its raining its pouring...

well its been a while since I posted last. A number of reasons

one is the rain - we've had such changeable weather - mostly rain - that it has just been impossible to do anything

and when it has been clear, I've checked Fi on the lunge and just felt she was not quite there...

but the long awaited Kathleen Lindley clinic is next week. So I have been in a state trying to work out what to do. The pony I had in mind as a backup to Fi has gone back into sweet itch mode so could not stay in a stable :(

I'm going to be brave and take Fi and see how she goes.

One of the few weekends we did manage to get out, big sis came down with her highland pony and escorted Rosie and I along the road to the next farm, where there is some set aside. Mum did have a brief sit as well - off the road. Rosie was fine, if a a little shocked at the effort she was required to make ! We didn't see any traffic on the way out, but had 2 cars, a cyclist, and a strimming neighbour behind the hedge. It was only really the strimmer that worried her at all - she could hear it but not see it. Even then she wasn't naughty, just a little tense and hurried.

I think Rosie will be my backup pony if Fi does go lame.

Fi managed to lose a front shoe - but got reshod today. We may have to think about getting Rosie shod, at least on the front, if she starts to go out and about a bit more.