Horses For Courses

I returned to Suffolk this weekend to eat something that wasn't a stir fry, get some doggy cuddles from Nellie and the spaniels, and also jump judge at the local team chase with mum.

The team chase is one of several (I think) and basically you get into teams of four riders, then you bomb around a cross country course as fast as you can, and you have to get to the finish with no less than 3 horses and riders.

Armed with a huge steaming flask of chai latte, plus tonnes of snacks, I settled down for what I thought would be a leisurely morning ticking boxes, eating, nattering on the radio, and doing some more eating.

As soon as the first team thundered past I knew I was wrong.

Mum had to walkie talkie to say the horses were over the jumps as they whizzed past,

 And I was left in charge of the ticking off of the teams, and of course, the most important job, whistling at spectators when a horse was coming.

Mum and I were rooting for team 30, RAW Botswana, especially as Lucy used to ride one of Ginny's ponies, Smartie!

 Kudos to Ollie to getting into the only good photos of Clifford!!!!

Smartie is on the left!

After a day in the wind and cold, I got home, popped some comfy clothes on and got down to cuddling my little pal.

Then we made a huge batch of sausage rolls to cheer some friends up.

Grab a packet of puff pastry, cut it in half and roll it out so its about 7 inches wide, and very long.
De-skin a packet of sausages and lie 1/3 in, drizzle a bit of mango chutney on top, and brush the extra 2/3 of pastry with a beaten egg.
Tightly roll it up, chop up, place on a baking tray with the seam at the bottom, and brush with the egg again.
Put in the oven for about 25 mins at 180 C

A little random, but that was my weekend!!!