Hippona
Well-Known Member
anyone else noticed there seems to be huge amounts of poppies in the crop fields this year?
My hack through Yorkshire opium fields last night
My hack through Yorkshire opium fields last night
Poppies.....
- Thread starter Hippona
- Start date
twobearsarthur
Well-Known Member
No but there all loads all along the sides of the M62 near Leeds that Ive never noticed before.
Maybe the Shire is starting up a new cottage industry!!!
Maybe the Shire is starting up a new cottage industry!!!
TheoryX1
Well-Known Member
Lovely photo. I have to say that we did notice a hell of a lot of poppies in the fields surrounding Stonar Horse trials a couple of weeks ago.
Hippona
Well-Known Member
Must be.....all around my yard the fields are full off poppies...and its all crops too...rape, wheat etc.....looks lovely.
My farrier came last week and asked if the farmer was branching out
pixie
Well-Known Member
Yes, there is a rape field near me that looks more like a poppy field. Thankfully we don't have too many in our fields.
bluewhippet
Well-Known Member
Not where I ride - lots in my garden though! And unfortunately with ill daughter all week, that is more of what I have been seeing..
Wanted to ask you what you did about your Arab saddle situation? I know you had problems. I am waiting for saddle fitter (another 2 weeks' still) and I can tell how unbalanced he is in the present fit. Minutest changes in his lopsided shape make the saddle unusable.
considering all options, although lovely saddle fitter will probably just arrive and flock a tiny area and everything will be fine.
Wanted to ask you what you did about your Arab saddle situation? I know you had problems. I am waiting for saddle fitter (another 2 weeks' still) and I can tell how unbalanced he is in the present fit. Minutest changes in his lopsided shape make the saddle unusable.
considering all options, although lovely saddle fitter will probably just arrive and flock a tiny area and everything will be fine.
RainbowDash
Well-Known Member
I love seeing poppies - my garden is full of them - theres a facebook campaign asking people randomly plant poppie seeds fir next year - ****** to get rid of once they're in but I live them xx
Hippona
Well-Known Member
Well....I got a Thorowgood t4 cob.....and blow me down its bloomin marvellous!
Fits great...very secure, we've been bombing around all over the place.... I prefer it to the made to measure one, have to say. I've kept that for the day he eventually stops changing shape, if that ever happens lol.
For us, bucking in canter and jogging is when I know he's not happy with the saddle and since we got the T4 there's been none of that. I got it on trial from Saddles Direct...
Hope your daughter is ok??
lhotse
Well-Known Member
They are my favourite flower, nothing as stunning as a field of poppies!! Poppies like disturbed ground, hence why they grow on the battlefields, so I wonder if last year's poor summer and consequential churning of the ground has gone in their favour, like it did with the buttercups. Also, modern farming initiatives are promoting the growth of flowers such as poppies and corn flowers. Long may it continue!!
Hippona
Well-Known Member
I wondered if that were so...
Hippona
Well-Known Member
Really? That's brilliant. I've loved the fields this year'......stunning.
bluewhippet
Well-Known Member
Think daughter should be at a private school where they break up 2 weeks' earlier as by the end of terms she is always a physical wreck,poor thing.
when he can't strike off in canter and just gets very hollow backed, I can tell it the saddle. Just seems to come back to saddle fit every few months. If he didn't have such a highly developed sense of fun in the school, I would try bareback but I think I'd end up very very sandy!
Shadow the Reindeer
Well-Known Member
I think they're growing Purple Poppies down South, something to do with medicinal purposes (Morphine)..
Hippona
Well-Known Member
In all honesty I wouldn't dare ride mine bareback
Used to ride my old horse bareback often, and I've ridden daughters pony....but Azzy? Naaaa'...better off just cutting out the middle man and throwing myself face down on the floor
Used to ride my old horse bareback often, and I've ridden daughters pony....but Azzy? Naaaa'...better off just cutting out the middle man and throwing myself face down on the floor