Am I the only one who loves packing?? *hides face in embarrassment* but really, I do love packing. I love the ritual of preparing everything for competition, I love the feeling of being organised and just the whole process in general.
I have some packing lists you can find over on this blog post.
But today I thought I’d talk more about the little rituals we all do, we all do them right? Please tell me it’s not just me!! So for me I like to clean all my tack and wash all that needs washing the day before packing.
I then start by getting everything ready in it’s separate sections so crew kit, horse feed, tack, rider kit etc and then once everything is ready I’ll start packing it all into the lorry. Everything has a place, I fill my crew kit in the same order every time, out of efficiency rather than superstition or need. I find that it helps me get into competition mode, calms my usually racing brain and gives a sense of control and order.
The last thing to go in is always my grooming box and horse bathing stuff because I do that just before we leave, inevitably Tissy still poo’s down her back legs and tail and I might as well have not bothered, but I try.
I always make sure I have a bottle of easily accessibly water and some snacks whilst driving, plan my route and have some notes of key roads/turns in case I loose my satnav and off I go.
Beth Endurance 