big equipment box and our 4 carry-on
camera’s weren’t going to fit, but with some good smushing and pushing, we got it
all in the car and we were on our way to Tullamore, the site for the 2005 World
Sheepdog trials.
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