It was delightful to see Laura again yesterday and today since not only is she good with Henrietta but she is a whizz with Microsoft Excel. As I am putting together the report and statistics for the BARTA and IH Transport Survey her help was invaluable.
With free tickets for the New Forest show, we were able to conduct a further survey of the popularity of different makes of lorry chassis, body, and layout and look at the most popular choices for trailers.
We met some lovely horses on the way round.
Including there three Miniature Horses all parked neatly sideways in a specially adapted 3.5 T lorry.
We met up with the Animal Rescue Team and their pet mannequin which seemed to have had a mishap with a gate.
Studying over, we went to look at the showing classes...
...and the showjumping...
This gorgeous chap won his class...
...but our favourite rider was this one who seemed so relaxed and was constantly stroking her pony.
After lunch we accompanied a farrier from the Household Cavalry back to the camp where we said hello to each and everyone of their horses. It's been twenty years since they last did a display at the show and so there were huge crowds around the ring when they went in for their musical ride. I do think that the New Forest Show organisers are mean to the paying public who struggle to get next to the ring because of the positioning of all of the marquees and trade stands. There was a lot of muttering going on.
We stood next to the collecting ring to catch the horses going in but had a very limited view after that.
We caught these pictures as they went back through the lorry park and back at the camp.
I made a new friend today, this is a Wensleydale sheep and it was the most affection sheep I have ever met.
