LoNatalie
Well-Known Member
Well I'm pretty bored so I decided to type up a report of day 1+2 on my blackberry this evening.
Day 1)
We left around 11am, stopped at Sedgemoor services for a meal
and arrived at Aldon for approx 3pm. Very good, seeing as without a stop it was meant to take about 4 hours! Made up a lot of time!!! We settled him in, and let him relax for an hour before taking him for a stretch and do some canter figures of 8 (one on correct lead, and one counter canter) which tires him out as when we loaded him at home he was doing bunny hops around his stable!!! Bit fit and lively 
and he went well so popped him away in his stables after walking him around car park to cool off (and MANY admiring glances and compliments!) 
popped him back in his stable and had a mooch around, went back to skip out and feed him and went off to walk xc course. Got to fence 11 and it started to get dark by fence 14 it was pitch
black. Fun times! Finished walking course in dark but couldn't find fence 17a and b. Oh well. Its thursday and not doing xc until sunday! Cooked some tea (chicken curry!) And went to bed early knackered!
Day 2. Dressage day!! :O
Fed rem at a delightful 7am, still pretty dark! And fed ourselves. Took him for a gentle stretch around car park and decided to work him in dressage warm up area, worked on leg yield and more counter canter as v lively! Had a tiny lunch, and started pampering and polishing ready to dressage at 2.52pm. Got into my top and tails courtesy of Kerilli (you are an absolute star! Near enough everyone in cic* and cci* even Mary King wore t+tails!) Worked him in, and went in.
Our first movement after saluting and turning left was medium trot across hxf.. Bloody boy broke into canter. Definitely due to me being v nervous and him being naughty because I was nervous. So got my act Together and completed a lovely test. I thought woooo I finished, and didn't go wrong!!! took a few more photos, hehe. And untacked, fed and put him into his stable and went off to walk xc again. We managed to find fence 17 this time.. Hehe. And after this walking of course, I felt I could do it, and it wasn't as scary as night before! The fences which are big, aren't very wide *phew* I am on a 15hher
Mooched to local pub after feeding and rugging rem. And had a fabulous meal, pan fried chicken wrapped in parma ham with grated mozrella (sp!!) Mooched home and went to.. zzzzzzzz.
Day 3 now, report later. Sj now arghhhhhh!!
xx
Day 1)
We left around 11am, stopped at Sedgemoor services for a meal
and arrived at Aldon for approx 3pm. Very good, seeing as without a stop it was meant to take about 4 hours! Made up a lot of time!!! We settled him in, and let him relax for an hour before taking him for a stretch and do some canter figures of 8 (one on correct lead, and one counter canter) which tires him out as when we loaded him at home he was doing bunny hops around his stable!!! Bit fit and lively and he went well so popped him away in his stables after walking him around car park to cool off (and MANY admiring glances and compliments!) popped him back in his stable and had a mooch around, went back to skip out and feed him and went off to walk xc course. Got to fence 11 and it started to get dark by fence 14 it was pitchblack. Fun times! Finished walking course in dark but couldn't find fence 17a and b. Oh well. Its thursday and not doing xc until sunday! Cooked some tea (chicken curry!) And went to bed early knackered!
Day 2. Dressage day!! :O
Fed rem at a delightful 7am, still pretty dark! And fed ourselves. Took him for a gentle stretch around car park and decided to work him in dressage warm up area, worked on leg yield and more counter canter as v lively! Had a tiny lunch, and started pampering and polishing ready to dressage at 2.52pm. Got into my top and tails courtesy of Kerilli (you are an absolute star! Near enough everyone in cic* and cci* even Mary King wore t+tails!) Worked him in, and went in.
Our first movement after saluting and turning left was medium trot across hxf.. Bloody boy broke into canter. Definitely due to me being v nervous and him being naughty because I was nervous. So got my act Together and completed a lovely test. I thought woooo I finished, and didn't go wrong!!!
took a few more photos, hehe. And untacked, fed and put him into his stable and went off to walk xc again. We managed to find fence 17 this time.. Hehe. And after this walking of course, I felt I could do it, and it wasn't as scary as night before! The fences which are big, aren't very wide *phew* I am on a 15hher Mooched to local pub after feeding and rugging rem. And had a fabulous meal, pan fried chicken wrapped in parma ham with grated mozrella (sp!!) Mooched home and went to.. zzzzzzzz.
Day 3 now, report later. Sj now arghhhhhh!!
xx
BUT there's always another day, and my dad doesn't want to sell him anymore, and says we may keep him for another season 