For more than 15 years I have ventured to Switzerland on several occasions each year and so far all my visits have been blessed with good weather, except the very day I did "a walk on the premises" with Christian Pläge. At the end of August I returned to my most favourite country and after sunny hot days at the beginning of the week I confidently decided to make an appointment with the small country's top dressage rider of the past years: multiple national champion Marcela Krinke.

Ingrid Klimke might be one of the busiest riders on the international circuit and scheduling a visit with her at home is a challenging task. So when I planned a week at Warendorf I was not too optimistic, but became overjoyed when Ingrid's mum Ruth Klimke sent me a message that I can take part in an "open training" Ingrid and her team organise monthly to give visitors insight in her stable and training.