Diary summary week ending September 4th.

[DianaCanada]

Holiday weekend here, Labour Day on Monday.  Very hot too, feels like high 30's. 
We did a bit of shopping and out for lunch at a new restaurant for me, though OH had taken his daughter there.  I found a puzzle at a thrift shop still sealed in its box, so happy to get one about a quarter of the price new.

[Viktoria]

Maidenstone the children are not on horses, just imaginary ones!
One little girl knows the Dedede deh de de deh,dedededededeh of  Horse  of the Year show, and sings it as they gallop round.
The poles are lightweight and set really low,but they do enjoy it.
Strangely FH shows no real interest in riding and my daughter won’t push it .
He does like motor bikes though!
Well he is surrounded by  them , lives right next to my daughter’s BMW outlet.

Went to Manchester today with son, well how it has changed ,I really had difficulty with all the different surfaces in the various streets .
Then son had lost his glasses, re traced our steps and in a shoe shop in King
St.
 My word it is quite scruffy now, lots of bars and street cafes , no longer the elegant street it used to be.
Kendals now House of Fraser.
Trams and run about buses very convenient.
But son got a real bargain ,Some dressy boots for £165 ,original price £219.

Well a chicken for tomorrow.
I also have some outside work to do ,weather permitting.
Eldest son and daughter enjoyed a short visit to Stratford on Avon ,driving home through the midlands avoiding Birmingham ,so Eastern Shropshire.

Hope people continue to get well, best wishes to those  still battling on.
Lots of people thinking of you and wishing you good recoveries .

Goodnight folks,I am shattered !
Viktoria.

[ThrelfallYorky]

We used to have a lovely little (but good) Agricultural show and horse show in a local park, wonderful surroundings, good livestock, craft and commercial exhibits, loads of local farmers taking part, got lots of good riders - David Broome on "Sunsalve" and the Whitakers and Harvey Smith on almost any horse he was ever "bringing on"- and then a "Flood alleviation" system was created, which was to the good for lower down the valley, but made a mess of the park. The drainage "issues" created meant that the catlle line scaffolding could no longer be set up, and for several miserable years it didn't happen - then it moved to temporary fields a few miles up the valley in the next county, in a feeble form. Now it's moved to another town, miles away, and a lovely park showground setting is lost for ever to the town that was so proud of it - government knows best (not)
TY

[Maiden Stone]

Viktoria, our "horses" and jumps were also imaginary. We gave them names and descriptions. When we were being horses, we neighed and shook our "manes".
David Broome competed at the first agricultural show I was taken to as a child, the Royal Lancashire. He's my only memory of the show. I wouldn't have been impressed by cattle, sheep, poultry and farm machinery at the show, as they were everyday life at home. Show-jumping was a novelty; I don't think we had a TV then.
The county show here was in the grounds of the agricultural college for several years.

Torrential rain during the night. Sunny today.

[Viktoria]

I loved to follow ( not with a bucket and shovel) Harry Llewelyn and Foxhunter.
The Olympics one time but on the Radio Horse of the year show.
Then Harvey—-?a broad Yorkshire rider, —- Smith?

On a par with Fred Truman as far as finesse went!
Viktoria.

[louisa maud]

As a youngster I always watched equestrian,  all the names mentioned I recall,  pity is there us not enough of it on TV  now.

LM