These are my stables, full of cobwebs, breeze block and flaky paint!
And the farmer was good enough to let me cut a hole inbetween the stables so they could see each other. I couldnt cut the pipe above his head as if i move i need to replace the wall and its structural but it doesnt cause any problems at all. Heres Ty looking into Inky's stable
This is there "home"for about 9 months of the year!
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OOoo Rauscara, where did you get that grooming tray that is hanging over the door -how handy is that?!
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It was a Secret Santa present from HHO!! A couple of years ago - and I never did discover who the superstar was who sent it to me!
If I could find out who it was, I would thank them! I use it every day
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Ooo ChicoMio I love the stone walling in there - looks like a wine cellar! There's something really nice about the light too.
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Thank you! That barn had been bricked up for fifteen years, we had to get into it and renovate it in four weeks as that was all the notice we had that the horses were arriving from Andalucia
And that doesn't show the fact that it sloped violently and one end of it was under about 5ft of wood and brush, used for the bread oven. We actually found a bullock cart in pieces (rotten unfortunately) buried under it all! We just emptied it and caved all the roof in (4 inch thick slates) to fill it up before the hardcore and concrete went down.
that looks just heavenly to me - like lots of places I've seen in rural France and Wales. You did a great job in a very short time - well done you. Jealous!
At out last yard, big barn with stables down either side, all the horses were well settled in here as they could see each and 'talk' over the dividing partions
And there was never any problems
This was the previous yard, didnt want to leave here but circumstances caused us to. Our stable was the corner one in the bottom covered bit
Doors look clean because they'd just been painted, you should have seen them before!
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Mavis you win the prize! That is the most anal bed I have ever seen, if I did mine like that I wouldn't let them back in the box to walk on it!!
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Sad isn't it, yet at the same time I am weirdly thrilled by my own anality (new word!)
Hehe! It is satisying to be anal about things in an odd way, I used to be when I just had one horse (still not THAT anal though!) Now I just can't be arsed quite honestly!!
I can't believe how flat and level the entire bed is!! I am particualrly impressed by the neatness of the bank going around the pillar...its just flawless darrllllllliiinnnnngggg!
angel bones - its not often i get jelous, i think its highly unattractive trait. but omg i am so jelous of your barn&yard it has everything i want - think i even spy a washing machine too ! lucky you.
my lot moved in whilst only half finished. there clean, dry, warm and safe thats all that matters. will take some more pics on sunday and post. i found it really hard coming out of an indoor barn on a nice livery yard to my own field but it is worth it.
scratching our heads...
finished enough for horses to move in. got lots to finish off though.
shock horro at the build materials still left as you can see i nthe corner.
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Mavis you win the prize! That is the most anal bed I have ever seen, if I did mine like that I wouldn't let them back in the box to walk on it!!
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Sad isn't it, yet at the same time I am weirdly thrilled by my own anality (new word!)
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OMG!! I thought there was no-one else as bad as me... All the banks have to be equal and the bed brushed back into a perfect line and thoroughly brushed outside too!! Everyone on my yard laughs at my anality.... lovin that word