the power of mint and the big 4

It was another mob visit today, TW Boblet and the dawgs. The weather was a bit tricky, it was sort of seemingly sunny with some kind of cold wind thing going on. Not of that really mattered though cos we just got down to the hay and yeast feast. Nom.

Anyhoo TW offered reiki but no-one was in the mood. Dilly suggested maybe she focus on reiki-ing herself rather than us cos we are cool beans so TW said she would make a note of this for later. Then her and Dilly had a little pootle in exchange for some mints and grass on the track. As an extra reward TW covered her in lice powder too! Lol.

Mikka wanted a go next so she went for a walk down the track and did some nomming too, I was shouting my head off the whole time but no-one cared.

Next TW said I could have a go, I was feeling good and relaxed so she tacked me up and popped on in exchange for a mint. We are having girth issues again and some slippage, gah. TW had her cool head on today and just kept making me face the gate. Then I walked up to it. And got a mint. Interesting. We did it again. Another mint. Hmmm. Tw said walk to the first bush. So I did. Mint! Awesome. Back to Boblet. Walk to the second bush for a mint? Yeah go on then. Back on the yard she said have you done enough or do you want another mint? So I walked up to the second bush all on my own, had a mint and came back where Boblet gave me another. Ha!! Like this game. TW popped off and we had a stroll to eat some cow parsley and then I went back to the girls. Good work, TW was pleased and so I was I.

Last was Jez. Headcollar on and led round the hay bit perfectly, out of the field and TW and her did a bit of bareback meditating in the sunshine.

Even Boblet was impressed. And that is saying something.

reiki

TW didn't hang around much this morning, just chucked us hay and yeast and popped off. Rude. It was a tad nippy though so we just settled down to the nom-athon.

After she went Boblet and the dawgs appeared and nobbed about a bit and then they popped off too. We kept nomming.

Anyhoo, just as the hay munching was coming to an end TW reappeared followed by the reiki lady. WTF we muttered and stood and waited to see what was happening. Aha TW had been on her reiki course and was coming to practice. Nah I don't think so lady, we ain't your guinea pigs. Every time TW tried to scan our chakra's we wondered off. In the end I made everyone bog off down the field. Mikka was a bit interested but then Boblet reappeared with some mints so she buggered off to him. Poor TW!!

Eventually TW gave up and reiki lady went home so TW and Boblet had a picnic and we had a run round to celebrate our fun. Then we nommed some grass and Jez did some browsing the edges for various tree bits just to make TW a bit more paranoid about lammi.

A bit later on the arab lady and her girls came. They bought their dawgs too. The wierd staffy was wearing a bleddy hi viz coat. She thought she could boss us about so we had a great time chasing her about the field until TW dragged her off and gave her to Boblet. Jeez wierd puppy. Bracky was full on after her.

The the girls and the cobs did a bit of pootling about and then I went for a pootle too. All very good. A bit more mucking about and then they all went to the pub leaving us to nom more hay. 

Competition

TW, Boblet and the dawgs arrived together this morning and the sun was shining. TW got us a nice big bale of hay and we nommed and nibbles yeast.

Boblet says that Madam Lyra is getting too big for her boots so needs do a bit more something. TW chucked my muddy blue rug down on the ground and waited. Lyra was watching out the corner of her eye. Headcollar on and then a slight wrestle away from the hay. Lyra was intrigued. Wierdo. She stamped and pawed on my rug a few times and then walked over it and said "piece of piss", had a scratch and went back to the hay. TW was impressed.

Next Mikka did a teeny bit of stuff, she was keen too. Jez obviously wasn't and eventually had a smacked bum threat and then all of a sudden she realised she could be a good girl too. Not without scaring TW that she might have lammi though. Yeah cos that's the reason she plants her feet! Good work Bella.

Anyhoo, TW was feeling confident by this point and I was nice and relaxed so she took me up to the stable where Boblet was playing with his quad and tacked me up. No bother at all. I let her get on when she dropped her stick and then I decided I was too scared to leave the field. Bad move. TW and Boblet had a row cos he said he was too busy to help her. Lordy she screamed some bad stuff at him. I was even more scared after that! Not really! Boblet eventually walked out of the field and I followed him nicely all the way up the track and we practiced stopping and starting. Boblet reckons I've lost my confidence and need some practice to get it back.  Then we turned round on our own and started back up the track but the nobby horses who act like they've never seen horses before started twatting about so we came back and walked up and down by the stables instead for a bit. It was all good. TW said I was a very good boy and blew me some balloons up for a treat. That was nice of her. No-one was bothered about the balloons apart from the dawgs.

