Archive for April 2020
Keeping the horses sweet during corona
So trying to keep my horses sweet during Coronavirus lockdown – don’t want to endlessly drill them in the school and mine are not great to hack so have been sticking to fields and arena and having some fun with them in other ways. Tried jumping Mardi on the lunge for the first time. Built…
Read MoreDrawing the story…
I can’t remember how young I was when I first became aware of horses. Mum and Dad were completely non-horsey, although Dad had ridden once as a young lad. I, on the other hand became obsessed with them by the age of 6, much to their bewilderment. I had no chance of having a pony…
Read MoreHope swoops into the barn with the swallows
The first swallows arrived in one of our sheds this morning – it is funny how hopeful these swooping, chattering birds make me feel every year. This year, the year of Corona, the irony hit me that they have flown thousands of miles to get here, almost certainly from south of the African Sahara, while…
Read MoreHorse riding in time of Corona
So the Coronavirus is upon us. It has put the entire globe into a lockdown it seems. Equestrians are of course heavily affected by this – how much so varies from country to country. In those worst hit such as Spain and Italy – you are simply banned from riding at all – unless you…
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