4 Etoiles de Pau - Dressage Day

Saturday 24th O...

Thursday 24th September. Back to my Roots
I'm leaving Nigel in charge and going back to the North for 12 days.Nigel took me to the train station in Mont de Marsan and I caught the 10am train to Bordeaux.Shuttle to the airport from the train station and I had a snack after checking in and before boarding the 2.40pm plane for Liverpool.It was a good flight and as we left Bordeaux I had a wonderful view of the estuary of the Gironde, Royan, the ile d'Oleron and the ile de Re. It clouded over for a while but as we flew over Devon I was able to see the moors and then the Severn estuary.Landed safely at Liverpool and caught the bus to Lime Street train station.Train to Leeds where Christine and David met me

Friday 25th September.
Lots of plans were made for today and lots of plans went awry!! Firstly Christine had a call from a close friend to say that her mother (who she was nursing at home) had just died and could Christine go round. Of course she had to go so our plans for the morning were put aside. It

Saturday 26th September.
David was off at 8am to play golf. The plan was that Christine and I would drop Steve off at the golf driving range on the way to the boot sale. However, as we were having breakfast, David came back after walking off the golf course after a minor dispute with his partner! So on to plan B. David and Steve went off to the driving range and Christine and I to the boot sale at Esholt. Not very big but a lot of interesting things to look at and I bought quite a few books which are even cheaper than those in the charity shops.Steve and I were to go to Ken and Kays for lunch. I had rung Ken to say that Steve was here and could we pop over. Ken said that he was about to go down to the butcher