Jill sent the following report and photo from the first official day of our CAA trip to the 2011 Royal Windsor Horse Show:

The balance of the group arrived on Tuesday for the beginning of the CAA trip. This year it was a rough start for some: a missed flight, lost luggage, a forgotten passport, a lost wallet! By the end of the day, we had sorted everything out and started the trip officially!
 
We are staying at The Christopher Hotel in Eton — just a short walk across a pedestrian bridge between Windsor and Eton, over the River Thames. This hotel had once been a coaching inn and some of the rooms are now in the area that was the stables — appropriate for the CAA, I think!
 
Our first official activity was a walking tour of Windsor for anyone who wanted to join me. About ten hardy souls followed me across the bridge and up the hill to the Long Walk. The sun was shining, and we stood at the private entrance to Windsor Castle and just looked down the Long Walk to the statue of the Copper Horse three miles away. Fantastic.
 
Then we slowly walked back to our hotel (with me pointing out sights and facilities), where we were joined by the rest of the group for a magnificent afternoon tea. Eveyone had the chance to publicly introduce themselves, and the trip started!

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a view of Windsor Castle, from a boat on the River Thames (photo by Jill Ryder)