Saturday, August 25, 2007

blair

horse trials.

we had a good day - the friends hadn't been before, but enjoyed the shopping, the children enjoyed the play area - I enjoyed the shopping, molly has a new bridle! she doesn't have a new bit or a mattes correction pad, but hey ....

didn't see many horses; my ankles had given up by then! watched some showjumping (that was a CCI* as well...), there was a disabled rider demonstrating dressage to music - the RDA was the charity this year.

the UK version of Ansur were there jean - total saddle solutions it is now over here... and i went into one leather/saddle place, earwigged a bit of conversation and said "how do I know you're talking about treeless?"!!!! they were of course, so had a bit of a chat - the saddler not convinced!

the car? i've done 300 miles on 1/2 a tank, which is about £25, so that's really good, very pleased. handles well, lots of oomph when needed! and it's got much better lights than my previous one, and the heating/air con/etc is automatic, you just set the temperature you want and it does it all for you.

very impressed.

2 comments:

Jean said...

Did you pop into the Total Solutions booth? Maybe Peter was there.

Did you go for the trials or the shopping? *VBWG*

Fun nevertheless, even if you didn't see any cross country. Too much walking for me too nowadays, only it's my knees.

Glad you had a good time--and that you bought stuff!!!

Claire said...

no, didn't go into the total solutions stand - too busy and, tbh, from what i could see on the saddles from the front, not keen

tbh i went for the shopping .. but didnt' get what i wsa looking for and came away with something i hadn't planned on!!!! (the bridle!!!)

but friends were really keen to make this an annual event, which is good ...