An Adventurous Day

On Tuesday, 3rd Jan, we headed off to Kingsbarn BS Show into, what turned out to be, the eye of the storm from Hell. We encountered fallen trees, flying wheelie bins, projectile branches, suicidal roof tiles and exploding bus shelters. When we arrived, the only intrepid competitors to get through, the organisers cancelled the show but, very kindly, let us have full use of the arena and the course of jumps. This was much appreciated as we had brought along Carousel Dreaming, her first time there, and Laguna Flame. Here's how they did with all the scary fillers in a barn that was threatening to relocate to Denmark. I have to say that Carousel was an absolute star. Considering she was in a totally strange place with the wind screaming round the building and rattling everything that could rattle, she didn't turn a hair. Laguna Flame was as focused on the jumps, as always, so I'm sure he didn't hear anything. The journey home was a little less hair-raising, just a lorry off the road avoiding a falling tree. However, we did come home to no power supply and this continued for 60 hours, not easy with all these horses!