Oliver Townend and William Fox-Pitt's emergency plans for Kentucky

I got this from william fp's website

'We rushed home on Saturday night as panic was setting in that I was not going to be able to get to America on my Monday morning flight out of Heathrow due to the volcanic ash cloud. Alice and Hannah had been franticly looking for alternative ways across the Atlantic for myself and Oliver Townend and by Saturday evening we eventually managed to book a flight from Madrid to Miami on Monday afternoon. But then came the drama of trying to work out how to get us to Madrid. We booked ourselves onto the Eurostar from London to Paris on Sunday afternoon, Oliver made it and I managed to miss the train at Basingstoke! But thanks to local hero and hunt master James Gibson-Fleming we commandeered his single piston airplane and he agreed to fly myself and Teresa Stopford-Sackville (Cool Mountain's owner) to Madrid at 4am on Monday morning by visual controls.

Oliver, once in Paris hit a brick wall with no trains or busses available due to a strike, so he hijacked a taxi, at vast expense, to drive him the 900 miles to Madrid. He has made it to Madrid airport and I will update my progress later on today.'

'Great news, after a beautiful flight down the French coast Teresa and I have arrived at Madrid airport. We have checked in for our flight to Miami later this afternoon, are all booked into the Miami International Airport Hotel for tonight and Oliver, T and myself will catch the 6.30am connection to Lexington tomorrow morning all being well.
A million thanks must go to James Gibson-Fleming, Yogi and all the team in the office for getting us this far.'
 
just seen this on WFP's website...
"After an epic journey William, Oliver Townend and Teresa Stopford-Sackville have arrived at the Horse Park in Kentucky. The flight from Madrid to Miami went according to plan. William and Ollie shared a room overnight in the Miami International Airport Hotel and caught the 6.30am connection via Atlanta to Lexington this morning.
Now at last all they have to do is concentrate on the competition and we will worry about getting them home in time for Badminton."

they made it!
 
I'm glad to read this.

I thought some of the speculation on the thread a couple of days ago was extremely unpleasant and, as shown now, totally without foundation. And from people I wouldn't have expected it of as well:(

Great news that they will now be able to concentrate on the job in hand and good luck to them both:)
 
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