Big puddles outside my stable, what can I put down to help?

[starry94]

There is a very slight slope out side my stale which means that when it rains sometimes it will drain down to outside my door. I don't have concrete outside my stable, just grass. Luckily it doesn't get boggy, the water will just sit there.
Does anyone else have this kind of problem? What do you put down? I was looking at those rubber matts with holes in designed for gateways but not sure if it will do anything
Ta

 

[flirtygerty]

bumping this for you, I'd be interested in any replies

 

[Jill Crewe]

maybe you could dig it out a bit...fill the hole with something that would give good drainage like broken up hardcore...then pack it all in again then maybe put the matting down?

 

[dressedkez]

Hard core - it has worked for me..........Last winter all my stables flooded, and I tasked my husband with doing something about it - he is a farmer and therefore agricultural in his outlook - he ordered 40 tonne of hard core that he put down as a base for the stables and the areas around them. At the time I lambasted him, as the stones were huge - but we invested in lots of shavings to put on top of the stones - and yesterday everything on the farm was washed out except my stables......I had to do some big humble pie eating......!!

 

[flirtygerty]

Would hardcore work on very muddy ground due to underground streams, my OH and I can't agree what will work, mud is so bad I'm wanting to build them a bridge to get to the barn