{16th June 2010}
Some of you may have seen my facebook status update on 15th June, if not, here it is again:
So excited after Yasmin bought me a grand stand ticket to the #Royal Ascot: http://tinyurl.com/538t9m Thanks for the lovely gift :-)!!
Don’t need nor want to bet, just wanna get shutter-happy with my camera haha
So I did 🙂 I had so much fun hanging out with Yasmin, her mum and friends. It was my first time at the Royal Ascot. As I did not have a hat flamboyant enough for the event, I decided to try and tie a gele (Yoruba head tie) for the 2nd time ever! What do you guys think of my attempt?! I couldn’t believe that it took me less than 5 minutes to tie and without pins but as they say, “the proof is in the pudding”.
Back to the races, there were lots of colourful outfits & fantastic hats, some of which are shown here. Alas, I was unable to get a better view point to get photos of the jockeys and horses due to security reasons… Perhaps, I will try to get press pass (I wish haha) next time or get there earlier in the day when the horses are being warmed up.
Ironically, the closest I got to a horse was when one that was been trained by the local police where Yasmin lives was freaked out by my gele; the horse actually stopped in its canter and had to be cajoled by the Policewoman on it to keep going. When the Police woman apologised to me about it, I went closer to hear her better and the horse actually turned round and galloped away – hahahahahaha. The Police woman finally calmed the horse down enough for me to pat its mane and then it was soothed and comfortable with me. Sorry no images of my new horse friend as camera flash or my massive lens would definitely have freaked it out in that kind of proximity. The Police woman thanked me for helping them to train the horse to be ok with ladies in geles – hilarious!
As it happened, Yasmin & I were too busy enjoying ourselves getting there that we lost track (no pun intended ;-)) of time and didn’t get there till 1:30 pm!
I must add here that Yasmin turned out to be pretty good with my camera so she took the photos of me on way there & at the races. You’ll notice that we actually spent most of time there next to the band stand where the Royal Band performed loads of old English songs that brought out all the patriotism of the Race-goers. I did not bet so was not paying attention to who won what from our group. I was too fascinated by all the wonderfulness going on around me. Enjoy!
Thanks Yasmin for such a fabulous day!!!
Funmi
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