Last Sunday was the day of the horse-riding competition I take part in every year. Together with friends and fellow members of the Messara Horse-Riding Association, I took my horse in its trailer and we drove to the centre of Crete. Every year, the place where the competition takes place changes. This year it was in Stroumboulas, in the Psiloritis mountains, not far from Anogia. The participants not only came from Crete, but also from the mainland (from the Athens area and th