Driving to the World Sheep Dog Trials, from Tullamore, Ireland
The 2005 ISDS World Sheep Dog trials were held close to
Tullamore, in Ireland. Tullamore is a couple of hours west of Dublin
airport. Although a small town, it is a center of activity and was ideal
to hold as big an event as this year’s World Sheep Dog trials. There were
enough rooms and accommodation for the many Border Collie handlers and
enthusiasts that came to watch this event.
Driving in Ireland was exciting for me. The roads are so different
than to what we're used to in Canada. The easy, straight, mile after
mile roads we have here in Canada were completely different from the narrow,
winding roads of Ireland. Driving on the "wrong" side of the road doesn't
help either. I had been named the official map-reader for the 10 days we
were there, and I started the trip off by taking us the long way to Tullamore
instead of going around on the N5. But, we got there, and despite the cool
cloudy weather we were in high spirits.
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