Next her and Dilly pootled about all over, nice and relaxed. Dildred works well in exchange for mints it seems. Even when Lyra knocked a barrow over to scare her she stayed cool. me and the arab girls were so jealous of the mints and Dilly even got some grass too ffs. Boblet says maybe TW could ride Dilly more if she is being good. Gah!  As soon as Dilly was back in the field Mikka said she wanted another turn so she went out and had a saddle on and did some grazing while TW drank her pop. TW bought Mikka today, I reckon Mikka was pleased to know she is staying with us forever. Cos when she tried to batter me in the field and TW got in the way she restrained the kicking and biting . The noises still made me and TW shit ourselves though. She must love TW i reckon.

snow in spring

The weather has been wierd. It has mostly been sunny and baltic with some snow and sleet. very wierd.

Yesterday I had my second session of nomming different stuff and sniffing things. It was interesting and I felt less sad this time and more relaxed. TW was frozen solid lol. She came back in the evening and did a teeny bit of groundwork with me, Jez and Lyra but I was a bit grumpy. Mikka ran off!

Today she came up twice again. The first time we had hay and another groundwork experiment. I was a very good boy and she was super proud of me. Jez was just Jez and Mikka and Dilly were perfect. Lyra is being a ratbag and pretending she is the boss. TW was surprisingly strict again. Today Lyra stole Mikka's hay, tried to kick me and tried to barge through the gate. Tut tut.

Anyhoo, TW came back a few hours later with the yeasty stuff so we had a nom. TW went and sat and had a chill and I picked her a dandelion which made her smile. Then Dilly got the gate open and bogged off to a big of grass and Jez followed. Jez was a good girl but Dilly took a while to be convinced to come back.  TW and Jez did some meditating in the sunshine and then she pootled off again. She's not doing a very good job of not working this week.

choices

So TW came up again yesterday evening while the sun was still shining but the weather was cold. Brack was stood all on his own at the top but still he wouldn't let her catch him but they had some cuddles. Then TW wondered down to the trees and sat and watched us and listened to music until she got too cold. We mostly ignored her. On the way back Brack was still on his own so TW played him a bit of Crowded House. I think he must have liked it cos he decided to follow her up and wait while she caught him. Then he got covered in the deosect and came running back to us. He likes to do things in his time.

Today it was windy and rainy. We had some hay and then Mikka went into the stable and had a tantrum in her purple fleece and pretended she was scared of the trailer. TW was surprisingly strict with the Monkey. Then a physio lady came and did some treatment stuff on her and said she had a sore neck from being a stress head and sore withers and back probably from a pinchy saddle. Mikka pulled some reet good nippy faces it was all good fun to watch. The physio lady says her stifles should get better but she has brushy back feet. Mikka has some exercises to do and then she is back in 4 weeks.

I got mostly neglected today but TW said my tummy seemed ok. Boblet is on his "they need discipline" rant again but not sure TW listens to him. We shall see.

romance

Happy anniversary to TW and Boblet. They've been married for one whole year today. This is apparently something to celebrate. And tbh as much as TW doesn't really need a man cos she has me, that Boblet is a useful dude.

Yesterday we got two bales of hay cos they were going away for the night but they were back at the yard with the dawgs by 11am this morning. We all ignored TW for ages and kept grazing further and further down the field. In the end she had to walk down and convince us to come up by walking ahead of us and then waving hay at us. It was all part of a cunning plan. We had a nice wee hooly on the way.

When we were nomming she got to work. First Dilly out and while she was distracted with a hay net, TW wiped her all over with the smelly deosect. Then it was my turn, I stood perfectly while she sprayed me all over. TW was very proud. Then Jez had the spray too cos she's also a brave one.

Next it was Misty's turn and by this point TW looked like she was gonna pass out from the fumes. Looks like Misty has popped out another abscess too so that's also good news so the pocket rocket can tear about again.

