Seren tracking

 Windsor Business Park Seren:  My aim was to make a super easy track. Food every 10 steps. Age 1 hour. Finally managed to make a track easy enough that we were able to feel successful https://youtu.be/1y1RftdO0jo Dylan:   cover changes, tall/short grass He did just fine! https://youtu.be/KGnJj5XdDPE

 Seren:  Capitol Park. 5 turns, article on each turn. One food drop on 1st leg, none on 2nd, lots on legs 3,4,&5. Returned from running Dylan’s track to find multiple lawnmowers & park employees all over the track. After some consideration, decided to bag it & try again tomorrow. Went & picked up stuff &, tho several articles had been moved, the only casualty was the end flag. Very annoying to have plans constantly thwarted, but oh well. Dylan:  4 turns, intro to tracking in the woods. He aced it! Only issue was numerous opportunities for leg-lifting. But then, he doesn’t really need trees for an excuse https://youtu.be/bDwivW4j2bw

 Dorey Park Dylan:  3 turn track, aged 1 hour. 2nd turn flagged, ground markers for other 2. Ground soggy but not actual standing water.  I was happy with this session, including with how he handled traffic not too far away https://youtu.be/VcTQ3-jX4h4

 Pole Green Park Seren:  Straight line track with multiple articles, 2 with food in them, & a road crossing. She did ok, but her enthusiasm was a bit less than on the last 2 zdays, so she will now get a couple of days off before the test https://youtu.be/e8D4eGRlEr0 Dylan:  after the 1st track I laid got trashed by people & dogs playing fetch, I put in a new one in a different location. As I started, saw man walk across 1st leg (maybe others), but I could prepare & put down lots of food in that spot. But then, shortly before it was time to run, the track got trashed again by a group of 2 or 3 families with children. At that point I got the message that Dylan was not supposed to track today.

 Surry P&R Seren had a 4 turn stairstep, each leg 50 yd, aged 4 hours. Double laid.  She had a nice start but got into a patch of sand spurs near the 1st turn, which dampened her enthusiasm some. She recovered nicely once I got her feet de-burred. Overshot most turns, but I felt like I was easily reading her LOS. Increased tension on the line did not deter her when she was on the actual track, but did discourage going in the wrong direction. Did not miss any food drops😄, did ignore the crayfish towers (which appeared abandoned).  Overall, I was pleased https://youtu.be/UwIqsXB4M84 Dylan had a 2 turn track with slightly acute hangman’s turns. Turns were flagged & there was also an extraneous flag on the field, probably left from the last time we were here. He did notice the extra flag, but decided it wasn’t relevant. He did a good job of figuring out the turns & I got more practice handling the new line material. Good session. https://youtu.be/gHF4bmDK08k

 Hanover Courthouse  Seren had a 200yd straight line track with 8 articles. Each article except start & end had food on track ~15 steps beyond. Two had food in them. Fifth article was off track to the left. She had a great start until line got snagged, then it was merely good. Indicated all the articles & re-started readily. Good attitude after 1 day off following a very difficult track https://youtu.be/kisxemmgwsk Dylan had a 3 turn track with turns not flagged. We had an unplanned fresh crosstrack that was laid just as we were getting ready to run the track. Couldn’t see exactly where the guy went, but I marked it in the map based on Dylan’s behavior. First cross really confused him, but 2nd one he handled much better. Good start & end article indication. I’m getting better with the new line https://youtu.be/EPy75T_Hv_I