"I have definitely been feeling the effects of the long journeys this week but it hasn't stopped me being very busy out and about. Monday was spent catching up and riding all the horses again. They all felt good – the girls have done a good job of working them; they have put on a few pounds though – I think they've been a little spoilt! My emails and admin work was overflowing too so there was plenty to keep me busy.

Tuesday became jumping day ready for The Jays on Wednesday. It only takes me 30-minutes to get to the competition – perfect. I had Bomber to ride – this was his first competition and he was rather over-excited. He needs lots of outings this winter – I now have the time so will be out twice weekly at least. Brian jumped well in the British Novice, just one down and the same in the Discovery. He is incredibly brave and straightforward for a four-year-old, so he's about to go on holiday as I feel he's done enough until getting ready for the season. Tweedy (Silbalto) jumped well – again a fence in each (he was rather fresh - it's uncharacteristic for him to have fences down!) and Imp (Impulsive) was the superstar – he was perfect and jumped two double clears and was third and fourth.

I returned home to show Romeo (Romeo Z) for Rachel Wakefield’s website as sadly he's for sale but only if the right person comes along. He would be ideal for a competitive junior – a serious horse for someone. If anyone is interested in him do contact me. Thursday was XC schooling day, I took Bomber who was much more settled and very brave; Brian (Opposition Express), who was perfect, also came along as did Imp – for a canter and to jump the water – and Amber (Red Amber) ditto. Poor Gemma found a hole while riding Imp and had a little tumble, none the worse for it and so got back on and carried on again. I schooled the horses Friday ready for Little Downham; I had crammed in as much work to prepare for this as possible in five days.

Dave (Mightaswell) has had the vets out twice this week to inject antibiotics into his fetlock to stop the infection which I'm desperately hoping will work. Beanie's (Breeze IV) hock is still big but seems more comfortable, x-rays next week.

Saturday morning we left for Ely with Imp (open novice), Romeo (intermediate novice) and Amber (intermediate). Amber was in need of another week’s work for her dressage but she performed a reasonable test – winter’s work now is to improve this. The other two were very good and scored second best scores in the sections. They all show jumped well too, Romeo had one down sadly, but he just touched it. Amber jumped beautifully – I think there were very few clear rounds. Imp went XC first, jumped really well and in a much more consistent fashion and was relaxed and handled the waters well too and won. Good way to end his season. Romeo was superb and clear inside the time, just beaten into second place. Amber again was brilliant – very exciting for next year, very scopey and classy. The intermediate would be quite testing in places so good reflection that she's now established at this level. She finished seventh – her best intermediate placing.

So a very happy day to finish on. This year has had many highs and many lows, but that’s horses. Looking forward to winter projects, I'm full of enthusiasm for new projects and developments, hopefully a few new horses will join the yard this winter too, you never know what’s around the corner."