Last night I realised that I had no petrol in the car, so instead of filling up I decided to cycle to the stables, which meant getting the bike out, (poor bike hasn't seen the light of day for years!)which meant pumping up the tyres, dusting off the dead spiders cobwebs and all the other debris that has accumilated over the years.
I then had to find my helmet... fortunately Litlun couldnt find hers recently so she borrowed mine, that was not full of cobwebs and dead bugs (phew!)
I set my alarm for 7 30am, and when it went off this morning I immediately remembered that I was going to cycle to the stables, turned the alarm off and went back to sleep, well, it did seem the better option by far!
Eventually, half an hour later I got up and by half past eight I was cycling to the stables which is about an 8 mile round trip.
Normally when I arrive Mouse hears the car and gives a welcoming whinny, today she didn't know I was there until she heard me say hello to one of the other horse owners, and I might add this was after several minutes, I think I need to back track a little, I arrived in the yard and attempted to get off the bike, the best way I found of doing this was to fall sideways then stagger off before I fell over, I wondered if I would be able to actually walk Mouse out to the field or if it might be better to sit down for five minutes and have a cup of tea (we have everything at the stables, well we have a kettle at any rate). I decided that I should put the kettle on then take Mouse slowly out to her field and finish making the tea when I got back.
I am extremely lucky to have such a laid back horse, she just walked nicely out to the field and I was able to slowly walk back to the yard and pretend that the kettle was taking ages to boil, when infact I was just trying to decide whether my legs would carry me to the stable again and actually allow me to muck out or maybe round to the hay barn to have a lie down. (I am joking now) I would like to point out that I always have a cuppa whilst doing the stable, and the cycle ride although there are one or two slight inclines, was nowhere near as bad as I made out. In fact I really enjoyed the cycle, it was lovely and cool but bright and sunny, perfect.
Having mucked out, made up Mouses hay nets water bucket and feeds I got back on the bike to do the return journey, I decided to time myself, not because I wanted to rush back, I certainly did not wish to rush back, but I just wondered how long I would take. Back home in 15 minutes, not bad seeing as I was only pooteling along. I have a feeling I am going to be very stiff on Wednesday... and my days exercise is not over yet....
Aikido tonight.
I found this cartoon online it belongs to Stuart McMillen
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