Anyhoo, Mikka was refusing to be caught so TW shouted Boblet to help with the baby Lyra but TW couldn't get her out the field. So Boblet did it. I think I might have heard TW growl under her breathe. Boblet was told to hold Lyra while she got wiped all over but Lyra was a bit scared. My favourite bit was when Lyra dragged Boblet off and ran into a wheelbarrow, shot forward and reared and looked like she was going to land on TW's head. She didn't though and just clonked her wrist instead. It's a bit lumpy now. So Lyra sort of got a half wiping and managed to get some grass nomming and mint eating in while she was at it.

Mikka spotted the mints and decided she would go next as long as she could barge Boblet over when he wasn't looking. This made TW laugh out loud. Quietly. She was good for her wiping really though apart from wanting to lick the stuff. Wierdo. Boblet got a bit cocky at this point and said he was gonna catch Bracken too. Obviously he didn't.

After the deosect action we all just chilled in the sunshine and mooched in the field. Jez wanted lots of cuddles and Lyra had some scratches and picked her feet up for TW to apologise for the other stuff. Then we had another little hooly in the sunshine and went off to the woods to chill.

Scandalous

Houston we have a problem. TW has acquired a taste for drinking beer on a school night and mostly watching lots of UFC fighting. She is also doing more work than we agreed. Therefore we have done feck all this week. And for the first time in a million years she did not come up before work. WTF?

Anyhoo, apparently it is 3 years since I had the shitty colic. This makes me and TW sad cos -

she shouldn't have let Bee and Frankie leave me
She shouldn't have moved me to a different yard with mean rules
She shouldn't have believed the back lady who said I was fine when I obviously wasn't

But on the plus side she had paid a gazillion pounds trying to make me feel better which includes collecting a whole herd of ponies and buying me some land. One day I am sure we get back out hunting and endurancing.

Today she arrived at the field and about 3.30 looking like a bag of shite. She said she had a pressy for me. I hoped it was lice treatment for the fleabags but thats not all arrived yet. But she had bought me a bag of burdock root. Nom. Me, Jez, Lyra and Misty nommed some down and Mikka had a wee nibble. Then she sat in the car eating biscuits while we ate the late hay.

warm

Today there was a lovely warm morning. We ignored TW for a super long time today before coming up for hay-fast and random pics. She noticed that there are more and more green patches appearing on us from the spirulina.

Anyhoo, TW wanted to sit at the yard all day but she had work to do. So she gave us some scratches and sat for a wee while. Jez told TW that life is too short for fecking about and she needs to get her arse in gear and get riding.

Later Boblet told TW he had noticed all of the packages that keep coming for us that she doesn't even open. he threatened to take charge of the finances, TW told him to crack on. I reckon Boblet was scared.

burdock

So TW and the cripple arrived a bit later than we would have liked today. We were grazing obviously when they arrived and the girls wanted to blank them in protest. I was like feck that shit I need my hay-fast so off we trouped and got stuck in to the good stuff. I am most impressed with the continued hay supply , it's nice for my tummy I reckon.

Anyhoo, TW was unpicking the wind knots again when a little green car arrived with a lady in it. The dawgs were tres excited. TW and me had a dance about cos I wasn't massively keen on being caught however when she muttered the magic words "you're a dick" I relented and went up to see the lady. Wowzer!! She had boxes and boxes of shizzle.

So this lady was a pharmocognosy dude. Boblet wasn't convinced but everyone knows he's a heathen. The lady had different oils and herbs and stuff for me to self select to heal myself. Awesome. I liked this game.

So we started off with the violet stuff and I nommed it down. I told TW I was still upset from when I colicked cos I thought I was going to die and she was so sad. I remember lying in the field panting all exhausted while TW sat and cried and held my head. That made TW get wet eyes. Then I sniffed and licked various things. The lady knew I had tummy problems and emotional issues and was well prepared with her kit. 

I mostly nommed mint and seaweed and sniffed oils. TW said I wasn't fussed about licorice so I ate shit loads. I also chucked a couple of buckets of water over the lady, spat at TW and pulled great faces. Apart from when the lady tried to photograph me. Then she got out the burdock. OMFG it was awesome. I ate so much of it. I bet TW buys me some later. Lunatic tried to steal the seaweed. Dilly could see I was nomming and tried to draw attention to herself by kicking the gate but I ignored her.

