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| Thursday, 13-Jul-2006 13:07 |
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Dogs
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After the international event there was a braai at the place Sarah was staying and I was invited to join them. Three beautiful dogs  Only two would pose for a photo though 
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| Monday, 10-Jul-2006 12:00 |
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Index: Durban July 2006
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3 days in Durban to watch my sister competing for Kenya at a Pony Club show:
Individual Show Jumping (Friday): click here
Dressage (Saturday): click here
International Show Jumping (Sunday): click here
A few other sets from a braai on the Sunday evening:
Dogs: click here
Flowers: click here
Cats: click here
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| Sunday, 9-Jul-2006 12:00 |
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International Team Show Jumping
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Sunday 9th July 2006
I got a bit of a lie in I skipped the parade but went along for the jumping at 10 o'clock.
Third day of the Interbranch Pony Club competition at the Shongweni Club in Durban.
International team show jumping class.
The main event of the show for the Kenyan girls - the team competition. 1 Kenyan team, 1 Botswanan team and 2 South African teams. The South Africans, being on their own horses (which were rather fancy and experienced), unsurprisingly took 1st and 2nd place. A South African girl, Keira, rode for the Kenyan team in order to make up their numbers. The Kenyans and the Botswanans did put up a good fight!
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| Saturday, 8-Jul-2006 12:00 |
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Dressage
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Saturday 8th July 2006
No lie in for me... I had to get up to watch the dressage!
Second day of the Interbranch Pony Club competition at the Shongweni Club in Durban.
Dressage classes
The prizes  Jemma and Katy both got 4th place in their pools. The Kenyan team placed second in the team dressage 
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| Friday, 7-Jul-2006 12:00 |
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Individual Show Jumping
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Friday 7th July 2006
I was up at 4am to get to the airport in time to get to Durban in time to watch my sister riding...
First day of the Interbranch Pony Club competition at the Shongweni Club in Durban.
Individual show jumping class.
The Kenyan riders: Sarah, Jemma and Katy. The fall... my sister... she, myself and Shirley (the Kenyan Chef d'Equipe) ended up at A&E for 4 hours. Sarah spent all my money on x-rays and found out she was just badly bruised. She spent the rest of the show severely drugged up on pain killers but refused to stop riding! 
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| Tuesday, 4-Jul-2006 12:00 |
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Rainbows
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Find small rainbows. Build a big rainbow.
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| Wednesday, 14-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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CONGRATULATIONS to my sister!!!!
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Me and Sarah in Kenya (November 2005)
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Leap for your dreams
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Detail of the horse
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My sister Sarah has been selected to ride for Kenya!!!!! She's coming down to South Africa in July to compete!!!!!
WELL DONE!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! IT'S BRILLIANT!!!!
Now I've just got to figure out how I'm going to get down to watch her 
The photos of the horse are a cushion I made her for her 18th birthday (last November, but I only just finished it). It's a crazy quilted cushion, bordered in hessian. The horse was satin stitched and took several many hours 
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| Tuesday, 13-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Bristol people
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Me, Anna M & Cass (half the original girly veggie flat in halls)
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Chris
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George (who I thought was in America!) and me
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The last 5 days of my stay in England I spent in Bristol, catching up with friends
2 nights with Michael and James, dinner at Planet Pizza - 6 out of 10 of the original housemates!
A 2 hour ride with Anna (some of my muscles are still sore!) followed by 2 nights with her and Pete.
A really nice holiday to end my trip
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| Sunday, 11-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Escape to Wells
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My mum's party continued on the Saturday. I skipped out on the afternoon to go to Wells with my uncle, grandma and two cousins to.... fly my kite
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| Saturday, 10-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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The cake...
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A mess in the dining room while I found the pictures for icing
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Happy Birthday ;o)
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A lot of friends!
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I ended up making the cake for the party... vegan chocolate cake to serve 150 people
It took me several hours, not helped by a three and a half hour power cut in the middle! I ended up having to go to a friend's house to finish baking the last 4 cakes. Each cake was covered in melted chocolate (green and blacks of course!) and then I iced them all. My grandpa (my mum's dad) was a baker and cake decorator so that meant quite a bit to her. And I got to use his icing tubes
The theme of the whole week (and three day party!!) seemed to be my mother's enormous collection of friends so I themed the cake the same. 50 years of making friends and a cake for each of the places she's lived. One of the cool things... each place except for Asmara was represented by someone at the party!
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