I'm now back just over a week after accompanying my friend to Mannheim 2011. She rides in Para-Dressage Grade 1A and there Was Fun. Of the kind where her (borrowed) horse landed us all in the German equivalent of A&E because of trying to run away from the trainer. Poor Penny ended up denuded of skin on her finger thanks to a hard plastic rein with awkward leather bits, and literally dripping blood. After waiting for an hour (this despite being told by the not-too-effective trainee doctors at the show that she needed to be seen within the hour or her her skin would die) a nurse finally appeared. And asked: 'What becomes of Bill?' (BSG folks should snicker, I know I did). Penny, bless her, probably hasn't a clue about BSG, but she'd pretty much had enough by that point and wasn't thinking clearly, so she blurted out: 'Bill's a BOY'S name!', apparently sounding hugely indignant. Whereat nurse departed and was heard telling colleage that Bill's a boy's name. They were, of course, talking about the bill/insurance, and we all laughed. A lot. Then when it was my friend's turn to ride in the team test her horse spooked, going from trot -> fast trot -> gallop ->jump over the arena fence in less time than it takes to write. Fortunately, everyone was fine, although my friend's chief worry was whether she fell off the bloody horse elegantly. Also fortunately, the team test is a warm up for her, as she doesn't technically
have a team. She recovered for the championship and freestyle though, coming first for both (and the class). Some Austrian woman wanted to know what we'd done to the horse...
Plus, it was hot - a shade off 30 degrees, and the sun and I have a less than friendly relationship. Result: I end up with rash over hands, chest, neck, and face, and apparently my face became swollen as well. My temperature behaved oddly, too, although I didn't feel sick-high-tempish as such. Just miserable. And so tired! It's only over the past couple of days that I've really recovered, because I ended up working double tides as both carer and trainee groom/general dogsbody. It was brilliant though. I've never had the opportunity to have much to do with horses before, and now I'd like to keep it up. I wonder if I could get 1:1 riding lessons? Because group lessons are a FAIL with me as I can never hear what's being said and I object to the just-copy-everyone-else philosophy. I like to
know.
And seriously. Am I the only person who thought tonight's ep of Doctor Who should have been called
Doctor Who and the Cylons? Because the tub thing looked awfully like the tubs of goo in BSG, even to the pipes and the general emerging from goo-ness. The Confidential looked great too, before I was distracted by online tutoring and dogs. The S5/6 crowd are just simply adorable - with or without Alex Kingston. Yay for more River soon... Must finish those icons!
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