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glenatronIt's been a good weekend- we have been able to ride both days, cunning use of various weather forecasts suggesting it would be sunny Saturday morning (maybe an exaggeration but it didn't rain) so we got up early to ride out and did a little hack on the common on Saturday, getting back to the yard just as the heavy weather really kicked in.
Today was much sunnier than either the BBC or the Met Office suggested it would be so we took the boys out for a rather longer loop around the common.
It was really nice to be riding out and Zorro was really mellow and happy when we got back. I think this was mostly because he was knackered but he is a horse with a very strong work ethic so I think he actually really likes having a job to do and knowing he has done it well. I find the opportunity to work on my riding for a couple of hours at a stretch immensely valuable as well as enjoying being outside with our horses in the gorgeous scenery with the feeling that spring is really starting to uncurl.
At one point on today's ride it started to rain, but the sun was still shining and as we were riding into the light it was as though it was raining diamonds. Simply beautiful.
After riding on Saturday morning, our horribly moulting beasts got to go out without rugs for a while, until it started pouring again.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sleepsy_mouse appears to have located the itchy spot here.
For the full treatment, don't forget to really grind your ears and the side of your face into the ground, otherwise people may still be able to tell you are a grey pony.
"Rain" said the Met Office, but to me that looks more like "sunny with scattered showers."
The view you might get if you were riding Zorro and inexplicably leaning right over to one side to watch him splash through a puddle.
Small pony has learned the valuable lesson that puddles do not conceal crocodiles or indeed any other dangerous predators.
Today was much sunnier than either the BBC or the Met Office suggested it would be so we took the boys out for a rather longer loop around the common.
It was really nice to be riding out and Zorro was really mellow and happy when we got back. I think this was mostly because he was knackered but he is a horse with a very strong work ethic so I think he actually really likes having a job to do and knowing he has done it well. I find the opportunity to work on my riding for a couple of hours at a stretch immensely valuable as well as enjoying being outside with our horses in the gorgeous scenery with the feeling that spring is really starting to uncurl.
At one point on today's ride it started to rain, but the sun was still shining and as we were riding into the light it was as though it was raining diamonds. Simply beautiful.
After riding on Saturday morning, our horribly moulting beasts got to go out without rugs for a while, until it started pouring again.
sleepsy_mouse appears to have located the itchy spot here.For the full treatment, don't forget to really grind your ears and the side of your face into the ground, otherwise people may still be able to tell you are a grey pony.
"Rain" said the Met Office, but to me that looks more like "sunny with scattered showers."
The view you might get if you were riding Zorro and inexplicably leaning right over to one side to watch him splash through a puddle.
Small pony has learned the valuable lesson that puddles do not conceal crocodiles or indeed any other dangerous predators.
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Date: 31 Mar 2008 21:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: 31 Mar 2008 22:08 (UTC)"Looking the same upright as flat on the floor? That's just the way Small Pony rolls."
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