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glenatronToday we had a very gentle ride out, a bit of walking, a few short trots. Nothing too much- ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sleepsy_mouse had a bit of a brakes and gravity problem with Small a couple of weeks ago ( he could do gallop to halt in two strides, she couldn't ) so we wanted to do the same route again gently just so he knows he can go up that hill without needing to go top speed. It all went perfectly to plan, ponies picked up a little bit as we approached the hill we like to rampage up then settled back when they realised today was not rampage day and on we went. It was sedate and the heather is in flower so all over the heath that burned a few years ago was purple bell heather between delicate dried grass heads that just glowed in the spaces between cloud shadows on the land.
We did trot briefly through the woods and for a little while a dragonfly flew along between us, matching our speed exactly. It was that kind of day.
sleepsy_mouse had a bit of a brakes and gravity problem with Small a couple of weeks ago ( he could do gallop to halt in two strides, she couldn't ) so we wanted to do the same route again gently just so he knows he can go up that hill without needing to go top speed. It all went perfectly to plan, ponies picked up a little bit as we approached the hill we like to rampage up then settled back when they realised today was not rampage day and on we went. It was sedate and the heather is in flower so all over the heath that burned a few years ago was purple bell heather between delicate dried grass heads that just glowed in the spaces between cloud shadows on the land. We did trot briefly through the woods and for a little while a dragonfly flew along between us, matching our speed exactly. It was that kind of day.
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Date: 20 Jul 2008 23:31 (UTC)Sorry to hear about the gravity problems, hope all is sorted out now.
I think you need to post pictures of the heather, as this is something often mentioned in books, and does not exist on this side of the Atlantic...so, it remains a mystery.
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Date: 20 Jul 2008 23:44 (UTC)It's typically scottish, but we have a bit of the same kind of soil round here so we have some fairly scottish style terrain, all scots pines, birches and heather, round here along with marginally warmer weather and fewer midges.
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