Hi everyone

Laura here:

Wow, what a busy few weeks we’ve been having. Since Hannah left, it’s been all hands to the H+P decks.

I seem to be up and down the countyall the time at the moment which is great but rather tiring too! You know you’ve been down to the south west too many times when you can find your way to the M5 without the use of a map or a sat nav!

First of all, we went to Badminton and how cool was it to see Oli win? He really did deserve it - well done to him and obviously to Flint Curtis as well, he couldn’t have done it without him!

After Badminton, we skipped on down to Cornwall to meet Spotty the Pony, who you’ll get to hear all about in the August issue, and there was also time for a bit of trekking as well, before dashing back up the motorway so I made it the my YFC competition day on Saturday. I was glad I did come back as my flower arrangment really wowed the judges and I won – get me, a florist, sometimes I wonder if there are any limits to my talents!!!

The theme for the flower arranging was climate change. Do you get it - melting ice?

Then on Monday, to Devon to meet the guys from the Dartmoor and West Spooners branch of the PC. One big 'hi' to Lauren, Sam and Lucy and their ponies Roma, Billy Whizz and Daisy. I also dropped in on one of team GB’s top Olympic athletes, who nabbed a silver medal at the Olympics last year... you'll get to find out who in the August issue of H+P!

Buy for now

Laura