Royal Ascot week
Well this year saw me more active in the royal watching than ever before. Firstly I got myself a few tickets to the Garter day on the Monday and invited a couple of friends to go and see the Queen and the rest of the Knights. The weather was perfect, not too much sun but still dry and warm. We got some great pictures and had an interesting time talking to people and seeing the amazing pageantry.
A couple of days later one of our regular guest from Holland, Jan, gave us a spare ticket to go out into the park and watch the royal party change from their cars into the open carriages that then take them on to the Ascot race course. This is an even intimate affair where its possible to get so close to the royal family its almost unbelievable in this day and age. It’s such a shame we didn’t have any film in the camera!