CSJ’s owners Ceri and Phil Rundle took time away from their busy day-to-day running of the business to drive to the Cairngorms with support items for The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain Aviemore Sled Dog Rally.

As a sponsor of the rally, which is organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain in conjunction with Forestry and Land Scotland, CSJ provides its ever popular ‘Goody Bags’ which this year include a pre-launch taster of an exciting new product due to hit the market very soon.

The annual rally is the biggest and one of the most prestigious events in the British sled dog racing calendar, and on January 28-29, returns to the forests around Aviemore for the 39th time, after a year out due to the covid pandemic.

The race features teams of between two and eight dogs pulling their musher on a sled around a four to seven-mile trail. If there’s no snow at ground level for the event, the races still go on with mushers using a three-wheeled or four-wheeled rigs. 

There are eight adult classes and two children’s classes and mushers range from just 8 years old to over 60. Along with the Siberian Huskies, race dogs include Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, Greenland Dogs and Canadian Eskimo Dogs – the pedigree breeds of dogs first bred to pull sleds in Arctic conditions hundreds of years ago.

The trail is a designated cross-country ski course and is clearly defined. The first part of the trail is demanding then runs along the loch side to the finish where fans of the sport alongside other mushers and competitors’ families are there to cheer them home.

There’s much more about the Siberian Husky Club at https://siberianhuskyclub.org.uk

and the CSJ story and products at www.csjk9.com.