Some twenty-odd years ago I bought a pair of Aigle lace-up jodpur boots. I wore them for some years for weekly riding lessons. A bit more than ten years ago I stopped riding after the death of my mother and a bout of mild depression and never started again. I have just had reason (a very kind offer from a friend to get back in the saddle for a ( Read more... )

We went up to Audley End today for what they were calling a Victorian Fayre. There was lots of good stuff, of which more later, but the highlight for us was a demonstration of period cavalry drill and tent pegging. Got some reasonable photos too...


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