Tent Pegging

At the Frampton Country Show today with the RBL Stand and 3 other Rider friends.
It is a great show, large and very varies stands, stalls and events going on. Shame it rained on and off all day but I did have my waterproof top in my panniers so I didn't get wet even when it got very heavy a few times.
The planned 'Poppy' parachute jump had to be cancelled because of the low cloud cover, strong wind and rain. It was due to take place at 15:50. As you might expect, at 16:25 the rain stopped, the wind dropped and the sun came out for the first time all day. It was too late to get the paratroopers back though.

For me the tent pegging is the highlight of the day and despite the rain they carried on with all of the events in the main ring.
Pakistan was represented by the Prince Malik Lancers and the Punjab Lancers, brilliant to watch the control of the horses and the accuracy of getting the pegs with their lances.

From the Frampton Country Show website.
In 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington started converting some of his light dragoons into Lancer regiments to counter the Polish lancers in Napoleon’s Grande Armee. 
By mid Victorian times cavalrymen of the British regiments were stationed in India, which included the land on the North West Frontier later to become Pakistan. They would train back in camp on tent pegs driven into the ground, for Skill at Arms practice and for Military Tattoos.