Mud bath at Chaddesley as Horsham Lad wins a cracking AGA Ladies Open, and our new Le Chameau boots make their debut!

It was dark at 6am on Friday morning, and cold, and wet ... and I'm sure that the Coward family will remind me that it was just the same at 4am in Yorkshire! I was up and had the car packed while the rest of the Simpson family slept, and they did not want to get out of bed - even a nice cup of tea in a special edition AGA mug was not enough to tempt Mrs S (Yorkshire tea as well!).

 

As you can see from the first three pics it was already quite muddy when we arrived, and we needed a tractor to tow Derek in with the AGA van - which also caused a slight delay! It was a good day for our new Le Chameau boots to make their debut, but, despite the new footwear, Mrs S refused to get out of the car - however, she was eventually cajoled out after being convinced that it was really quite warm!

I suspect that washing machines in the pointing world will be working overtime this weekend, especially the one in the Lewis yard - Hannah returns to the paddock (above) on a very muddy Vic Venturi after finishing 3rd in the Club Members race, and gives connections her view of the race (below).