5 years

Today is the 5th anniversary of me moving to be with TW. It was pishing down on that day when I moved to Bradmore and spent a cosy night in the stable. Today it was pishing down and I spent the day in the field all soggy with my gang. But that's ok. Although an occasional deep straw bed would not go amiss......

Anyhoo, I reckon TW is lucky to have me. I've taught her alot and we've done loads of good stuff together including riding at a race-course, hunting, jumping, dressage and endurance stuff. We've had a quiet couple of years recently but that's ok cos everyone needs time to chill now and again. I was hoping for a new horsebox and a thermatex for my anniversary present but it's not arrived yet. Hopefully it's on order!

washed away

Lordy the rain has been hammering down. After a few good days of pootling about and trying to teach TW how to clicker train us the weather got wet and we went crazy.

The shelter men arrived this morning and we set about bucking, rearing and mostly twatting about. All led by the piaffing shetland. She was on fire!! Then TW got worried about Jez and tried to put her muzzle on her but wierdy Mikka wanted it on cos she knew there was a mint reward at stake. WTF? Wierd wierd ginge. Jez had it on eventually. She was not happy. TW felt really sad but said it had to be done. And then we all lined up to nip Jez cos we knew she couldnt nip us back. Ha!

TW came back in the evening with Boblet and the dawgs and we went to see her and investigate the new shelter. We all crowded round so TW got in and Lyra followed her. Brave baby. Then Brack and Dilly set about trying to trash the shelter by rubbing on it really hard and Mikka stalked TW some more in case there were treats around. There weren't.

skips and clicks

Bright and early this morning a dude arrived at the yard. He had a huge shiny red truck with a rattly skip on the back. He sat and waited for a while cos TW was late (or he was early she says) and then dumped a skip by the trailer and fecked off super quick. I have never seen TW so excited EVER!! She got busy chucking stuff in from all over the yard. We mostly ignored her. She opened the gate so we could come up for a nosey but we just nommed. Too early and too warm for that shizzle.

Anyhoo, after mucho trashing stuff the bugger only came into the field for me. I made a slight dodge but when the "I have mints" line again was used I caved super fast. The girls sneered at me, apart from Mikka she loves grub more than me.

So tack on and TW on and this time we headed off with no napping at all. We focused on staying nice and calm and we made our way further down the field today. TW was very impressed. I mostly loved my mints. The flights were fecking shite though so after a few little trots by the water she popped off and sprayed me with tea juice.

Later on she came back with the dawgs and a bum bag. TBH she looked like a right wierdo so we all ignored her. Until she shook the bumbag. The next thing the arabs were on her like flies on poo getting clicks and treats. WTF? I eventually got em all out the way and spent the next ten minutes trying to figure out to get a click and a treat. It was bleddy hard, my brain hurt. Lyra walked over and touched the pedestal and got a click and a treat and then mostly through herself about and tried to stamp on the dawgs while I tried to get what TW wanted me to do. Eventually I got into a nice pattern of nose to the thing and then I got loads of treats. Awesome. Then we all got a click and a treat and TW bogged off.

Next thing she was at the gate again and the arabs caned it up there. We couldnt be arsed. Mikka is the greediest pony I have ever met. She got clicks and treats for not mugging but I'm not sure she got owt for kicking Lyra's ass when she tried to get involved. Ha!!