Jo C
Well-Known Member
Well you know those days when you should have stayed in bed, I had one of those today.
Got up the yard and couldn't find the isolator key for the lorry, this resulted in a minor panic and the key was eventually found in the boot of my car.
Got ready in the delightful rain and loaded up to go, I needed diesel so decided to go the long way round to fill up on the way, however the helpful petrol station had no diesel
so I no choice but to carry on driving hoping I could find one I could fit the lorry into. Eventually I found one I could fit into but the diesel was £117.9 needless to say I only put the minimum amount in. So arrived and tacked up, threw myself on to Patrick as he disappeared away from the lorry in protest to all the puddles. Then spent about a minute trying to get him out of the car pack over the puddle in the entrance, fortunately somebody took pity on me and lead me on foot, then tried to get in the warm up but the evil puddles had already taken over there as well so the poor girl (if you read this, thank you very much
) who helped me before got pressed into service again, needless to say we made a bit of an entrance into the warm up. I then had the pleasure of meeting the gorgeous Blitz, Worried1 and OH. Blitz is lovely, such a cutie! Warm up went ok and so we went off (after receiving another lead to get out of the warm up
) well apparently white boards, judges, judges tables and flower pots are terrifying, this from the 15 year old ex show pony! So just managed to stay in the area and got a deserved 57% with the comment 'spooking' and 'incorrect bend'! I was just pleased we stayed in the arena!
The 2nd test was slightly better although the dozy rider forgot the give and retake until the very last minute and we scored 60%. I think the moral of the story is if you can't find the isolator key take it as a hint that someone is telling you not to bother.
Got up the yard and couldn't find the isolator key for the lorry, this resulted in a minor panic and the key was eventually found in the boot of my car.
Got ready in the delightful rain and loaded up to go, I needed diesel so decided to go the long way round to fill up on the way, however the helpful petrol station had no diesel
The 2nd test was slightly better although the dozy rider forgot the give and retake until the very last minute and we scored 60%. I think the moral of the story is if you can't find the isolator key take it as a hint that someone is telling you not to bother.
