Kaz had a day off on Friday to help Nicky her friend get
prepared for her wedding – that meant we all got up early and went running and
she left me and Angus in the kitchen with our chews and toys whilst she hung up
decorations and stuff. When she got home
she was pretty tired as she's been up and down the stepladders as everyone else
was scared of heights!
The next day we had a visit from grandma and grandpa who
came over to look after us while Kaz went to the wedding – grandma has just had
her plaster off and so was able to play a bit more with us and we got loads of
treats. Kaz really enjoyed the day –
Nicky looked lovely and so did Kaz (who is very proud of how fit she is
getting).
The next day me and Kaz were going over to Kirkby Stephen
for a search exercise and Angus dog was going to be staying at home as he wasn’t
going to be able to work, Kaz keft him
with a load of toys to play with and we set off. We arrived at base to get the vehicles ready
and we got all the information from Kirkby team about what we’d be doing when
we arrived. We set off in the sunshine
and literally 10 mins later Kaz received a callout from Cumbria Police asking
us to help with a lady who’d fallen over and hurt herself somewhere north of
Carlisle. Kaz had to let Kirkby Stephen
know that we were turning round and having to go on a callout which was a shame
cos I was looking forward to a good day with Kaz all to myself.
We drove up to Carlisle and soon found the field where we
could get onto the track to where the lady was.
I stayed in the vehicle as Kaz wasn’t sure what would be happening when
we got there. I could see Kaz and the
team as they climbed up through the trees and they met the Penrith team leader
who’d got there first. The lady was in a
fair bit of pain from an ankle injury so they put the leg in a splint and
carried her down to the ambulance so she could get checked out. While they were loading her one of Kaz’s team
mates opened the door and I ran round the field chasing the flies for a while. I was sat next to Karen on the way back and
she got loads of kisses from me!!
After the lady was in the ambulance we followed it to the
hospital so we could get some of the team equipment back. You would be surprised how much stuff teams
lose once the casualty goes off to the hospital.
We then drove back to Penrith, but because it was such a
nice day they decided we’d all go and do some training at Knipe Scar. We had a
lovely day learning ropey stuff – but Kaz did manage to drop the helmet bag at
the top of the scar and it rolled off over the edge – which meant that the
helmet she needed to climb down and get the helmets wasn’t there!
On Tuesday we went over to Whinlatter and Angus and Kaz did
a short trail from the main path into the woods and by the time it was dark
they’d found the body (Jim) and Angus was very pleased with himself.
Angus indicates on the scent at the start
On the move - trailing along the main path
Angus finds Jim and lays down in the dark
On Thursday Kaz went training with the Triathlon club in
Penrith. She’d just come back home at
about 10pm when her pager went off for a missing man in Ousby – he had been out
on his quad bike to move his sheep and hadn’t got back. Kaz spoke to his friends on the phone and got
some details. She called the team out,
put Angus to bed in the kitchen and me and her went down to the base. On the way she spoke to Chris the dog callout
co-ordinator and asked for some more dogs to help – he told her that him, Mick
and Andy would be on their way and would meet us in Ousby.
We drove over to Ousby and were just sorting out the search
routes with the team when we were told the man had been found. Apparently the fog had become bad and he
decided to just stay out – his neighbours who had been on quad bikes looking
for him found him at Blackburn Bothy. So
we all turned round and got home just after 1am. Angus was very pleased to see me and wanted
to know all about it.
Then on Friday me and Angus and Kaz went for a nice early
morning run on Helton and watched the sky grow brighter – Kaz doesn’t like running
in the dark very much in case she trips over!
Yesterday we were off to Carlisle to run a charity abseil,
but just as we got to base to set everything up there was a callout for a lady
in Penrith who’d been missing from a care home.
Kaz and I met the police for a briefing and Penrith team were asked to
check the open fields and woodlands – me and Kaz searched an area of woodland
when we heard that the lady had been found safe and well in the back garden of
a house nearby – she was safe and well which was really good news.
We got home and Angus and me persuaded Kaz it would be nice
to go visiting and so we all drove over to see our friend Kath at Kirkby
Stephen – we all went for a nice walk through town over to the fields where we
were running after the ball. Just as we
were going back towards Kath;s house so they could have a cup of tea, Kaz got
another callout – this time for a missing man near Egremont and Wasdale team
were asking for help. Kaz drove me and
Angus home, grabbed all her spare kit and gave Angus a nice chewy bone and we
set off for Egremont. When we got there
we were brifed by the leader from Wasdale team and given a lift with Ian and
searchdog Keppi into the Uldale Farm valley where we were going to be searching
steep woodland. I was a very bumpy ride
and Kaz was feeling a bit rough! We hadn’t
been going very long when we heard on the radio that dog Laura had been told by
a member of the public that theyd seen someone on Dent summit who could be the
missing person. So she and dog Mick went
up to the summit where they located the man safe and well. We all got told that we could go home – I was
a bit disappointed as we were just getting into it.
Kaz and I got another bumpy lift back to the car and we
drove back to Penrith, getting home for about 11pm. Angus was pleased to see us and jumped about
getting excited.
Today Kaz has decided to do some ‘admin’ and wants to get
the laptop back from me so I’d better go.
See you soon Dot fans!
