IT WORKS FOR US

Rode in the arena this morning in the mist very spooky (for me not the horse). started off with walking for 10 mins when I asked for trot he felt rather stiff......a bit like me really, I asked for a canter to loosen him off, after a little buck he shuffled into canter, once around the arena and I could feel him stretch and lengthen and generally seemed to un knot himself, back to trot......felt much better, even when he is fitter cantering him at the beginning of a session really seems to help and it wakes him up and he becomes more focused on what is required.

I think we can get into the rut of fanning about instead of just getting on with it, I am sure they loose the will, while we are being concerned about what might be!!

He has been a stuffy horse all his life but.......... he has never been fed for hard work!!!!!

HAPPY HACKER

Well it has been yet another lovely day.......hope it's not going to be a bad winter this weather seems a bit to good to be true.

Up early again and went round the opposite way to yesterday, we had to ride pass the apple pickers and the tractors loading the boxes.........no problem!!! then a tractor came up behind us.....again no problem so all in all a good hack he was a good boy. He did seem a bit footy at first but i kept him on the grass verge and that helped, I will have to get him shod in front if I intend to hack him around at home.

BUSSIN PONY CLUB

Up at the crack of dawn to go out for a ride before the heat and flies..............what a lovely hack we had, Katie and new horse Suzie in the lead, Debs and new horse Jack, marti and Obryene, plodding along at the back........ me and Nookie, he never put a foot wrong, really enjoyed himself but ready for his breakfast on our return.......bless him!!! out for over an hour.

Another glorious day, pottering about doing little jobs, spoke to my dutch neighbour Risa who will provide me with hay for the neddies.

BAD PLACE DAY

I really don't like these back to work days......the flight was an early one so i was home by 10.30. All I feel like doing is going back under the duvet but hey hoo that would just waste the day and it has been another beautiful one............ warm and breezy.

The metal abri which took all of Thursday to put up looks good and will hopefully hold all my horsey gear. Lots to do before neddies arrive feeling better already :-)

INDIAN SUMMER

Another warm and sunny day......how lucky are we, been a bit of a hectic day, charged off to castorama for a metal abri so i can put all the horsey gear in and free some space up in the garage, on the way ordered some bois for winter........being delivered at 2pm, called round at some friends coffee and chat, got back just in time for the bois, two new horses arrive tonight will call and see them tomorrow getting ready for french neighbours who are calling for drinks which I will need plenty of!!!!!! to get me through the evening..............it's so hard and frustrating not knowing the lingo but we enjoy waving arms around and they are so friendly

I LIKE THIS

"It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness."

{Sourced from P. Belasik's book, "Dressage for the 21st Century"}

NEW COMPANION NEEDED

Beautiful autumn day, sunny and warm......busy getting things ready for the neddies arriving next week. I will be on the lookout for a new companion for nookie as Isla will only be here till the new year,

Poor Bob all his time off seems to be mending things but he does enjoy it!!!!

FIRST BLOG

Waiting for my husband to arrive from the UK, not seen him for five weeks........its been a long time this stint hope it gets back to his normal three weeks then home, looking forward to the goodies he is bringing with him