Journey of a thousand broken arrows

Ohohohohohoh
things are becoming REAL!
The mould for my new dedicated mounted archery saddle has been cast :-)
Four years and too many saddles to count, to arrive at this decision.

I WANT IT!!
Gimme!!

Competition time also allows the renewal of friendships, even when they come from the same place...
And here we thought they woudl be tired after tower and raid and hunt track ....

Ché Van Heerden Zulu clearly loving his life :-)
Qurtuba Hospitality

Now that our hands have thawed a bit and we look utterly astonished at pictures of serious snow (it is Africa, summer had started with 32 Deg C..come on!!!).
It was a tough competition, cold hands turning to claws, gusting wind, horses more frisky ...
We did really well and enjoyed ourselves.

It was THAT cold... wow....