spookypony
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There are days when Endurance is the awesomest sport ever, namely, when you get to do this sort of a work-out, on a day like today! The weather was really warm and sunny, so our ca. 2h20mins of sometimes pretty severe hill-climbing were pretty tiring! I was out with a friend whose horse won her first 80km ER last autumn, so he had to work pretty hard to keep up sometimes! ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
High above Pitfichie Castle:
Some amazing views after the first vicious climb:
The second hard climb left the pony puffing, so I sloshed him and dismounted to enjoy the view:
A series, possibly out of order, of pictures of the climb, the peak and the very rocky descent:
After this descent, my friend did another, faster loop of the first vicious climb, while the Spooky Pony and I walked back to a convenient meeting place, where he enjoyed nibbling on gorse blossoms:
I'm planning a hilly 30k for his next competition, so we couldn't have had a better day of training!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
High above Pitfichie Castle:
![pitfichiea1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea1.jpg&hash=326e9d9ff9027327e20e8eedbc923da0)
Some amazing views after the first vicious climb:
![pitfichiea2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea2.jpg&hash=53dcc062ee4400438c7f1bae6624380f)
![pitfichiea3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea3.jpg&hash=05bc69eba42dbc71c091cf2a3bad5ca8)
![pitfichiea4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea4.jpg&hash=3572a50368fa19e04610391c06ccb82f)
The second hard climb left the pony puffing, so I sloshed him and dismounted to enjoy the view:
![pitfichiea5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea5.jpg&hash=48f137dad39204bc1a8f5fcbbda9c581)
![pitfichiea6.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea6.jpg&hash=709dee414fe4c799e09f7a4f30309f39)
A series, possibly out of order, of pictures of the climb, the peak and the very rocky descent:
![pitfichiea7.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea7.jpg&hash=a01cf1c2d370d4e29ff08c25e86c2ab9)
![pitfichie1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie1.jpg&hash=44338b509e3b2beccae8ec16dd40f60e)
![pitfichie2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie2.jpg&hash=ec2654e289e12b9ec14bf18a53ec8342)
![pitfichie3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie3.jpg&hash=ddcb7998bb0dba77f3aa6d8f960d1b3d)
![pitfichie4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie4.jpg&hash=5f5d6d7a82d80f82876639071775b9b9)
![pitfichie5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie5.jpg&hash=d9e57270d26f97603f28df20038bc920)
![pitfichie6.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichie6.jpg&hash=f2a6982af7f83b58817b213fc4c7fd24)
After this descent, my friend did another, faster loop of the first vicious climb, while the Spooky Pony and I walked back to a convenient meeting place, where he enjoyed nibbling on gorse blossoms:
![pitfichiea8.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi695.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv314%2Fspookypony%2Fpitfichiea8.jpg&hash=95aa2b9623ce3d779eb7a12d1e7f4dd9)
I'm planning a hilly 30k for his next competition, so we couldn't have had a better day of training!