A day watching the polo

Ever since the Olympics in London, we have watched a new sport every year. We have watched cricket, football, tennis and this year...polo. Unfortunately there was a slight mix up with the tickets and Ali thought that she had lost the tickets so bought more, but in fact they hadn't arrived. So we had double tickets and a ticket for 2 cars. We arrived and it was just how I thought it would be...incredibly posh. Nobody checking tickets so we could just come and go as we pleased. Everyone was rather well dressed.

We watched a first match, not having a clue what was going on. I was googling the rules at the same time. I just don't understand how the riders don't fall, and how the horses can change direction so quickly. The Royal Windsor Guards is a prestigious club, attended by the Queen. So it turned out that we saw the queen three days in a row. I'm sure she doesn't mind and I hope she remembers us by now.

At half time we went back to the car for our picnic basket. I was so excited about the picnic. We used our Patrons lunch baskets and our new picnic basket for our lunch of cheese, biscuits and scotch eggs. All day we could hear the pops of champagne corks and we added to it with out Rose Moet. It was rather surreal, sat behind our car on picnic chairs...with everyone else doing the same. In fact, your car park ticket gives you a certain distance behind the car.

On with the polo and the next game. Gosh the horses are huge! Something I really wanted to do, thanks to 'Pretty woman' was pushing in the divots in the field. And we did. The Queen arrived and presented the winners with their trophy. The royal enclosure have a rope around the place where they do their divots. They don't mix with the riff raff.

We then had a horse parade of horse and carts which was surreal but great. Then it was time to depart, passing all of the Bentley's and chauffeurs awaiting their bosses. I loved polo, I loved the ceremony of it, I loved the picnic and a great day out.