Well today the sun came out. I've been carrying my camera around with me all week and the first time I have something decent to take a picture of the battery runs out!
Today we went for a trail ride with the colts. I wasn't nervous. Trail riding is what Liquorice is very good at. Then the other students started talking about their horses. One has a history of bolting, another bolts when other horses do and the the other horse had never been hacked out before, so she didn't know if it bolted or not, but it was an ex racehorse. So then I was nervous.
It was a spectacular ride along one of the ridges of Salisbury Plain. We must have been able to see at least three other counties. Liquorice loves riding in new places and he walked along at a fair old lick. I did get a bit scared coming down a steep muddy track when Liquorice kept breaking into trot to catch up with the horses in the front. The more I tried to bring him back to walk, the more he tried to trot again. until James told me to just let him catch up because the more I tried to stop him the more he would worry about losing touch with the horses in front. After that he was ok and then he didn't mind getting behind while he kept stopping to eat - now there's the Liquorice I know!
And then it was all over and it was time to pack and get ready to come home. The shower of snow that I hoped would snow me in didn't come to anything but if the battery hasn't lasted in the TomTom I won't be able to find my way out of Devizes so I'll have to stay.
2 comments:
jemima
I want to hack across those fabulous fields, with those wonderful views! What a beautiful place. And so much grass to eat!! :-)
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