March 27thWoke up quite late and had a nice breakfast in the conservatory.  I was planning on a visit to Tula this morning but felt fit enough for another ride so hotfooted it off to the stables. My trusty Palomo was saddled up and waiting for me.   Uschi told the boys that I was just out for an hour and to try one slow collected canter. So two nice young men, three stallions and me set off into the Mexican countryside.The first canter went without a hitch &...

March 26thWent off for a ride this morning, I felt really awful, my ribs hurt at the front and I was really uncomfortable. I was accompanied by the Kumars who turned out to be a very rich arrogant couple from Mumbai. He had a watch the size of Big Ben and an enormous digital camera. Everything screamed nouveau riche, especially the manners – or lack of them. As you can tell – I wasn't that keen and I was pleased that they were only there for the d...

  March 25thDinner last night was a somewhat sober affair, Jurgen does not appear to have much of a sense of humour, nice enough but a bit too Teutonic. Mind you – he could have been tired as he rode for 11 hours yesterday!Had a chat with Uschi and she is concerned about the lack of bookings she has and is fed up with some of the Americans who daren't come to Mexico as there has been some trouble about 1500 miles from here on the border and geo...

March 24thDinner last night with Lufthansa was a scream, they were all so nice to me. I now have a view from the other side and understand how frustrating it can be providing food and comfort to some real a*******s!! Apparently the Indians are the worst and one of the girls did a hysterical impression of one of her recent passengers.I spent quite some time explaining the concept of “having an arse like a Japanese flag” whi...

  March 23rdDespite setting the alarm it didn't go off but the old body clock worked once more and I woke up at 6.20 – not bad with a 6 hour difference. I was picked up on time and joined by the Lufthansa crew from their Mexico flight coming out to the ranch for the day. Also at the ranch when we got here was an Air France crew.Forgot to mention a couple of interesting things from Mexico City.We were advised not to use the lift in case of fire or eart...