Esther on Woody
After being very poorly on Friday night, Esther brightened up enough to go riding on Sunday. The weather was good so I went along to take some pictures. It turned out that Esther was still a bit off colour and messed up most of the jumps.
I think the feeling of being below par extended to my photography. I had terrible trouble getting anything in focus. This is probably the pick of my efforts from the afternoon.

And there has to be at least one passable shot of Woody jumping:

For good measure my ageing low-grade tripod finally fell to bits (more or less literally) and Naomi chucked it out in the rubbish bin at the yard. I really should invest in a decent one before our trip to Egypt in the summer. Maybe a carbon fibre Induro with ball-head and the Arca-Swiss quick-release system …