Sun

The sun is out again and everything is melting. When TW arrived me and Bee were grazing. We still want the hay though obviously. I shared my net with that Polly over the fence again,  it will be good when she can come in with us I think. TW tried to give me a scratch today to get rid of some hairs but I was not keen. So she best get worrying about my guts i reckon. I know she has ordered some vits and stuff again so that should be interesting to see how she managed to feed us all. Ha! Tbh I don't think we will all get vitamins or she will be bankrupted. There is an endurance workshop clinic thing on at the weekend and I am not 100% sure if she is taking Jez or not....we shall see. Hopefully we will get a bleddy dry week now .

icicles

TW wanted a lie in today. She didn't get one as there was so much snow and she was so worried that she crawled up to the yard as soon as it was light or therabouts. I think the roads were very bad. Anyhoo, when she got to us we were all covered in icicles and Mikka was shivering and shaking. Polly was still munching on her hay net from yesterday. Gah!

So TW gave us loads and loads of hay. And then some more hay. She tried to put a fleece and a rug on Mikka who promptly told her to feck off. Repeatedly. Jezey was sad today as they were meant to be going off for a nice ride but it was cancelled. Then she shuffled off in the snow. Later on she came back and gave us another bale of hay to share . And then went home and ordered some food for us and some vitamin supplements as she says this weather has made us all rotten and manky.

Pink

It is fecking snowing again. And windy. And absolutely fecking baltic. TW did three trips before 12.- which was most impressive and for once it wasn't because the water was frozen. Nesh dogs, hungry herd and a therapy session = 1 shattered and frozen TW!

She did a good job with huge hay nets today. Must have full tummies to keep warm. I have no idea when we are ever going to start getting fit though. She's booked me on my first SE ride of 2018 though much to Jezeys disgust as it is a pink ride and she wanted to go. TW remembered she had promised that I would do SE rides though so tough! None of us have even been in the bleddy horsebox yet though fgs.

psycho

TW went psycho today. When she got to the yard, Jez, Mikka and Misty had left Polly and got themselves into the bottom paddock and were galloping up and down shouting. In the rain. TW moved Polly out of the way and tried to get me, Brack, Lyra and Dilly into the big field. It didn't work. Eventually TW went a bit nuts which resulted in us all ignoring her until she apologised. I think it's a combination of being hangry, pre-season temper and ALL THIS FECKING RAIN!!! There's no excuse for it though.

We did get some hay though and she was very sorry but tbh by that point we all just wanted to eat. There's a holistic vet lady coming this way in April and she is thinking of taking me to see her to discuss my guts and stuff as it's in the diary that we are going to do 20miles at Thoresby in the Autumn. This has been our goal for the last few years btw.

TW says this is the shittest period of horse-ownership ever. Mardy arse. Although to be fair, Mikka and Polly have abscesses, Dilly is all itchy, Brack is getting ready for sweet itch season , I have poorly teeth and we are all covered in mud. Apparently under all our fluff me and Dilly are getting skinny which also isn't so good. Things will get better soon.

ffs

So there is so much bleddy rain I really cba. That Polly is a cheeky beggar who has TW wrapped round her finger and then steals my hay from the other side of the fence. And Jezey is getting a bleddy thermatex. WTF?

Anyhoo TW says we ARE going to do 20miles at Thoresby Autumn ride and she had started losing weight so that is positive. And she has her eyes on a cannock chase ride too but not sure if I will get to go to that one? wr all have soggy boggy feet and tbh I really cba.

WTF

WTF is going on with this weather? This morning it was frozen solid every where and baltic. By tea time it was 10 degrees and pishing down with rain. TW only came early today. She didn't stop long but we got extra hay and it was a nice light morning. I reckon it's going to be a lovely summer to make up for this absolute shite winter. I can't remember being so wet for so long since we had the bleddy awful wet summer in Bradmore.

emergency!

The weather is shite again and the fields have all gone back to mush! TW was not impressed this morning as me, Brack, Mikka and Lyra were in the paddock with the hole in the fence pretending not to be able to get out. And we might have trashed it. Oops! Things got worse when she counted the hay bales and realised we were going to be struggling soon. So we called a state of emergency and made her email the new hay dude who promptly replied and said he will re-stock us on Sunday! Good work!