Really fed up of this damn weather now!

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All horses hardly getting ridden.

Feel like I've broken my toes countless times trying to toe-push frozen concrete poohs.

Fed up of lugging water and having to use the only tap that works to refill the water bins. Which is in the most awkward place, hidden in the ground, under a parked tractor, after climbing through metal feeders to get to it!

Even the feed bins are freezing over night. Having to break feed up with a damn shovel or similar to loosen it up twice a day.

I have the biggest jaw ache on one side - aches like mad when I yawn. I'm guessing from clenching teeth so much in the cold lately! [Can you 'sprain' your jaw lol?!?]

I spent £20 pound on a pair of freaking socks [Granted, very nice, very warm, very long, socks! But still.....£20!!! For socks]

Along with £18 gloves with the lack of fingers and mitton type thing to fold over [As everything on our yard is impossible to do with thick, normal gloves and was getting fed up of getting cold hands constantly].

Along with a ridiculously priced winter strength hoody.

And soon-to-be-mine new tweed coat which is equally even more extortionate than all of the above put together and not needed - but SO pretty, And made the mistake of trying it on. Again, I'm blaming the weather for this as I'd have NEVER gone into that particular tack shop if it wasn't so cold that I'd needed to buy gloves and socks that instant, therefore would never have seen it under normal circumstances!

And. I'm getting my baby started. Or rather, WANT TO. But I can't. As it's so damn icy out.

Oh. And there's about 60+ horses to sort each day throughout all of this. 75% of them being traditionals. Which after week 2 of no washing out, REALLY need some bloody baths again. Which I can't obviously. As they'd well. Turn into ice sculptures!

And it's now snowing I'm told. Again. Which I'm refusing to look out the window to validate. I'm pretending it's the tropics out there instead.


Roll on summer. PLEASE!!!!!



*Rant over*GrumblesI'mSoNotaWinterPerson*
 
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You really have got the winter blues but then if I had 60+ horses I think I would too!

I have 2 things to moan about:

1) after months if not years of being terrified to hack I now have new sensible loan horsey and am dying to get out hacking but it's too icy.

2) have arranged to go to see Warhorse with yard friend on Saturday for the 2nd time after the snow put a stop to it last week and we're expecting more snow on Saturday!
 
xxMozlarxx said:
1 month and the clocks change!!! X
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I.love.you. Haha. I didn't even think about this till now! I'm starting a countdown as from now. That's now my little shred of hope lol.

Yeah...Mostly work ones :) About 1/3 or so are 2y/os that live out over 30-odd acres but need to be checked/fed/etc daily, then another 1/3 are split up over barns and then about another 1/3 are stabled. Hectic!!!
 
I'm fed up to, cant ride spent all week digging the snow off the school for it to be covered again.
Have a recently new horse we were just starting to get somewhere with him and had to stop and as he's still a baby won't start again till 100% of snow anf ice has gone.
Booked some days off to go xc and have jump lessons but all been cancelled.
Only good thing is my horse is enjoying his sudden holiday a little to much and is very happy chilling out in the field, while I stress about his weight.
 
Dont mind frozen as its better than mud (remind me why I moved to muddy essex from home where even the gateways to the fields wernt muddy) but the ice needs to p off :mad:. I cant hack any more as the drive to the yard is an ice rink and we dont have a school but if I could get out then the roads outside are fine and would be perfect for a hack.
 
Me fed up too. Had horse clipped as he was getting so hot and sweaty with more work in the warm, mild winter. Ever since he was clipped it has got colder and colder and he hasn't been ridden for a week. Wish I had gone out this morning as it is snowing now.

Roll on spring.
 
dafthoss said:
Dont mind frozen as its better than mud (remind me why I moved to muddy essex from home where even the gateways to the fields wernt muddy) but the ice needs to p off :mad:. I cant hack any more as the drive to the yard is an ice rink and we dont have a school but if I could get out then the roads outside are fine and would be perfect for a hack.
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All our roads are icy as well. Can't ride. Horrible, missing my horse. I was getting on well with winter up to now!
 
Fed up got new saddle for one horse last Monday and not been on her since horses getting bored doing nothing and got sheep and lambs that could do with going out in field to make room for in lamb ewes which are eating us out of house and home!
 
Saw this on FB, it made me smile.

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All the water taps frozen up.

Field shelter falling down and too dangerous to use.

Filly in stable with hoof abscess, going bonkers, all previous good manners gone out the window (hers, not mine, although..). Spending about 2 hours every day wrestling with her on my own round and round an icy yard just to try and poultice her hoof.

