Hickstead and the Bunn family

I’VE been going to Hickstead since it started. I went to the first ever show in 1960 as a groom for my brother and was back there last year to watch as a guest of the Bunns.

I competed at the same time as Douglas Bunn (pictured) and his second wife Sue became a great friend. She’s now my son’s godmother.

One time, I was among a convoy of British riders – in five horseboxes and with Douglas in a Rolls-Royce – who drove to Poland for a show. It took forever. We must have been mad!