From Colleen:
It’s raining here. I really am beginning to get a complex. The whole time I was in the states, no rain here. Beautiful, WARM weather here. Within 36 hours of me returning, I had gotten drenched while riding and the temperature has steadily fallen. And each subsequent day, it has rained. The people at the yard are starting to whisper and avert their eyes from me.
This week has been good, nonetheless. Great thanks go to Sarah for fretting over HRH whilst I was gone. He was happy and very well cared for. Thanks as well to Stella at Valley Farm for putting Luke through his paces on the lunge. We are in a two week count down from Luhmuhlen. This week’s schedule hopefully includes (weather permitting) a dressage lesson, a XC school, and a SJ school.
My fun this week consisted of catching a train to London to have dinner with friends. My stupidity consisted of walking from London Marylebone station to Chelsea (approximately 3 miles with the detours I took) in relatively high heels. It was actually quite fun, because that was part(s) of the city that I had not yet explored. I walked past a street party with a lot of good music and down some streets that had some very cute pubs on them. I have enjoyed seeing the preparations that are being done for the jubilee celebration, except, when I crossed Hyde Park, the most direct route was closed for festival setup. So I was forced to walk around a much longer route (I have trees at home, I didn’t need to see more, especially when it took me about a half mile out of my way). Finally, after about an hour of walking, I reached the restaurant. It was tucked around a corner and almost unrecognizable as a restaurant as it was in a row of residences. I’m not a connoisseur of Indian foods, but this was fantastic! It was definitely high end food (pricey), but so wonderfully cooked and the flavors were delightful, I would definitely go back for a special occasion! In fact, I recommended it to S&S, when they needed to entertain in London. Based on my earlier stupidity and the fact that when we finished dinner, it was almost 11, I did catch a taxi back to the station.
This week, it’s all about preparation for Luhmuhlen! Finding a ride there, and making sure my mom has a flight back. –C
