Roasted Chestnuts
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Been a fun last two days off, I'm back at work after my surgery now, easing into it slowly to make sure I don't stress the surgery site too much. I'm also back at the gym and tentatively training towards getting back on court 
The weather has been lovely up here the past two days so I made the most of it yesterday and went for a hack. It was just what I needed even though Kia wasn't feeling himself for the first half hour of the hack, he did seem to wake up to himself after we got going. The pics speak for themselves I think.
Today I wanted to tidy up his clip and take the neck and flanks off to allow him more breathing space as he was sweating up a fair bit even though our hacks are mostly in walk and trot. I was basically giving him a blanket with the belly on. Well it wasn't to be, as I was doing the leg lines he decided that lifting and stretching out a leg would be appropriate and it shot the clippers right up his flanks, i just stood there looking at it then thought ****** it and started stripping the lot off. I'll just have to up the rug weights earlier than I wanted to.
There is an annoyance factor today as well as I wanted to go for another little saunter as now I cannot ride unless it is my day off. He is still in the field with the only the mare that cannot eat hay so I have to bring her in and give her a feed every time I want to do something with Him. So sorting his clip took me over an hour, I then rinsed him off and left him to dry whilst I went home for a quick shower and change then I came back and realised I couldn't ride as I couldn't give her another big bucket of feed for the hour I was going to be out, I couldn't leave her either as she had been in since ten and this was now just after one so I had to just rug him up and turn him out.
I know it may seem selfish but I get set days off on my rota and with no school or lit area to ride it means I have to ride out a hack in the dark if I don't get to ride on my days off, so having to dictate my riding around other people's horses is really getting to me. I have spoken to the mares owner and she is wanting her put to sleep but she co owns her with her sister and her sister doesn't want to put her down. I feel for her but I'm getting to the end of my tether with it all
Anyways the best bit pics 
Hacking pics
My favourite pic of the day
Before
After
Pulling faces and grumping to get turned out
Rolling
The weather has been lovely up here the past two days so I made the most of it yesterday and went for a hack. It was just what I needed even though Kia wasn't feeling himself for the first half hour of the hack, he did seem to wake up to himself after we got going.
The pics speak for themselves I think. Today I wanted to tidy up his clip and take the neck and flanks off to allow him more breathing space as he was sweating up a fair bit even though our hacks are mostly in walk and trot. I was basically giving him a blanket with the belly on. Well it wasn't to be, as I was doing the leg lines he decided that lifting and stretching out a leg would be appropriate and it shot the clippers right up his flanks, i just stood there looking at it then thought ****** it and started stripping the lot off. I'll just have to up the rug weights earlier than I wanted to.
There is an annoyance factor today as well as I wanted to go for another little saunter as now I cannot ride unless it is my day off. He is still in the field with the only the mare that cannot eat hay so I have to bring her in and give her a feed every time I want to do something with Him. So sorting his clip took me over an hour, I then rinsed him off and left him to dry whilst I went home for a quick shower and change then I came back and realised I couldn't ride as I couldn't give her another big bucket of feed for the hour I was going to be out, I couldn't leave her either as she had been in since ten and this was now just after one so I had to just rug him up and turn him out.
I know it may seem selfish but I get set days off on my rota and with no school or lit area to ride it means I have to ride out a hack in the dark if I don't get to ride on my days off, so having to dictate my riding around other people's horses is really getting to me. I have spoken to the mares owner and she is wanting her put to sleep but she co owns her with her sister and her sister doesn't want to put her down. I feel for her but I'm getting to the end of my tether with it all
Anyways the best bit
pics Hacking pics
My favourite pic of the day
Before
After
Pulling faces and grumping to get turned out
Rolling
