Caol Ila
Well-Known Member
An obsession.
Loved horses from the moment I can remember. My parents tell me they took me on a trip to Iceland at age 2, and the only way I could be placated was with toy horses. Luckily, Iceland provided because their horses are such a culturally important thing, so you can get toy ones in all the tourist shops. It went downhill from there. Riding lessons from age 6-ish onwards. A massive stable of Breyer horses. My own real live at horse at age 13. I haven't been without one since. I've made tough choices, not done things like become a ski bum or moved to Moab, UT, but when Gypsum was in her final years and I realised that I could be horseless, travel, finish the munros, get better at rock climbing, what did I do? I bought 2-year old filly. Then Gypsum's final years quickly and unexpectedly became final months, and I realised it would be a while before I could ride the filly. That could have been an opportunity to travel and do things while the filly didn't require much time and effort, just growing up and being a baby. Did I do that? The f*ck I did. I bought Fin.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
Loved horses from the moment I can remember. My parents tell me they took me on a trip to Iceland at age 2, and the only way I could be placated was with toy horses. Luckily, Iceland provided because their horses are such a culturally important thing, so you can get toy ones in all the tourist shops. It went downhill from there. Riding lessons from age 6-ish onwards. A massive stable of Breyer horses. My own real live at horse at age 13. I haven't been without one since. I've made tough choices, not done things like become a ski bum or moved to Moab, UT, but when Gypsum was in her final years and I realised that I could be horseless, travel, finish the munros, get better at rock climbing, what did I do? I bought 2-year old filly. Then Gypsum's final years quickly and unexpectedly became final months, and I realised it would be a while before I could ride the filly. That could have been an opportunity to travel and do things while the filly didn't require much time and effort, just growing up and being a baby. Did I do that? The f*ck I did. I bought Fin.
I don't know what's wrong with me.