vallin
Well-Known Member
After Keysoe our competitive outings dropped to a steady rate of zero per week. Nada. Zilch. Chez Della was on the go slow - until last weekend!
On the 17th October at 1000 I passed my HGV license. At 1200 on the 17th I got to take the lorry I had bought in August out for a spin. And finally, on the weekend of the 24th October I was going to take D to our first competition in over a month in my own lorry!
Now, where's the but you ask? Well, see below for three things not to do during your first outings in your own lorry.
1) Have a flat lorry battery
2) Try and fill up at a petrol station with a canopy lower than the height of your lorry
3) Forget the snacks for long-suffering OH who hates your driving in a car, never mind a lorry!
Needless to say the weekend was not smooth sailing
We did, however, safely make it to not one, but two events. I did manage to navigate D through a (very uninspiring) novice test with no errors of course. AND for the first time ever, we made it clear round a hunter trial. On balance I am therefore calling this weekend a success and looking forward to the next trip out in Larry the Lorry
Enjoy the pics,
TTFN!
V x
The new (very old!) lorry
The pros of having a lorry
DP's dressage was so awful there are no pictures of it so enjoy lots of XC pictures
On the 17th October at 1000 I passed my HGV license. At 1200 on the 17th I got to take the lorry I had bought in August out for a spin. And finally, on the weekend of the 24th October I was going to take D to our first competition in over a month in my own lorry!
Now, where's the but you ask? Well, see below for three things not to do during your first outings in your own lorry.
1) Have a flat lorry battery
2) Try and fill up at a petrol station with a canopy lower than the height of your lorry
3) Forget the snacks for long-suffering OH who hates your driving in a car, never mind a lorry!
Needless to say the weekend was not smooth sailing
We did, however, safely make it to not one, but two events. I did manage to navigate D through a (very uninspiring) novice test with no errors of course. AND for the first time ever, we made it clear round a hunter trial. On balance I am therefore calling this weekend a success and looking forward to the next trip out in Larry the Lorry Enjoy the pics,
TTFN!
V x
The new (very old!) lorry
The pros of having a lorry
DP's dressage was so awful there are no pictures of it so enjoy lots of XC pictures
- and I was relieved to see that the front of the lorry was still in one piece after your experiences with a low canopy at a petrol station 
