Dear All, Thanks so much to all of you who made the Inca Ball quite so merry! As we said on the evening the ticket money itself only covered costs however the ball still managed to raise over £10,000 (from the charity auction)- which is frankly astonishing! Thank you all so so much for your generosity. If you enjoyed the evening but missed the chance to donate for whatever reason, or if you'd just like to help support our cause, then please visit the JustGivin...

Between us the preparations are steadily progressing. Spanish, whilst an easy language to start, suddenly seems to get rather more complicated! We have been helped and supported by many kind strangers and are now looking at horses in Ecuador. So while progress is inevitably steady it has been very good! The Long Riders' Guild have been an extremely helpful in providing advice, contacts and general information and we now have their official support. We are n...

First blog - Ed, Phil and Nick completed an extremely successful photoshoot for Horse & Hound magazine (you never know, they might ask). Many thanks to Messrs Bethell for making this possible. Ed and Phil are already looking like they might just have been born in the saddle.