I haven't ridden since Christmas Eve...

I've been trying to ride as much as I can while I've got this two weeks off work over Xmas. I managed a longish walk today, but all we can do is plod or trot around the local villages as everywhere is flooded and muddy and horrible.

The plan was to hack him out as much as possible because he gets too excited and strong out on hacks cause he doesn't do enough of it (seriously, no one believes me when I say he's almost 16.... I'm planning to take him in a veterans ridden class at the next local show just to see if the judges believe me :p Silly horsey of mine!)

So I want to do as much as possible while the arena down the track is waterlogged and the field is unsuitable for riding in as well. I've done as much as possible.... but riding in the rain is no fun, and riding around the village in strong winds borders on dangerous (I know a woman who lost her horse going out hacking on a windy day and crisp packet blew in the horses face, it took off and in a blind panic went straight into someone's brick wall)

I am getting schooling/lesson withdrawals though :(
 
Me and daughter took our 2 round the block today, first time in over a week. Bloody awful weather dry at last but windy, spitting with rain and everywhere fetlock deep in mud. Makes you not want to bother. Ours live out so we don't have to exercise them. Would say roll on spring but been saying that for last 3 winters and spring's crap too.
 
Wow! Lots of replys! Yay, I'm not the only one!
I did drag myself off the sofa and went for a hack yesterday - at quite a pace! You could tell he hadn't been sat on since Monday!

So he was good ish out, just when we got home it all went wrong!
I put him away in his stable for the night, went to go and get my other boy in, come back to find stable door wide open and no Jimmy!!!
Bloody idiot horse decided to bust out and gallop round to the two little ponies kept in another field! Not sure what came over him....seriously annoyed me though and now have a buckled door to sort out!
See....I shouldn't have bothered after all! Lol!
 
I've been quite good this Christmas, but I am bringing on my mare, so it's an extra goal. Trouble is, I was giving her a day off today and although Henry is safe in the wind, he really hates the rain in his face, now he's older. So I left them with hay on restricted grazing and am sat with a snoozing kitty on my lap. Trying to gain oomph to visit a tack shop friend, but kitty is so warm and snoring gently.
 
The weather is just so uninspiring, we don't get like this is the summer! Everything just seems like such an effort, when I'm at work I struggle to get the motivation to ride in the evenings, but I've had a lovely long stretch off over Xmas and ny that I've found myself riding most days which has been lovely :) however roll on spring!!
 
Oh well done, that was my goal to ride every day but I've failed miserably!
Raining again today but see tomorrow will be nice so I'll go out for a nice few hours to make up for only getting out twice so far this Christmas holiday!
I'm blaming the weather...
 
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