Then the lady said she would offer me some oils to help with emotions. Meh. Not so fussed about that, I don't know if TW can handle it. I sniffed some bits and then she offered me the stuff for separation anxiety. Fuck that shit. I turned my back and ignored her til it went away and some herby stuff reappeared. No trauma therapy til I feel safe dudes.

Then we finished and I went back to the field and nommed some hay the others had left. TW wanted Brack to have a session but he refused. Silly bugger. I reckon he might like it. TW and the cripple that is Boblet mooched about a bit more and then they fecked off and we carried on grazing. Not a bad day.

Pain

So this weekends learning seems to be that boys cannot manage pain as well as girls. This is the conclusion as we have not seen Boblet since yesterday due to his poorly back. TW has concluded due to his whinging that he has done himself an injury similar to when she last plopped off my back ( Zorro style) but apparently Boblet wakes her up at 1.30am screaming in pain and requesting reiki while TW had to suffer in silence.

I did take umbrage to this as she is not to mention falls and she apologised. I'm also not convinced that boys are wimpier than girls however I can't say that out loud in case I get booted.

Anyhoo, we have only seen TW today. This morning she was focused on untangling wind plaits and spraying mane and tail juice everywhere. I was a very good boy but again wet weather makes my tummy grumble. When she came back later she somehow convinced Brack to get a headcollar on and have some fly spray. Me and Jez and Mikka had some perfume on too, so did Misty. TW tried to get a bit on Lyra but she freaked out a wee bit. Dilly was not interested.

TW is worried about pony lice at the moment so has been on an ebay spending spree for de-lousing stuff. The difficulty will be getting the de-lousy stuff on the ponies that need it. We have a lady visiting tomorrow to bring some lotions and potions. Apparently Boblet said that TW "does spend some money on alternative shit", I think hes just jealous.

Ribs, dandelions, pips and eggs

Boblet has broken his ribs. Again. This time he did it pretending to be an acrobat and slipped while jumping up a wall. He is in a lot of pain. TW is being a good nurse and taking care of him with a special treatment regime. So today he had to stack 50 new bales of hay apparently to make him feel better. I'm not sure it worked!

Anyhoo, today I have mostly been nomming dandelions. And I had a bit of yeast today. We have all been nice and chilled, mooching about but we are all super itchy. Misty had lots of scratches but the rest of us weren't fussed. We would rather rub on the fence and annoy Bobley some more.

After the hay delivery (the hay man asked Boblet if TW had punched him and broke his ribs...) they went home and we mooched about some more. Then they came back and TW offered round some agnus castus pips while Boblet and the lunatic hid chocolate eggs. Misty loved the pips and ate loads. Dilly wanted pips but didn't really need them she is just a guzzle guts, Mikka liked them too. Jez just pulled faces at them and Brack said they were vile. I ate a few though, they were sort of tasty.

A bit later and the kids arrived with their new red truck. The bigger two ran about collecting eggs in Mikka's bucket with Boblet while the wee one sat in his truck and shouted Jezey. He is pony obsessed. When they headed back to the yard we all had a mini hooly to beat them to it and lined up so they all had to parade through us. They didn't mind though. Then some walkers came and said nice things about us and gave the girls some cuddles while I slept. The baby was not impressed as he says we are his ponies. A bit later they all went home and we went back to sleep after the big boy and Boblet gave Misty some cuddles. I think TW has forgotten about riding again. Nightmare.

scratches

TW had lots of time today but mostly she wanted to sleep. We mostly felt the same. We were waiting round the gate when she arrived with the dawgs and pretended we were hungry. Then we took it in turns to knock the barrow over with all the supplements in it. I think we did a good job of winding her up. Im not bothered about supplements at the moment but Misty is still loving the yeast and Dilly will eat owt.

Anyhoo, she chucked us hay out and then took some to the shelter for Brack who was hiding from the midges. Then she chilled for a bit with the dawgs while we munched. Well until she realised that daft iggy had gone wondering off on his own. Lordy that was some shouting early in the morning!!

