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August 2003: Scotland and a wee bit of Ireland
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Sheep Dog Hill Trials and Highland Folk Museum
Newtonmore Sheep Dog Hill Trials
Hill where the trials were held. All dogs were Border Collies (a breed develped in Scotland to herd sheep)
Sheep dog course (see notes below)
Judge
Finished herding through first gates
Just came through second gates (not shown)
Herding through third gates
Crouching to nudge sheep into pen
Covering the left flank so the sheep go straight
Letting the sheep out of the pen
Splitting one sheep off from the others
Some American spectators (courtesy of Corrie)
Pointing out to the kids
Looking for his dog -- which seemed lost.
Puppy
Majestic figure
Corrie talking to the locals
View south of the trials hill
Herdsmen sipping Scotch which was on tap at the food stand (The fellow at the left had the best dog we saw)
Waiting for the ride home
Our next stop was the Highland Folk Museum
Nobody sitting in the sitting room
Stations from Europe
Don't drop
Turnip cutter
Thatched building
Shows construction method
One type of thatched roof
Shows thickness of the thatch
Wood turning
Millstone Luke
Water trough
Water mill
"Star" jig saw
Read about the Lady Auto-wheelist
Lucas-Freelite Wind Generator
Power of the future
Busy in the class room
Parents conference
Strange structure at the play ground
The little kids having fun
Luke is ready to ride his horse home
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