A Lovely Day Out At Trec
Mon, 27 June 2011 by Sally Tolson
Sunday 26th June saw the annual fun Trec competition hosted and organised by Julie Anne at her beautiful yard down in Goring. I'd asked Kate Riley to go with me, as I have no sense of direction and cannot read a map, and Kate, being far cleverer can! Thus we arrived, slightly later than planned, 10 minutes before our allotted time of 10.20am - oops! Clearly we had our Sunday heads on! This couldn't have mattered less as Julie Anne was totally relaxed and just told us to slot in once we were ready. So we watched a couple of competitors in the obstacles and control of paces, and then returned to our trailers. Not to get ready however, but to consume delicious chocolate croissants that Kate had brought, and coffee that I had managed to bring. After a leisurely breakfast we got organised and tacked up, including headcollars worn under bridles, with lead ropes rolled up and clipped to saddles, and saddle bags with our compulsory equipment.