Horse of the Year

Bell Tea has supported equestrian events since 1978 - that's a whopping 30 years! This year, like so many others, was a brilliant event. For something different, we weren’t just serving tea this year; we also took down our own baristas from Burton Hollis, and served Burtons Coffee.

The event has such a community atmosphere, with all the riders, supporters and spectators, all visiting the stand for a tea or coffee. Great camaraderie – and I was delighted to be a part of it.

The highlight for me was to watch John Whitaker compete. John is a living legend, who I used to watch show jumping when I was a kid in England. It was amazing to see him still going strong, and I was thrilled to get to meet him afterwards as well.

Overall it was a great day – wonderful weather and lots of tea (and coffee!). In fact I believe we served over 10,000 hot beverages over the week. You’d think I’d be sick of tea by then, but at the end of the day all I wanted to do was sit down, put my feet up and have a cup!