No Horse Trial, no matter how big or small, can run without a veritable army of help, largely volunteered. As always, a huge thank you to everyone who made Burghley possible, and so wonderful.
I was lucky enough to see the sun rise, and set, several times there this week, and it was a gorgeous dark, starry night when I left the press tent yesterday for the final time. By then I had the motorway to myself, and even Nico Morgan, famously rude about women drivers would have been impressed by my skills, and record-breaking time from Burghley to Henley-on-Thames. Hell, even Jensen Button would have been impressed, Hertz might be less so!
My wonderful aunt had put a hot water bottle in the bed for me, which was still warm when I got up a few hours later, and once again I find myself running to catch a plane. Looking forward to sleeping the whole way to Chicago, and re-living my wonderful week. Thank you for reading, see you in the USA!
Special mention: huge thanks to Pippa Roome, Carol Phillips, Catherine Austen and Sarah Jenkins – the wonderful Horse and Hound crew; it was an enormous thrill for me to work alongside you, and thank you for all your help.
