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Testy thing, aren’t I!

After a few glitches with Wordpress, just writing to see if everything’s back to normal.

It’s very wet under foot. The horses plouter through the mud, but are still finding grass to eat, as are the sheep.

Tan, the dog, is very fastidious about walking around the mud wherever possible, unless she’s actually working the sheep, when she couldn’t care less.

She is starting to moult and the carpets are, as a consequence, turning grey. Time to get the vacuum cleaner out again.

Went for a short ride yesterday, as the sun was out and it felt warm enough not to wear a sleaved coat. I just tied the waterproof on to the back of the saddle (one of the delights of a western saddle) and set off.

It was a bit colder than I’d anticipated, but I consoled myself with the fact that is was only the 1st March after all. I did spot a daffodil out in someone’s garden proclaiming St David’s Day.

The weather is colder again today, with rain showers this morning.

Tags: horses, Ride

Saddled up Barnaby and rode over to Jean’s this morning to bring in the New Year. After a coffee and a piece of rum and chocolate cake, we both rode to Gwen’s to ‘First foot’ her (another coffee).

By the time I got back it was lunchtime, so I let Barnaby straight out into the field (without his rug on as it wasn’t windy) and let Shanty out to join him. The pair went bombing off over the field having a great time - but not before Barnaby had had a good roll and covered himself in mud!

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