Today's Burghley people spotting scores

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- men in red trousers - 18
- people in jodphurs who clearly are not competing - 15
- camel toes - 3.

My wife and I have a people spotting competition every year, but change the criteria each time.
 
Also, along with with all of the above (especially the red trousers :eek3:), add the inappropriate use of umbrellas.

Our view of the Trout Hatchery.



So few competitors were making it to the latter part of the course by the end of the day, we could have done without these wallies blocking our view.

Umbrellas were everywhere. Utterly inappropriate accessories for the occasion, as use of same blocked off the viewing for other spectators.
 
Confess I tackled a youngster who whacked up a golf brolley right in front of us when we were all packed in by a fence. In fairness, the mother backed me up, even though her son did sport a "Kevin" expression.
 
Magnetic Sparrow said:
I can never understand why people wear jodhs when they aren't riding. Any ideas?
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I admit to this crime but only in bad weather. When its raining and muddy I'll dig out my old retired pair of black jodhpurs that are too threadbare to ride in. I will happily kneel on wet or muddy grass to get a good pic. I'll happily sit on the wet grass to eat my lunch and I'll wipe my dirty hands on the old jodhpurs without a second thought. The aren't uncomfortable or cold when wet and they dry quickly. For very bad weather, they're really easy to pull my waterproofs on over the top.

I always worry someone will notice and think it's odd that I'm wearing jods when not competing but if in jeans I'd be cold, sulky, end up going home early and not enjoying myself.
 
I can never understand why people wear jodhs when they aren't riding. Any ideas?
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Ooh I do this (sorry!). But I'm usually going straight from the yard, and my jodhs are far more comfy to wear all day than jeans and my other alternative is jeggings but I suffer from the (even worse faux pas) of camel toe in those!
 
Number of long rain coats that look like dalek costumes-10,000,000 (Though maybe I'm just bitter as I forgot to take mine and certainly could have done with it!!)

I will confess I adhered to some stereotypes with a shirt tucked into slightly rolled up skinny jeans with a belt and boat shoes :o:o
 
I was also amazed at the number of people in flip flops, surely their feet were very wet and freezing! There was a lot of generally inappropriate footwear given they'd been forecasting rain most of the week. I do love people watching at Burghley!
 
Magnetic Sparrow said:
I watched Burghley XC on red button. I stayed dry :-).

I can never understand why people wear jodhs when they aren't riding. Any ideas?
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Its in case Andrew, Pippa or Tina et al suddenly get injured before the start of the XC and said Jodh Wearer has to leap to the rescue and ride for their lives around the course, in a Pullein-Thompson styleee.... :) :) :)
 
Peggs said:
What's a rah? I've made an educated guess but would like to confirm its what I think ☺️
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Male - blond floppy hair, pink shirt, khaki trousers and loafers.
Female - tweed skirt, blue blouse and loafers or the cleanest pair of Dubarrys you have ever seen.
They hang around in groups discussing skiing, sailing, weddings, etc. Also to be seen at Henley, Cowes and Twickenham.
 
I'm sorry you were short a pair of red trousers this year. We moved up North. I always make a point of wearing my red trousers on XC day as I am too old for tweed ra(h)ra(h)s.

I love the Burghley 'uniform'. It makes me smile.

I wore my tweed coat to London the other day, and when I went back for a meeting a quiet word came from my client to say that the person we were to meet was City, not Country. I took that to mean that my tweed coat was not to be worn. Sigh. Some people just don't understand.
 
HeresHoping said:
I'm sorry you were short a pair of red trousers this year. We moved up North. I always make a point of wearing my red trousers on XC day as I am too old for tweed ra(h)ra(h)s.

I love the Burghley 'uniform'. It makes me smile.

I wore my tweed coat to London the other day, and when I went back for a meeting a quiet word came from my client to say that the person we were to meet was City, not Country. I took that to mean that my tweed coat was not to be worn. Sigh. Some people just don't understand.
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You're female? Red trousers are passable, then.

As for tweed, I didn't realise that some folk consider tweed aspirational, let alone desirable, off a horse, til this weekend. Both sexes were spotted wearing it, in the rain, yesterday.

What a hoot.

And I'm old school ex public school blah blah...
 
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Biska said:
Burghley a couple of years ago.....I realised my camera was not coping with moving objects (that would be horses jumping big obstacles) so I switched to people watching.....Click the link for my "Burghley Boots" Album. One photo is much liked!! https://www.flickr.com/photos/8010475@N04/albums/72157622309688766/with/3901278864/ Feel free to click through the legs on offer.
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Did they know you were photographing them? Know it's a public space and all that but not sure I'd like having my legs photographed unawares!
 
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