Sparkles
Well-Known Member
Took Hairy out earlier for a quiet stroll for a couple of hours.
However, about 3/4 of our way round [after finding some lovely set-asides to go round which go on for miles and are all topped, light and fluffy to foot!] my ankle which I thought was on the mend, turned out it wasn't :/ Which I found out midway through having a lovely rolling canter up a hill. Cue throbbing ankle again and blazing bloody pain. And at which point, the plastic bag I had on the saddle with my drinks bottle in, snapped, and lost my drink into the stream -_- Got off, retrieved the bottle, got back on again [cue ankle throbbing more]. Boots and chaps were digging right in where it was swelling and couldn't take wearing them anymore, so [whilst juggling reins one handed, untangling myself from his mane, balancing a big litre bottle of drink and undoing my chap and taking my boot off.
Hairy, luckily, is a saint and just stood there quietly with this all going on top of him [secretly sighing at me I think. His street cred's well and truly gone this week ,what with shopping and now me playing something resembling Jenga on him!]
So, managed to take my boot off to my foots relief and wasn't hurting as much with it off.
And then had to ride home for the next 40mins, one handed, barefoot on one foot hanging out the stirrup, juggling the bottle, my boot and chap with a broken bag hanging off him too.
Not our best look
Luckily never bumped into anyone! Got back and spent the next 20mins cold hosing MY leg and grabbing some ubuprofen. FFS. I felt like a bloody horse.
*sigh*
What have you all been up to today anywy?
However, about 3/4 of our way round [after finding some lovely set-asides to go round which go on for miles and are all topped, light and fluffy to foot!] my ankle which I thought was on the mend, turned out it wasn't :/ Which I found out midway through having a lovely rolling canter up a hill. Cue throbbing ankle again and blazing bloody pain. And at which point, the plastic bag I had on the saddle with my drinks bottle in, snapped, and lost my drink into the stream -_- Got off, retrieved the bottle, got back on again [cue ankle throbbing more]. Boots and chaps were digging right in where it was swelling and couldn't take wearing them anymore, so [whilst juggling reins one handed, untangling myself from his mane, balancing a big litre bottle of drink and undoing my chap and taking my boot off.
Hairy, luckily, is a saint and just stood there quietly with this all going on top of him [secretly sighing at me I think. His street cred's well and truly gone this week ,what with shopping and now me playing something resembling Jenga on him!]
So, managed to take my boot off to my foots relief and wasn't hurting as much with it off.
And then had to ride home for the next 40mins, one handed, barefoot on one foot hanging out the stirrup, juggling the bottle, my boot and chap with a broken bag hanging off him too.
Not our best look
Luckily never bumped into anyone! Got back and spent the next 20mins cold hosing MY leg and grabbing some ubuprofen. FFS. I felt like a bloody horse.*sigh*
What have you all been up to today anywy?
