Pascal arrives in Austria
The Thurman-Bakers and Pascal have arrived at the competition venue in Stadl Paura, Austria. Their journey was rather longer than anticipated due to traffic jams and accidents on the road so the 7 hour planned drive yesterday lasted 13 hours! Both over night stops were good and Pascal relaxed and was well rested. Now at the venue, Diane phoned home to report but was a bit stressed!
’We can’t speak the language and we can’t find any English people, our electric hook up is not compatible, our gas bottle ran out – we thought it was full- and no one else seems to be arriving until tomorrow at 2pm!’ Teething problems!! I am sure they will sort it out. Anyway, Samantha rode Pascal around in the indoor school today; he was very well behaved and the weather is beautiful. So that beats home! Tomorrow they will rest and things get going on Thursday. Will keep posts going as we hear.
I am so relieved to hear that Pascal, Sam and the Team have at last arrived safely at they destination. It all sounds a bit fraught though – and I hope it sorts itself out in time for the `Competition`.
We at Dressage U21s UK are so, so proud of Sam and Pascal and do hope they have a brilliant time in Austria – we are crossing our fingers, toes and our knees for Good Luck.
Carol and U21s UK
Thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date, it is so exciting to be able to follow sam and pascal on this exciting journey and we are keeping everything crossed for their first test tomorrow, love and luck from the Peters Family