spookypony
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We got past the first six football teams: they were playing three rather noisy games in adjoining fields (all in a big field), and the Spooky Pony trotted past them like a star. But the SEVENTH team was just too much: they were doing some sort of co-ordinated stretchy-push-uppy exercise involving a long bench and much shouting!
The pony very badly wanted to turn tail and run, and it was clear that we weren't going to be riding past without endangering someone. I managed to get him to stand still for a second, and had just kicked my feet out of the stirrups to dismount and lead him past (in some situations, this helps his confidence), when a car decides to turn into the area at some speed and go right past us, and he started to really lose the plot. I quickly retook the stirrups and did my best to calm the bouncing pony, and decided that for today, caution was definitely the better part of valour...so we went back past the three footy games (walking very quickly!), and through the woods via a different route. At least it wasn't the crazy woman with the dogs this time...
I would love to hear what he has to say about them all