May 27, 2012
One of the vendors in the Royal Windsor Horse Show trade fair was the Stevenson Brothers company, which makes rather exquisite soon-to-be-heirloom rocking horses.
This particular one, modeled after Churchill’s charger, is a limited-edition rocking horse that Stevenson Brothers made in honor of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Mr. Stevenson showing the box that sits in a secret compartment in the rocking horse and contains nine photos of HM The Queen
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May 26, 2012
Today, I offer some close-up views of the champion milk float and the adorable pony, Brookham Lodge Dallas.
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I was sad to have cut off the pony’s ears and the driver’s head in this photo, but I really like the view into the milk float, so I’m sharing it despite it being headless and ear-less
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May 25, 2012
… and the champion of the Light Trade Vehicles class was … (drum roll, please)
… the milk float!
Here are several views of it (and the adorable pony hitched to it) during the class, including a couple of views of the judge inspecting the turnout.
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Tomorrow, I’ll have some close-up details of the vehicle and the pony.
May 24, 2012
I have so many photos from the Light Trade Vehicles class at the Royal Windsor Horse Show that I’ll be sharing them with you in three parts.
Today: some of the various entries in the class, which featured a tailor’s vehicle, fruit-&-veg sellers’ wagons, a butcher’s cart, a small Royal Mail vehicle, a milk float, and more.
Tomorrow: the class champion. (Can you guess who it might’ve been?)
And Saturday: some of my favorite details from the champion vehicle.
Enjoy!
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This tailor’s vehicle was inspired by the owner/driver’s grandfather, who was a tailor:
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One of the two fruit-&-veg sellers’ wagons …
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… and three views of the other one:
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The butcher’s cart, and the butcher’s pony:
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The lovely small Royal Mail vehicle:
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And, finally, the beautiful milk float:
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May 23, 2012
Why, yes, I’m still stuck in Windsor (here on the blog, at least).
Did you know that when you buy a ticket to tour Windsor Castle, you can get it stamped before you leave and then reuse it anytime (free of charge) within a year? A.J. and I were pleased to discover this fact, had our tickets stamped, and then went back later in the week. We didn’t tour the state apartments again, but we had fun exploring all the balconies, porches, and walkways.
And I took more photos!
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these festival rides were near the entrance to the horse show, and the rest of the show was off to the right (we couldn’t see it from this castle porch)
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The Slower Road 