So I haven't managed to pull myself together enough of an evening to post on here for ages. This is mostly because I've been back and forth across the channel with and without horses like a flipping yo yo.
AND before I left the first time I had a huge push to try and do as much local homework as possible,(local being a rather hazy term in France, up to 2 hrs away; which by standards over here would be a pretty decent trek).

The final push was the 'GRAND NATIONAL DE DRESSAGE' up at Auvers, not q...