{"id":11922,"date":"2025-12-27T10:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2025-12-27T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:31:43","slug":"saturday-december-27th-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/12\/27\/saturday-december-27th-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday December 27th\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4035-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11923\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good morning happy bloggers, we hope your Christmas Holiday is going well &#8211; we may have some news of the Boxing day trial soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rather tongue in cheek quiz question we posted was the cute and large dog of Heath Brindley, our UK contact for all Trials updates &#8211; he calls him Moose &#8211; quite fitting as he is a Newfoundland breed. &#8211; Only one answer came in which was correct from Harlow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today.  guess who?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gaston-Rahier-1945-2005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gaston-Rahier-1945-2005.jpg 317w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gaston-Rahier-1945-2005-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well! &#8211; I&#8217;m late again today getting to the blog &#8211; nice to see the sun shine out side and no more snow (Yet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw this posted and it reminded me of one of the reasons I decided  to emigrate way back in the early 1960&#8217;s &#8211; just fed up of all the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bad-weather-in-Wales.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bad-weather-in-Wales.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bad-weather-in-Wales-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bad-weather-in-Wales-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically they do get quite a lot of snow sometimes &#8211; this is Taff&#8217;s home  &#8211; the Brecon Beacons &#8211; also the area where they held the 1983 ISDE that we attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brecon-Beacons-at-Christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brecon-Beacons-at-Christmas.jpg 519w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brecon-Beacons-at-Christmas-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-taff-slogan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-taff-slogan-1.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-taff-slogan-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much news today &#8211; Enjoy your the festive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>======================================== Good morning happy bloggers, we hope your Christmas Holiday is going well &#8211; we may have some news of the Boxing day trial soon. 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