Last night we had yet another huge thunderstorm  and it was boiling here again today. The trot up was this afternoon which had everyone feeling a little tense. I am pleased to say that all of Team GB ponies passed without incident and we all looked really smart. We also had another team photo shoot and got all dressed up for the opening ceremony this evening. It was a very proud moment for all of us. Hopefully it will stay dry for the ICKD dressage tomorrow!
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Today it has been boiling with temperatures above 35 degrees. We had a practise trot up this morning and had a great training session in the afternoon. Now we have been here 24 hours and are a little more settled we all ventured into Wiener Neustadt to buy ice cream at one of their adorable shops. Julie and mum went very early this morning as we has run out of everything. Emily and crew are also doing a blog on the BHDTA website so check it out. As yet we haven't tried the pool which I am det...
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Well after three long days of traveling we are finally here! We had the most enormous thunderstorm last night and it was about a million degrees in our tent. I got up and unzipped the tent in pants and t-shirt which made absolutely no difference. Ann and I went exploring round the beautiful racecourse. I rode Jasper bareback as there was no room for a saddle on the lorry. Today has been swelteringly hot so we bathed both ponies and let them graze in the sun to dry. By 2.30 we were all off on ...
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Today we were up at an eye watering 5am which is 4am England time! The picture is the sun rising over their outdoor arenas. We loaded all our tents and ponies and were on the road by 6am. After 12 hours driving we finally reached our overnight stop  in Vienna. Having upset quite a few German people on the way (they are not very good at waiting patiently) and attracted crowds of people wanting to look at the ponies at every stop. It's been a long day and Kiera, Ann and I have spent our time pl...
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After a smooth ferry crossing we finally arrived at our over night stop in Calais at around 3am! Luckily we are used to arriving in the middle of the night so are well practised at it.  Both ponies are travelling fine and after about 4 hours sleep we were up for the ten hour drive to Frankfurt in convoy with Emily who kindly dragged herself out of bed to help us get sorted so thank you  to Emily and Sue. The drive was uneventful with both ponies drinking their Horse Quencher and we arrived at...
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We have finally left! Jasper not impressed about loading but he is now on the lorry with kiwi! Kiera, Ann and I are crammed in the lorry living on our way to Dover to get our ferry before our first overnight stop over in Calais. We are praying for a smooth crossing as everyone apart from me gets seasick! 
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Had a great evening yesterday going to the cinema with my friends to see the Amazing Spiderman. It wasn't a film I would have picked but it was amazing and I loved it! This morning we drove back up to Anns house to deliver Jasper so he could be checked that he was fit to travel by her vet and did some more packing. We are now almost ready! Picture taken by Emily of her pony, Jack who is also crashing at Anns house with Jasper.
Isobel is coming tomorrow as she is kindly taking my carriage and a...
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Yes Jasper has finally had a make over so he doesn't look such a scruff! Big thank you to Vicky for coming and pulling his mane for me yesterday and to Sam of Hooves-n-Woofers for coming and clipping him today at such short notice! Yesterday Kiera helped me clean the carriage and today with the help of my three sisters we made a start on repainting it. I still have loads of it to finish tomorrow but I think we are actually starting to get somewhere. The picture is Jasper with his present; an ...
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Today is the morning after my leavers ball and after a late night curled up on my friends sofa I was up early so I could get home in time to do the ponies. After about 4 hours sleep (and a hangover) I was up driving Jasper for the last time before we leave for Austria. The picture is the view from behind Jasper out on Salisbury Plain when for once it wasnt raining! We then drove up to Anns house with the car piled high with stuff to make a start on packing for Austria so its nice that we have...
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Jaspers home from Judes today, who tells me he has been a very good boy. I went to see him yesterday when our farrier Jerry came to shoe him for Austria and kindly gave me a spare set of shoes for him. Tonight was my Leavers Ball so I was busy getting ready for that so thank you to Jude for having Jasper and to my Mum and Dad who went and picked him up for me. I had a fabulous night and my feet are absolutely killing me! It was great to see all my friends and get all dressed up for once.

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