What do you take to shows to sit on?

[henryhorn]

Asking because CCj and I were kept in stitches at a very low key Pony Club ODE last weekend.
We were already sitting on our £5 canvas type chairs complete with drink holders, with our small folding table in front of us when a brand new silver Range Rover plus brand new latest -model Equitrek pulled up next door.
The husband jumped out and proceeded to erect an enormous domed marquee, added a carpet under it, then loads of chairs, table etc.
By this time we were nosing at the equitrek which looked great but would be impossible to reverse in our tiny twisty lanes. It was a super version with stove/sink/fridge, plenty of seating even a proper loo!
A van pulled up and out comes a tv, this is installed in the tent and then the van is moved to form a windbreak/private area.
All we could hear was the car racing like a load of angry wasps all afternoon.
We felt like the poor relations next to them! Oh and the horse was nice but very ordinary, we expected a flash Tb at least with that lot!!!
What comforts do you take to sit outside with, are we the norm or should we be sitting with more comfort?

 

[Weezy]

I sit on the floor or the bumper of the car, or the wheel arches of the trailer LMAO!

 

[Troggy]

A pony

 

[Weezy]

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A pony

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Smartarse

 

[wizoz]

That's so funny, silly rich people

We are tha same as you HH, we just take the canvas chairs, with said cupholders, what more could you want???

 

[Troggy]

Sooty and Mr Sooty have some foldy uppy chairs in their car for any long shows but that's very rare.....Mostly used for other events.

 

[Weezy]

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Sooty and Mr Sooty have some foldy uppy chairs in their car for any long shows but that's very rare.....Mostly used for other events.

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Well, I know Toffs is long in the back, but it wouldn't be fair for all 3 of you to sit on her at once, would it

 

[PennyJ]

a chair that folds up vertically and you can carry it over your shoulder if you need to, again about a fiver I think. There's also a small tarpaulin in the boot to shake behind one of the ponies if they won't load, that usually gets brought out to sit on as well. (I got a tick in a very intimate place once, and don't ever want to get one there again lol)

 

[TheBlackMoth]

Canvas chairs here too!

 

[Troggy]

Well she has a habit of getting loose at shows so I think you have just found a solution!!!

 

[sarah23]

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we just take the canvas chairs, with said cupholders, what more could you want???

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Same here also 3 little ones with a bear face, tiger face and mouse face just so we look really silly, just for my little ones.

 

[Mooch]

I read the title to the post and instantly thought..... my horse!!

 

[Puppy]

LOL! Well Mother takes a shooting stick, but I like to think she'll be more comfortable when we get the lorry

 

[jenbleep]

a cool box full of beer, cus im not normally the one riding

if i am riding its normally on the loo cus im soo nervous

hahahahaha soory bad joke

 

[MillionDollar]

I normally just use a rug, lol.

Oh I remember last year at the Royal I went with my friend who took her stallions, so we camped over. There we were in her wooden B reg horsebox, we were sat on a plastic £10 picnic table when this HUGE horsebox pulled up next to us. It made friends box look like a mini, lol. Out came its sides, a massive awning complete with wooden furniture which had burgandy cushions matching the box!!!

Oh and out came the 6 VERY nice show horses

with burgandy boots/rugs. We wanted to sink away into the shadows

 

[LEC]

Usually sit on the ramp of the box. If we are super organised I might take a rug! No posh stuff for us too much hassle and never enough time to use the damn stuff anyway!

 

[poops]

Seeing is believing

I normally sit on my bottom

 

[lilym]

£5 tesco's fold up chairs - best thing i ever bought, beats sitting on the ramps or wet grass!

 

[burtie]

Trailor step by wheels here too, but have decided to splash out and get some cheap fold up chairs!

 

[ncorsie]

A canvas chair too!! Anyway it's not what you arrive in it's what comes out the back. Money can't buy everything. Although it can make you look good.

 

[moodymare1987]

If we remember to take chairs then will sit on fold away chairs. Tend to vary from the ramp, the car and chairs or horse

 

[dozzie]

If i remember I will take a chairs (fold up ones like HHs) when someone else is with me but if Im on my own I dont bother, just sit in the landy. As I prefer going on my own (get too stressed when people are talking to me beforehand! LOL) I dont take a chair! Or a picnic table, tv etc!

 

[Haflinger]

Either the horse, the trailer ramp, the car or the floor

 

[Pidge]

well we don't stretch as far as your posh neighbours! I have my folding mounting steps, the living area doorway, ramp of lorry and finally got round to adding 2 deckchairs at the weekend, that's about as posh as we get

 

[sloulou]

the lorry/ trailer ramp

or the car boot........

never think of taking chairs... good idea tho

 

[vicm2509]

My mum snuck some of those fold up chairs into my box for us to sit on, but usually just sit on the ramp

 

[brighteyes]

If we have any sitting-about time, the fold-up canvas ones with the drink-holders. (Two for a tenner.) Sometimes we use the ramp (if the box is parked 'the other way round' and if it's yakky weather inside the lorry living and we watch through the cut-through!

Chairs are loosely coordinated with the lorry - both are 'blue'

That's as posh as we get.