After that she put the dawgs away and offered up some scratches. Mikka was feeling better today so had loads of scratches all over. Then Dilly had a go but me and Jez weren't fussed. Misty had a little scratch and then decided she preferred to nip TW's hand and Lyra was busy nomming. So eventually TW made her way to the shelter and spent ages with the Bee. I want to get out and about on some rides soon but I don't think TW can be arsed at the moment. So rude. She says I need to be confident at home first. . Gah.

long day

Hay is no longer a priority, so when TW chucked it out for us we came up had a nibble but we weren't massively fussed. TW tried to catch me but I fecked off so Jez and her had a tootle about and then I agreed to have a go. TW made the mistake of dropping her stick cos we were just walking up and down the yard so I pretended to chuck in a wee buck just to test her nerves. She just gave me a mouthful though, Gah!

Anyhoo, Dilly didn't want to be ridden and we all trundled off to get the grass. A bit later the osteo lady came and Misty, me and Jez had a treatment. My TMJ was tight. Mikka wasn't in the mood so she sacked her session off. Then TW bogged off for some grub.

A wee bit later she reappeared with the dawgs and they all had a big run about while we kept nomming grass. Then a bit later the kids appeared and then eventually Boblet rolled up and they had a picnic and some water fights and random stuff. The baby one was shouting for Jezey again and thinks Misty is Iggy the pup! Dafty. He's been a bit scared lately cos Boblet reckons I bit his fingers so he gets confused cos he loves us all loads and panics when we get too close. So I'm staying out the way til he feels better.

Eventually TW left and we set about finishing the rest of the hay. Nom.

gnashers

We were grazing when TW arrived this mo. We were almost not bothered about the hay. Almost but not quite. I thought I might get a little bit of riding in but TW was all tired again. Jez told her that her energy was wrong and she should go home so TW went back to bed and we nommed the hay in the wind.

Anyhoo, she came back after lunch time and we were all nomming down the bottom of the field. TW chucked us some extra hay out and walked down to tell us it was there so we all trundled up and did some more nomming.

Then the dentist appeared.

I got my head down and nommed. I did not need my pegs checking. Mikka monkey went first. She pretended she was going to be a monkey but was then a really good girl. Then Jez had hers done and TW was very proud of her. Dilly was not so keen and Brack completely refused. Dafty. She's coming back in 6 months so then it will be my turn again.

perfume

Yesterday was hot. Today was hot. TW and Boblet spent loads of time chilling at the yard, some with the dogs and some without. We nommed hay and grass and mooched about.

Today TW made us special perfume. It was cold tea, lavender, tea tree, bergamot and bog myrtle. Stinky. I let her spray me all over. The others weren't so keen. We've not done any riding this weekend but TW says thats ok cos we have been relaxing. We got excited when we thought we might get into the paddocks with the grass but it was a trick. We aren't so fussed about the hay at the moment though, Boblet said we shouldn't get it any more but TW says he talks rubbish.

Anyhoo, the random bowls of shizzle keep appearing. The spirulina keeps going down but no-one is sure who is eating it. Brewers yeast seems to be the favourite at the moment , it's another thing that TW thought might help Brack. He ain't interested though.

This afternoon some of the chiddlers came to play. We just stayed grazing. Sounded like they were having fun though.

relax

Yesterday I had a day off. Today I had a day off. The sun has been shining and the flies have been shitty. My tummy has felt good though. The flirting and the squirting from Mikka, Lyra and Dilly has been a bit much and Brack's fly aversion is stressing him out muchly.

Anyhoo, TW and Jez had a little play this morning. Jezey is one strong beasty but she is trying her hardest to be a good girl. We had hay this morning and some yea sac. TW tried to convince Brack to have his rug on but he was not interested. It made TW sad cos she was worried about his itchiness. She offered us some spirulina too but no-one wanted it.

In the afternoon she reappeared with Boblet and the dawgs and 5 new feed tubs. She put out brewers yeast, marshmallow, salt, equishure and spirulina. I nommed the brewers yeast and the girls mooched round the rest. Lyra and Dilly ended up with green noses. Then TW chatted to a lady on the phone who is going to come and visit me and Bracken and see if she can help us with some herbal stuff. Then we mostly slept in the sunshine.

Sleepy

TW was super sleepy when she arrived at the yard this morning. We were all lined up waiting by the gate for her which surprised her. She chucked us our hay about but it wasn't the best bale. We still started nomming it though.

It was a lovely sunny quiet day. TW decided it was a nice day for another try so she got me out of the field and let me nom some more and gave me a nice brush and massaged my stifles. I had a bit of mycosorb but didn't want the equishure. Then she got my tack on. Fourth day on the trot.

