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glenatronAfter my last update I checked in with work - cunningly, after reading weather forecasts yesterday I packed my stuff up to facilitate working from home so I can still do my job. The only thing that would have been more cunning would have been if I hadn't so I couldn't.
After a relatively brief check-in we grabbed an early lunch and stomped off the couple of miles to visit the poines. Turns out that a couple of miles through deep snow that nobody else has walked through is both awesome and exhausting. I maintained dry legs through the medium of binbag gaiters fastened on with gaffa tape. Proper engineering!
I'm sure you'll tire of these before I do, so here are a few more from our adventures...
The Exmoor ponies had been given their hay just by the path- probably the only place anyone could get it to them. Looked as though it had been transported by toboggan.
The snow on the trees is scenic and also means they keep losing branches across paths, roads and powerlines. As yet we still have electricity...
Totally clear path that nobody had walked on yet. It was fun to stomp through and I got to be Good King Wenceslas but also quite tiring just because it needs you to pick your knees up the whole time.
The boys had been in all day, so we let them out into Donk's old field for a while to stretch their legs. Zorro responded by making a snow angel, Small by whiffling his nose through the snow, something he absolutely loves doing.
Small whiffles unaware of the storm brewing behind him...
... it would be fair to say he became aware of it.
Charging through deep snow requires a certain elevation in the gaits.
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sleepsy_mouse illustrates just how deep the snow we are trailblazing through is.
Trees and the view across the valley.
By the time we got back it was getting late and the ponies had a lot of snow on their coats, testament to how well insulated these little guys are.
Well, that's me out. It's well past bedtime here but I thought I should share those while they are fresh. Apparently tomorrow we are forecast sunshine, together with subzero temperatures to maintain the snow. Good job I threw away my old skis and boots when we moved house a year or too back. There was no way I was ever going to need those again.
After a relatively brief check-in we grabbed an early lunch and stomped off the couple of miles to visit the poines. Turns out that a couple of miles through deep snow that nobody else has walked through is both awesome and exhausting. I maintained dry legs through the medium of binbag gaiters fastened on with gaffa tape. Proper engineering!
I'm sure you'll tire of these before I do, so here are a few more from our adventures...
The Exmoor ponies had been given their hay just by the path- probably the only place anyone could get it to them. Looked as though it had been transported by toboggan.
The snow on the trees is scenic and also means they keep losing branches across paths, roads and powerlines. As yet we still have electricity...
Totally clear path that nobody had walked on yet. It was fun to stomp through and I got to be Good King Wenceslas but also quite tiring just because it needs you to pick your knees up the whole time.
The boys had been in all day, so we let them out into Donk's old field for a while to stretch their legs. Zorro responded by making a snow angel, Small by whiffling his nose through the snow, something he absolutely loves doing.
Small whiffles unaware of the storm brewing behind him...
... it would be fair to say he became aware of it.
Charging through deep snow requires a certain elevation in the gaits.
sleepsy_mouse illustrates just how deep the snow we are trailblazing through is.Trees and the view across the valley.
By the time we got back it was getting late and the ponies had a lot of snow on their coats, testament to how well insulated these little guys are.
Well, that's me out. It's well past bedtime here but I thought I should share those while they are fresh. Apparently tomorrow we are forecast sunshine, together with subzero temperatures to maintain the snow. Good job I threw away my old skis and boots when we moved house a year or too back. There was no way I was ever going to need those again.