Saturday, 18 October 2008

The grass is always greener or "Okay, so the mare can jump!!"


Another lovely day dawns over the South of England, clear pale blue and I love it! So does the dog, she sits by the patio doors looking longingly out when ever she comes in.
Today she looks unhappy as I put my boots on and grab the car keys, I haven't put her collar on so she knows she isn't coming with me, the entrance to the field is mud and I don't want to end up with mud all over the cage in the back of the car.
One of the other horse owners is at the yard when I arrive and we chat, then glancing up I realise Mouse is not in the correct paddock! "Nuts", I push the wheelbarrow of hay up the track and enter the field, Red wanders over, "good girl" I take her rug off and deposit half the hay in a pile, a few feet further I put the rest, okay, now to fetch Mouse and mend the fence.
I walk the length of it.....its all intact, and the gate is shut, I open it and shoo her out, shut the gate and follow her to the second hay pile to remove her rug, not a mark on her!! I get my phone out and text the blonde bird, "Okay, the mare can jump! horses done!"
After mucking out the field I head home for breakfast and another cuppa, before pegging some washing on the line.

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