Anyhoo, she popped on board by the stables and I backed up and turned round. TW took a deep breathe and turned me. Left. I did it. And we stood together and breathed deeply. TW said she only wanted me to try and walk round the boulder and back. I sighed. She wiggled the stick and off we went. Nice and relaxed. By the donkeys she felt me hesitate and before I turned she made me stop and we stood and breathed again. And strode on round the boulder and back. She was so happy. Dafty. Back at the field I had a mooch and a nibble by the car and then went back in with the dudes. And spent the rest of the day chilling. I think Jez was a bit miffed that she didn't get out today.

persevere

Today was a day of many parts, and many bad words. TW came up early and chucked out the hay and tried to convince me that we should try another pootle. I declined. Multiple times. She decided that I was winding the others up by my running away from her skills so in the end went for Jez instead. Jez was a good girl and got up to the stables quite easily. TW was pleased. They managed a tiny way along the track before Jez got scared and then Jez came back. TW was sort of sad that Jez was scared but reasoned that she was being much better at coming away form the herd so that was good enough.

I decided I was ready then, so she caught me, brushed me and tacked me up. Nae bother. She got on me by the stables and off we went. Or not. I backed up and backed up and turned and backed up. We tried again. And again. And again. TW dropped her phone and I tried really hard to step on it and stamp on the mounting block. The air turned blue. She shouted and shouted and shouted. The girls were shocked and stood staring. I carried on nap nap nap. TW eventually jumped off, rescued her phone and moved the mounting block closer to the donkeys. She got back on. I nap nap napped and threatened to rear and napped some more. I refused to turn left but circled right and tried to trample the conifers. We went round and round and back and forward. We did not get past the donkeys. TW wanted to cry. I went back to the field and went to sleep.

Hoof lady came and Mikka was a good girl. Then Jez was a good girl too. Then I had mine done and I was a good boy and last but not least Misty was a very good girl. TW was confused cos my legs and tummy seem fine. Hoof lady says she thinks I just don't want to leave the girls. They are all super flirty squirty at the moment, Lyra is the worst!!

Anyhoo, TW went home and a wee while later she returned with Boblet and the dawgs. The dawgs went for a play with Boblet and TW decided she was going to take me for a walk. So she got me in and I was a good boy. So she tacked me up and I was a good boy. She found her purple glitter stick and took me for a walk past the donkeys and to the lambs. No problem. So she popped on me. No problem. And asked me to walk. Nap nap nap. We stopped and did some slow breathing and I napped some more. So she rode me down to the yard. No problem.

Tried to ride me back. Nap nap nap. "I do not even understand what you are getting out of this!!" muttered TW and wiggled her sparkly stick some more. I sighed and walked out of the yard, past the donkeys and to the lambs. TW was confused but very very pleased. The lambs were scary so we turned round and came back and she rubbed some oils on me and Boblet gave me a groom. I'm shattered.

End on a good note

TW came on her own this morning cos the dawgs were all shattered from the weekend. She hayed us up and then took me out of the field. I came straight out. I got my own hay, had a brush and got my hooflets picked out and got half tacked up. TW was proud of me, she said I was lovely and relaxed.

Anyhoo, TW had her phone appointment while I nommed my hay and then I got the rest of my tack on and we got ready to go. Minus a few stirrups falling off and TW popped on, still nice and relaxed.

So, I walked forward then decided I was scared. The donkeys were wrestling and fecking about. I went backwards. I wiggled about. I tried my best to show I was scared. TW got scared too. We debated for ages. In the end TW sent a text message and we just sat there. Next thing teacher lady appeared on a nice grey boy. Fair enough I thought and followed them back to the road. TW laughed.

Down the road we went, me behind, side by side and my trying to get ahead. There were some proper eejits on the road today, driving too fast with rattly trailers. I wasn't bothered though. Down the road, round to the right then back to the teacher ladies yard. She popped off and we carried on. Past the big dog, through the electric gate then down the stoney drive. All on our own , nice and relaxed. Onto the road and along.

Half way along the road I stopped. And reversed. There was something bad on the right. TW turned me round and I started marching back down the road. SO we turned round again and marched back to the scary spot, I got a bit further and stopped again. So TW popped off and I had a big poo and we marched together back to our place. TW says she was so proud of me. Then she decided that maybe I could walk down the track this time on my own cos the donkeys had gone. So on the popped. Off we started. And I napped again. And again.

