We are holding an Otterhound Social Walk, to be followed by a Breed Information Seminar on Sunday 18th March. We will meet in the Church Lodge car park (Dovecote), of the Ashton Estate,  Long Ashton, Bristol. BS41 9LX at 11.00am . The charge for parking is £1.20 per day. The usual lunch will be provided at a cost of £3 per person, which we can eat either at the venue or if the weather is inclement, at the Cathedral. Anyone who would like to attend a Breed Information Afternoon can come to the Cathedral where a room has been made available to us.

If you would like to attend please let me know by end of Thursday 15th March (Oh dear, do beware) so that I can cater for all. If you have any special dietary requirements do let me know. Please confirm by email or by phone on 01432 820001.

If the weather is too dangerous to travel I will cancel and inform everyone by email who has confirmed that they would attend.

The 2018 Teckelgarth Otterhound Calendar has arrived. Both wall and desk top calendars are available at a cost of £9.50 and £6.50 plus postage, respectively. Please contact me on via my website contact page, messenger through Facebook or maria.lerego@sky.com to place your order as soon as you can.  Hopefully there will be a few spare copies available at the Christmas Party, and I hope that most buyers will be able to collect their order that day. If you do know how many you require it would be very helpful to know before the close of the 25th November, so that I can order more if need be.

Surplus funds from the sale of our Teckelgarth Calendars will be used to support the Teckelgarth Semen Bank.

Its that time of year again! Get your Christmas jumpers on for the
Otterhound Christmas celebrations to be held on Sunday 3rd December. We
meet at 11.00am and will be walking from the upper car park at Baddesley
Clinton, Rising Lane, Knowle, Solihull B93 0DQ  and holding the party at
Lowsonford Village Hall,Rookery Lane,Lowsonford, Henley in Arden, B95 5ER

The car park is free , but the facilities are NOT. If you are not a National
Trust member it will cost you £8.50 to "spend a penny", so please bear this
in mind on your journey. There is a Tesco store just north of junction 4 of
the M42 on the A34 to Shirley I think. Usual facilites here! Full facilites at
Lowsonford Village Hall for after the walk.

We will have our usual 3 course full Christmas Dinner, vegetarians can
be catered for so please let me know any special requirements
(vegetarian meal suggestions always welcome). The charge is £9.50 for
adults, and £6.00 for under 12's. This has been the price since 2012!
With the surplus from last years Christmas party, and the BBQ's I was
able to make a donation of £135 to the Cancer research project at the
Animal Health Trust, specifically for dogs of course.

In view of the overheads of running such an event, anyone who books a
place but is then unable to attend will be politely asked to forward the
cost of their ticket to me. Please let me know if you can attend by
Wednesday 29th November latest,  by email or private message.

If you don't make it to the walk have a lovely Christmas and a Healthy
and Properous New Year,
Best Wishes
Maria

Firstly many apologies for not getting the datails of the BBQ onto the website earlier.
The Southern Otterhound Social BBQ will be held on Sunday 20th August at Postern Hill Picnic Site, Savernake Forest,  Marlborough, SN8 4ND. Its off the A346 south of Marlborough. Parking is on a first come first served basis, but as we are meeting there at 11.00am hopefully we will be OK. I'm sure there is a charge for parking, but it doesn't say how much on the website.

For anyone wanting to camp/caravan there is a camping site next door.

I will bring my gazebos as well as the BBQ etc, but do bring chairs and
any other shelter as I think there will be plenty of space.

The charge for the day is £8 for adults and £5 for under 12's.
vegetarians can be catered for, please let me know your preferences.
Please confirm your attendance with me on either 01432 820001 or by
email on maria.lerego@sky.com no later than Thursday 17th August.

Hope to see you there,  Maria

The Sun is out so it's time for the Teckelgarth Summer BBQ.
Once again we will have a Northern and a Southern BBQ
to enable  as many to attend as possible.

​Our Northern NNQ will be held at Staunton Harold Reservoir, Calke Road, Windmill Hill,
Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 1DL on Sunday 16th July, meeting in the car
park at 11.00am. This is adjacent to Calke Abbey, and we can walk from
the reservoir around Calke Park without having to pay to get into the
National Trust property! There is a charge for parking which I believe
is by card rather than cash. There is a cafe and all the usual
facilities.

I will bring my gazebos as well as the BBQ etc, but do bring chairs and
any other shelter as I think there will be plenty of space.

The charge for the day is £8 for adults and £5 for under 12's.
vegetarians can be catered for, please let me know your preferences.
Please confirm your attendance with me on either 01432 820001 or by
email on maria.lerego@sky.com no later than Thursday 13th July.

Our SOUTHERN BBQ will be held on Sunday 20th August, at a venue yet to be confirmed.
Further details will be sent out when I have found a suitable venue.
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We've been doing some work to the website this week. There is a special page for the Magnificent M's and more information for prospective owners. Please do take a look and contact me with any comments.