Gold in Greenwich

My goodness Jane what a day you had out, your photo's are fantastic, so pleased you had a brilliant time, not sure but I thought we got another gold at dressage half hour ago, I could be wrong, your blog is wonderful

How lucky are you Jane, that must have been awesome. Well done GB's equestrian team you all have done and are still doing a fantastic job. Those horses are so beautiful with such very skilled riders. I just love the whole set up, amazing. :O))))))

Hi Yorkshire and Olive thank you. No the dressage is a team event and Carl was the first rider out. We have 2 more riders to go out later and it is their combined score that count. his performance was outstanding though. I have actually been on to his yard (running errands for Victoria) and was invited for a cuppa and to watch him train. Fairly awe inspiring. Jx

Wow, Jane how I envy you. I would have loved to have been there with you, watching on TV was the best I could do.
Now watching the Dressage..come on Team GB!

Fantastic Blog jane...How special to be there and for GB to win the Gold. The crowds are so enthusiastic that you couldn't help but get swept along with it.

Have to say the last picture is my Fave though..What a view :0)

Thanks again guys. Yeup,I even shed a tear or two as I sang. Stirring stuff.
Pimm, the view is over Hathersage in the Peak District. I really love it there and always enjoy going to stay. jx

Just watched..............and yes another gold. Fab jx

great news

Oh Jane how wonderful.....showjumping on tv as a child was what got me interested in horses.....60 years (my age) since we won gold with harry Llewellyn, remember all the showjumpers....harvey smith on harvester...and all the rest...., I know what you mean I truly didn't realise that the olympics would be like this.......simply amazing....

That is brilliant Jane!! I watched the dressage and was amazed how the horse can be trained like that and the gold medal - brilliant. Really lovely for you and I am very proud too :-))) great pictures and what a piece of history for you

Thank you Yorks, Pam and Paul. My sister has just rung me. They are all jubilant. But no celebrations yet. Individual medals tomorrow. Jx

The stress! Just watching the velodrome............
X fingers crossed for tomorrow and a hat trick!

great day out! Love the horse mad of shoes! Your borther had a grand view there :))))))

Not as good as mine Pixie. These are the pics I took. Jx

What a lovely day to remember

I can image being there and the atmosphere!! Glad you enjoyed it. My youngest brother lives in East London and had tickets to see the syncronised swimming. He told us all to look out for him when it was on the telly - he'd be waving a Union flag!! lol

Great blog Jane. I was watching on TV :-)

Smashing blog Jane. Team GB have done us proud. We saw quite a lot of the events on TV. It was very scary watching the horses on the cross country which made the show jumping look very civilised in comparison. Unfortuneately I have not seen the dressage but I may be able to watch it on i player. Its so exciting when a home sportsperson wins any medal but the audiences have been very supportive of the athletes from other countries too. It must have been thrilling to experience that first hand. Thank you for sharing.

What a fantastic day you had,Jane..and a great achievement to get two Gold medals...what a day it's been again today..wow,what a team GB...love all your pics..thanks so much for sharing it with us :o)x

I did watch the last of the dressage ...amazing ... the control... the thrilled looks on all their faces when they knew it was another gold ... wonderful! Your photos bring the occasion even closer, what an atmosphere there must be there and how wonderful for you to be part of it:-)
Oooh forgot to say I could be persuaded to swap views with your brother ...fabulous:-)

Glad you had such a great time, Jane. Amazing to have a sister so closely involved with everything. She's played her part in winning those medals! It's all been so thrilling.
The Peak District view is stunning. My eldest lives in Dore and we'll be down there on Saturday to bring home my youngest, who's been staying with him to do some work experience. We're planning a walk in the area, so hope the weather's fine. It's such a beautiful part of the country.

One word about your blog: Brilliant! I can feel the excitement coming over in waves. You aren't going to forget THAT day in a hurry.

Brilliant blog Jane. You did well to remember to take all those photos. It gives us all a little taste of your wonderful experience. Thanks for sharing, I would have loved to be there with you, but this is the next best thing.:-))))I think we are all feeling really proud of team GB, the medals just keep coming. Lets hope it continues.

Great day for you and for team GB, pleased to hear you were impressed with the way the event was organized, makes a change, so we can do it when we try!!
Loved the photographs, glad you had such a memorable day.

Fingers crossed indeed!
Glad to had a good day.........I don't like crowds either and hubby has bout us tickets for Lady Gaga for two nights!!

Stunning blog and pics you are a lucky girl and no wonder you got caught up in the excitement of the event........... don't want to jinx anything but GB does put on a good show whatever the occasion its what we are best at!!! :o)))

And 3.00 this afternoon individual medals......another edge of seat job I think.......

Just got in from work and read all your wonderful comments. Short of taking you all with me, it is nice to show you the day I had on GOY. Not seen TV today, but I gather no individual show jumping medals. Tomorrow (Thursday) is the individual dressage, so I am hoping we bag something there. Victoria (my sister) reckons we are in with an excellent chance.
Once again, many thanks for the lovely comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. Jxxx

Top marks to Vicky, Gold and Bronze what more could we have asked of the team. I loved what Laura and her horse did but I'm not a rider so can understand the judges are looking at technicalities. The music for the Gold was fantastic.

