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Latest News Latest Newsletter - June 2008 - now in WORD & pdf The Latest Fashion... in shoes from Japan Some photos from East Walton - June 2008 Some photos taken at Elveden on Sunday 8th June Some thoughts on Carriages Driving in the Rain from Terence 'A Blast from the Past' from Sandy A petition to prevent return of Amersham horses prior to animal cruelty trial BHDTA National Championship 2007 DVD
Filmed in the autumn at Catton Hall, this DVD covers highlights from the marathon and comments from leading competitors, including Intermediate Pony and Horse classes, Advanced Horse, Horse Pairs, Tandems, Pony Four-in-Hand and Horse Four-in-Hand. Commentary by Dan Naprous. Price £17.99 available from www.coastandcountrydvd.com or call Heather Chapman on 01296 641040. £3 from each sale will be donated to the BHDTA.
A message from the secretary... The petition to prevent return of Amersham horses This petition is now closed with 19,662 signatures! Details can be found at:
Not a report but some thoughts on carriages driving in the rain... The C&WSDC is privileged to drive in spectacular landscape time and time again, whether in Norfolk, Suffolk or Cambridgeshire, by licence on National Trust and Forestry Commission land or by invitation on farmland or private estate. This Sunday we drove on roads through quiet villages or along lanes between racing studs. The country was magnificent, there will be other counties rich in horses but the area around Newmarket is very special; it's Knightsbridge not Bluewater, Everest not Snowdon. The paddocks were magnificent, the horses that were in the field were beautiful and the setting and maintenance of each establishment was, for me, memorable. Gil, John and Rosemary had planned two routes; one was all of 20 miles. BBC weather had forecast rain. The prediction was accurate. The rain was relentless and it reached places where it had no right to go. In addition, we found flaws in two old adages:
The route was reduced and we returned to the base earlier than had been planned. There, we were revived with tea and coffee. We sheltered in a very large barn, not quite as big as the Dome but in much better surroundings. Shirley brought warm, dry towels for everyone. Once dry, we enjoyed a magnificent spread prepared by Gil for lunch, that was quickly followed by tea and Rosemary’s cakes. Everyone was smiling. I overheard in the barn, as the dishes were tidied away: "...now for a warm bath, a book and bed..." "Then what?" "...bliss." The very wet clothes had not dampened our spirits.
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