Just back from a busy week in London, business trip with
some fun thrown in for good measure. I hadn't been to London in ages, so it was
fun to explore the city. The business part of it contained “The Bands of the
Household Division on Horse Guards Parade” to which we invited customers. The
description read “it will be a magical extravaganza of military pomp and
ceremony and an opportunity to experience an unforgettable evening of British
pageantry at its very best”. Well, then…
Luckily one of our team members is a Brigadier General in
the British Army, and he arranged for me to get a private tour of the stables.
It was a great experience, I learned a lot of interesting facts and got drooled
on by the General’s horse. The evening’s performance featured a female officer
singing Adele’s ‘Skyfall’, during which an officer’s horse laid down. When the
song finished the officer stepped next to the horse and jumped on as it got up.
Very cool!
Back home, it meant packing again. This time it’s
different luggage, as Remy and I are hitting the road. Remy left this morning
on a big Semi with seven other Topline horses for Lamplight. Due to work I’ll
be following tomorrow. It’s exciting and also a bit nerve-wracking, I've never
been to a show that far away; Lamplight boosts stabling for 450 horses in
barns, with a total capacity of 1,000 when adding the tents. As the Europeans
call it “American Supersizing”.
So, I’ll hit the road bright and early tomorrow
and see what the next four days will bring. My last rides on Remy haven’t been
as smooth as I would have liked them to be, mainly due to me being tired. Good
thing I can count on Judy finding the right mix of encouragement coupled with
reminders to “wear my big girl pants” to get us through this!
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