Just watched the dressage on the playback this evening, what a star, that horse and rider are something else, they were amazing, well done GB Equestrian team, great performance.

Yes I just watched it too. Saw my sister at the end hugging someone. I think she might be having a few drinky poos tonight. lol
As Niverdeen says, when we put our minds to it, GB is very very good at this sort of thing. Jx

Brilliant ... and that final scenery photo is fantastic :o)))

Just found this Jane...and I agree with Gatti...Brilliant!!
How wonderful to have been a part of it :)))

The International Jumping is just kicking off in Chalais this morning...fancy popping over to explain the scoring to me? x

Every time they knock something down its 4faults, then the course has to be completed in a set time......any time over that are time faults which are added to the score the person with the least faults wins......
Watching showjumping was a childhood passion, its hardly ever on tv these days

Thanks Pam! Maybe after these Olympics, it will be on telly more. It has really captured everyone's attention, hasn't it? :))

Yes it's a great result for the equestrian team, particularly when their funding depends on the results! Jx

Let's hope their funding (and all the other athletes) isn't affected by the next games being somewhere else, too.

They've all done so well...and there are lots of other young ones coming up, who need that financial support.

I'm completely hooked on the dressage now...and thinking about going back to lessons (not to compete in the Olympics, you understand lol!)! x

Go for it girl. They reckon Valegro is now worth a cool £10 million. Classed as the best dressage horse in the world. And he's only 10, which in dressage terms is very young. As far as I know, the funding is not affected by where the next Olympics are held. Think it's in Rio? But may be wrong. Jx

I know that when I was young, J, you had to live near a good athletics club...or you had no chance...unless your parents had the time and money to make your career the only thing in their lives. And, I think that Charlotte's mum had to do something quite similar.

But, I think that much more money has been poured in (I don't know about the equestrian events but some previously unfunded sports were suddenly backed again) because of the "home games"...

...and long may it continue because with proper support, aren't we just brilliant??!! :)))

I'll be on Fringle, by the way...he's 45 years old (human years) and just knows what to do...
...but he makes me look good! lol! xx

Fab and fab name too. 45 that's going it some. What a star. I miss Ramsden, my horse, terribly. He's back with my sister at the moment as I haven't been well enough to look after a horse (and work and garden) for a couple of years. Besides the asthma, I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which I manage well, most of the time, but when it's bad, am nearly bed ridden - oh and then there's the bowel op and hysterectomy - lol. I'm the healthiest unhealthy person you'll ever meet :o))) have a couple of ponies at the moment, but it's not quite the same...... Jx

Super blog & great pics Jane - I was in Greenwich park when they were building the equestrian fixtures and thought at the time how fab it would be to be there - lucky you!

I, too have CFS and can't ride much these days. You have to really pace yourself don't you. I wish 'Horse of The Year' was still on TV I used to be mesmorised watching it - How could you ever forget the famous intro music.

Yes, next Olympics is in Rio.

Oh, J...I think that you're doing pretty damned well, all things considered! x

My ideas of getting back on a horse are delusions, though, induced by watching these amazing horses on telly...because, at heart, I know now that I break things when I fall...

Hi Annelise, so nice to meet you. Lol Karen, me too, am afraid of breaking my teeth of all things. But I would ride Ramsden again if I could. 16hh full thoroughbred, ex race horse and eventer, but gentle as a baby (most of the time) We bonded, but not quite to dressage standard, more tootling round the countryside and going to the pub! He loved a bag of crisps and a glass of wine! Jx

Just the right name too, for a pub companion, J...
You must miss him loads...

I once nearly brought a beautiful mare home from Italy. We were on holiday in a villa owned by race-horse owners. Cabouchard's (named after her favourite perfume) paddock was at the end of the garden and she was like Ramsden...full of breeding and so gentle...and we bonded. But she wouldn't race and she didn't breed. They were desperate to get rid of her. I, so, wanted to give her a good life...but we just didn't have enough land. I don't actually like to think about what might have happened to her... x

Just tell yourself she will have found a wonderful home, with a doting owner.............Jx

Yup...I hope that's what happened...Kx

What a brill day to remember, i watched all the horse jumping etc and was so proud of the British team, i bet you are so proud of your sister, thanks for showing us your lovely photos of your day there, pleased you enjoyed it.

Thank you Clarice. Yes I am proud of her, the team and generally of the whole olympic thing. I think it has been fantastic and I'm sooo not into sport at all!
My youngest son is at the closing ceremony tonight. I do hope it goes off smoothly.Jx

I'm not into sport, but i did enjoy the horses and funny enough i enjoyed the bike races, and like you i'm so proud of everyone who took part, one of my grandaughters went done there on Thursday and coming back in the early hours tonight. x