We went round and round and backwards and forward. I got to past the donkeys but that wasn't good enough so I got myself back to the gate! Ha! Then TW decided we should compromise and maybe I could just get back to my mounting block. We went round and round, closer and closer. So annoying!! SO I decided the best thing to do was stamp and paw on the conifers. TW was horrified! SO I did it some more. And some more. Eventually she laughed. Then when she laughed I got closer to the mounting block and off she popped. Always end of a good point.

Back in the field the girls were all flirty and squirty, I really couldnt be arsed with it. Later on in the day TW came back with the dawgs and we all had some sniffs of the new essential oils. Apart from Bracken who just ran off. We all mostly liked the bergamot and maybe the ylang ylang a bit. But mostly we liked the grass.

itch

It was a sunny Sunday today. TW and Boblet came up nice and early with the Lunatic, chucked us some hay and set about shovelling muck from the top yard into a trailer. It looked very boring. After 3 or 4 loads TW wanted a rest and decided to ride me while Boblet went for a walk with the dawg.  She snuck up on me when I was nibbling and dozing and before I knew it I was tied to the stable with a bit of hay. I just snoozed.

Tack on, nice and chilled. TW said we could try and step on the road again today if we felt brave. I wasn't fussed. Before she got on by the donks she realised my stirrup had fallen off. Oops. Then when she got on the saddle slipped a bit and the stirrup fell off again. I didn't mind. So off she got and sorted me out and tried again. Then Boblet reappeared and tightened my girth again cos I'm a bit in between sizes at the moment.

Boblet said he would walk with us, so we mooched down the track nice and chilled. At the bottom TW asked him to wait for us cos we needed to go on the road a bit. Off we set. At the farm drive I thought we were turning round but TW said we could go a bit further today. When cars came past she made me stop and stroked me and made the cars go slow and all was good. We tootled a bit further to the next drive where I spied the ginger shetlands. So when the road was clear we turned round and started to tootle back. All of a sudden 3 cars started coming towards us so TW asked me to stop again while they drove past. After the first one I was bored so said cmon and off we went, back to Boblet and down the track. The Lambikins were bleddy scary though!! Boblet gave me a carrot when we got back and TW popped me back with the dudes. I made sure she gave me a good kiss too for being awesome.

 Bracky was super itchy today. TW got him in a head lock while Boblet got a headcollar and then she sprayed him with tea tree oil and gave him carrots and scratches. He did not want his rug on. He spent most of the day in the shelter hiding from the flies. When TW and Boblet came back with all the dawgs he was hiding and TW tried to convince him to have a rug on. He ran off and ran round the field rolling and looking annoyed at midges. TW was sad so me and Lyra made her scratch us lots to distract her.

natives v arabs

Sorry I've not blogged for a few days. TW got so germed up that she confiscated the laptop and sulked for a few days. We only really saw her for hay visits and a few cuddles. What a mardy bum!!

Anyhoo, today she was starting to feel a wee bit better cos she had a big sleep. She came up and gave us hay and Boblet set to work hammering wood on the fence to try and stop the dawgs straying too far away. TW decided she could do some stuff.

First she took Jez out of the pot which is never easy cos Jez is a supreme foot planter. She gave her a nice groom and tacked her up and attempted to ride up the track. But Jez was too scared. So they tried to walk up the rest of the track in hand. Jez wasn't keen. So they came back to the yard and had a little wrestle and ride about. TW was pleased.

Then Mikka had a nice groom and went for a wee walk and was very good apart from jumping at the lambikins. TW was very pleased. Mikka was very cuddly. I went to sleep.

Next Dill had a brush and a tiny ride. TW was pleased. Boblet was slightly worried as Dilldred threatened to bog off but TW laughed and it was all good. I snoozed some more.

Then Lyra practiced leaving us. She was slow and steady so they also practiced turning round. Then they did tying up. Lyra was very good but she still doesnt like picking her feet up. TW said the arabs are easier than the chunks, I have no idea what she is on about. Oh!! And they all got carrots. I did not. Bracken knew TW was on a mission today and spent the whole day hiding from her. I've got a runny tummy a bit but I still feel ok. I was meant to be on a pleasure ride today, I'm looking forward to some regular work.