I am so sick of winter!

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I'm sick of muddy, boggy, bare fields. I've had enough of snow and ice and frozen arenas. I'm fed up with mud fever, frozen taps and £65 per month hay bills!

I don't know if it was the rotten summer followed by a horrible winter but I'm finding this year a lot harder and more miserable than previous years :(

On the plus side, it reached the heady heights of 8 degrees today and it was still light at 5pm - the only way is up right??
 
I agree, its gone on long enough and seems to have been down here anyway many more days of ice and snow than usual.

For us it was light until nearly 5.30pm which is great, gives me an afternoon to do things before I need to do the afternoon feeds, shut hens in etc!
 
Oh I know isn't it dire:(

Worst thing is i have a nasty feeling this summer isn't going to be any great shakes either.In fact they say it's a possibility we may face a 'series of wet summers',doesn't bear thinking about:(

The lighter nights are great though,may even be able to get some evening riding in next month!!

If can get enough mud off the horse to put tack on of course:rolleyes:

Holding good thoughts for all,and keeping everything crossed it get's better for everyone soon.
 
Oh I totally agree. It's been like a biblical flood since about last April. Mud, miserable horses, miserable owners, pig oil, high feed/hay bills...

I vote we all up sticks to the Canaries. Or Malta. I'm seriously considering it ;)
 
Bojingles just had photo's tonight of granddaughter having her riding lesson in the sun in Dubai today! Lots of horses there and fab facilities and lovely weather, only problem is in summer you have to live in air con (horses as well) !!!
 
I think it's now winter all year round except the days are longer.. Really hoping it's not constant rain again, it wasn't exactly dry the year before either, not in Northumberland anyway. Fingers crossed for better weather, shall we all do a sun dance or something?
 
I'm glad it's not just me! It is a bit worrying that the situation may get worse rather than better if we continue to have wet summers and wetter winters!
 
Me too - it seems to have been a real hard slog this year, wet, muddy, miserable hay bill has gone through the roof etc.,

I usually start to feel better around now as the nights start to draw out, but this year even though it is staying light for longer it still feels like really hard work.

Heres hoping that it will start to dry up soon - please
 
My pony has basically been a field ornament the last year. I have moved him to somewhere with a school now so at the very least I can lunge/ride in the school. Its outdoor so will still get wet but better than nothing! x
 
I am so sick of being wet and cold. I hate the dark mornings. I hate the snow. I hate the fact that when it snows my horses are up a big hill and our crap car can't get to the top and I have to trudge up carrying buckets.

I'm sick of the mud. I'm sick of breaking ice on the top of water troughs. I hate my nose and ears getting so cold they are numb.

I HATE WINTER!
 
Wet and mud is no fun. I always found the UK incredibly depressing about this time of year. My bouts of SAD lasted for about 9 months of the year :( I used to stop hunting, throw all the horses out and hibernate for a month. Which is why I moved :)

Now, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the ground is frozen solid and I have no mud :D
It looks like this here, and I love it.

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This is my forecast for the next 7 days:

http://www.farmzone.com/sevenday_forecast/so012

I would have to be paid to spend another winter in Britain.
 
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Im leaving for sunnier climes :D. I love the uk I really do and nowhere on this planet is more beautiful imo than the English countryside on a warm summers day. However the 9-10 months of the year where it is grey, cold and miserable make me want to hide!
I have done a lot today and its because its the first nice day we have had in ages. I feel so much more proactive when the sun shines. Its the difference between living and feeling like im just surviving.
I dont think it helps that we didnt have a summer last year, this has been a tough, depressing winter.
 
This is my 37th winter of keeping horses, and it is by far the worst ever, and this winter has been the first ever when I have considered giving up. Of course I never would and have lots to look forward to with the yearlings and a foal on the way. The foal is not due until early June but the weather will have to radically improve and not rain for weeks for the land to recover and be suitable for a newborn foal. Nature always puts herself right, we were droughted in Feb, March and April 2012, the tap was turned on in May and left on !! it is time to to turn it off now please.

The land has been too wet to use since July although I did use some of it and trash it, by November it was wetter and remains wetter than it has ever been. The totally trashed paddocks are knee deep on a 15.2h cob's legs and she refuses to go into the paddock.

Thankfully there is a covered strawed yard that opens onto an area of hardstanding and then goes out into a swamp paddock. The horses go out in 2's through a 24 hour period, to play in the straw, then they stand on the hardstanding if the sun is out. They, by choice, do not wade their way out into the swamp.

The hay bill is hitting £250 a month, endless mucking out, youngsters getting grumpy, old ones getting grumpy. The OH getting grumpy ! even the chickens have given up laying an egg or two for us. Can't remember the last time I rode and am not relishing the next time because the horse has stood in for an eternity. I put her in the straw yard and tell to have a run round, all she does is look at me like I am off my rocker.
 
Firewell said:
I love the uk I really do and nowhere on this planet is more beautiful imo than the English countryside on a warm summers day.

I feel so much more proactive when the sun shines. Its the difference between living and feeling like im just surviving.
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I feel exactly the same. Been looking at the sunshine out of my office window all day today thnking of all the useful things I could be getting on with if I wasn't at work!

Everything looks so different and much prettier when the sun is shining, I love our countryside too. Went to Portugal on holiday last year and couldn't wait to get back to fields and trees. Just a few months and the blue bells will be out :):)

Not long to go people, it will get better!
 
My friend lived in India and Thailand for 3 years and she has really struggled to settle here again because of the weather.

She finds it hard to get out of bed and find any motivation here whereas abroad she was full of life.

I can really understand why people winter abroad. I agree with Firewall in that you can't beat a beautiful english summers day but there just aren't enough of them to outweigh the more frequent rain, wind, mud etc
 
I'm just back from a week in the sun and it did wonders for me but coming home was horrible.

I'm not asking for soaring temperatures - I just want it to be dry, with a few hours of sunlight each day that will help the ground dry out, the grass grow and put us all in a better mood!

If this weather is a sign of things to come, I'd seriously contemplate moving from the uk.
 
Im another whos had enough, Im lucky that I have plenty of grass/fields so horses are out 24/7 and not eating much hay but still have to wade thru thick mud in the gates with full wheel barrows of poo. Hardly any hunting either which is my main equestrian activity so trying to keep horses fit in the vain hope we may have a meet but all very depressing.
 
i haven't enjoyed a minute of this winter, i feel seriously tempted to give up, sell up, go on a holiday to the Caribbean, and get my hair and nails done instead of mauling around in deep mud every day. it has been truly dire.
 
ive seriously had enough . the last 3 years have been a struggle and i cant remember a summer in that time . when the sun shines and its warm i feel alive and cant do enough . when its like this winter i want to cry. i feel like im just existing not living .
 
So glad its not just me. Good=Huge fields so boys out 24/7. Bad=wading through knee deep slurry with a stroppy NF baby in each hand keen for "dry & eat lots of hay time!"Very Bad=lost "lifetime jumping pony" last June unexpectedly. Haven't got anywhere through raw black grief yet (& husband has run out of sympathy) Took on lovely forest bred untouched 4 yo to give me focus. He's hacking out nicely now BUT I just can't bond with him and am making "Its raining AGAIN" excuses not to ride him. Feel like giving it all up:(
 
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