It's amazing what riding GB on a warm, sunny spring morning will do for my mood, especially when he's going really well (for a geriatric!) and we get to have a nice session!

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We're back from our holiday, where we climbed belfries, went to museums, bought lots of chocolate and pate and other tasty things, and generally had a nice time (other than Monday afternoon, which was stressful and yuck). We even had pretty good weather, just a little damp at the start and a little chilly at the end. Eurotunnel was pretty horrible ( Read more... )

(AKA, notes for my shouty email to the pet sitter agency ( Read more... )

This afternoon, the vet was mostly perplexed ( Read more... )

We were very pleased when we realised that swallows were nesting in one of our spare stables*. We were rather worried when we went to get ready for the hay delivery** and found, as well as a small pile of poo under the nest, half a dozen dead chicks, but the parents were still around, still going in and out of the stable, so we figured they'd had a ( Read more... )

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A good one: this morning, I had a lovely ride on GB. He was going brilliantly, and it left me feeling very pleased with how we got on ( Read more... )

This morning, we rode the boys. Mike went on GB, and I briefly lunged Bugs and then rode him as the vet instructed ( Read more... )

The (different) vet's been out to see Bugs, and thinks he's basically going to be ok. He wasn't lame today, although I showed a video of him hopping around the school last week ( Read more... )

With impeccable timing, the vet could only come out on a day when Mike was in London ( Read more... )