Unhorsey YO turns up and says he's concerned about the amount of mud in the field. HE'S concerned! Snort!!!! he then suggests I turn the horses out in the adjoining woods (where there's absolutely no grass at all) 'but don't them eat the trees..'.

OH is moaning because I have to go to the yard twice a day and I'm using too much diesel. Wait until he sees the filly's vet bill then, that's really going to please him. Not.

Got a load of hay delivered last week and it's rubbish.

My wheelbarrow is broken.......

...and everything feels like such hard work. What's more if any of my non horsey mates tell me they're off to the gym again they are going to get a poke in the eye with a pooey stick. And breathe...
 
My feet feel detatched from my body, even though I'm wearing the thickest socks known to man. I'm riding the racehorses out on the icy roads and one thinks he's starring in dancing on ice and leaping about before skidding along. He also did this out in the field in the snow and did a perfect forward roll. My stables look like s**t because the horses are standing in most of the day apart from our icy hacks and have taken to digging. If they manage to tunnell to Australia then I will be very pleased!!!
 
I can handle cold & frost but last night we got another 2" of snow :(

pony been stablebound since last Sunday, can't turn out due to last year one of other liveries had a bad case of colic from guzzling ice cold water & eating snow so they have to stay in now:( arena is now under 6" of snow & the paths are an ice rink.

Fedup. Com
 
The snow was okay, but now everywhere is just sheet ice, its lethal out there! My mare is totally fed up as she can't go out. :/ Her field is actually okay, but to get to it you have to go on a lane up a steep hill, and not even cars are stupid enough to go down/up it, so there is no chance Bella is going to go up it! Even our own drive at home is awful, we live on a hill, and also have a really steep drive.. that's just covered in black ice :rolleyes:

Roll on spring, summer, or any season minus the freaking ice!!!
 
Where to start, 3 months of rain, mare and 10 month daughter out 24/7, twice a day visits with feed, hay and water (no waterers, rented field) up a crappy lane with no turning or passing points.
Two working horses stabled 9 miles in the opposite direction, got them both fit, clipped one who has barely been worked this last three weeks due to frozen school, old boy has a hoof abcess, slightly unsound can't work so he's miserable. Both in because I won't risk the young one out in the frozen field with the rabble now that he's BE registered and the old boy won't leave the field gate if young boy isn't out????!!!!
Missed 3 WEs competing. Arrrrrgh!!!
BEING DRIVEN MAD:eek:
 
Same here.....got made redundant at the end of Jan, have all of Feb off before starting new job on 1st March....planned so much, have done nothing.....

Haven't been able to ride/hunt once, have a three year old to break who is SO ready now, but can't even get him out of the field safely. :-(

Our lane is ungritted so is like a skating rink even in a Discovery.

Roll on Spring......mind you, am dreading this snow melting as everywhere will be flooded then!

Chin up everyone xx
 
Golly uve all made me feel soooo much better!! weve had one day of snow (gone the next) one day of ice skating on the yard and no turnout! we do have a frozen hosepipe but other taps are working fine , ive had a cold but not tooo bad, i wear my ski salopettes and they keep my legs warm.ive sold my tb and my cob is off being schooled away and they have an indoor school so business as usual! so im left with just one small pony to look after _ive never had it so easy!! living in wales doesnt look too bad at the minute (give it 10 mins and it will be raining again):rolleyes:
 
agree with everything said above....the riding part is killing me though. luckily enough we can turn put as its safe going to the fields and the fields seem to be holding up so its a good thing.
i do think i will be buying industrial strength super glue for the seat of my saddle for when I finally do get on again! (i think i will need extra extra sticky bum jods so if anyone knows of any let me know!!!!)
I am getting really depressed now! I am worried sick about my boys weight as everytime i check under his rugs I swear he has lost at least 100kg's even though I rug him up toasty!!
If this doesnt clear soon im going to go to my docs and get signed off with "i cant ride my horse" depression! but if i did that I would be sat at home doing nothing as I cant ride cause of the damn snow!!
Oh I cant win!
 
know how you feel though fortunately we have not had much snow. when weather was mild couldn't ride because horse had an abcess. finally able to ride last weekend but snow came then rain on top and ice rink etc. starting to thaw a bit here now but now have a rotten cold. i keep trying to tell myself that only a few weeks to go until spring and clocks changing. i do wonder sometimes why i keep horses in this climate though.
 
ChristmasSparkles said:
All horses hardly getting ridden.

Feel like I've broken my toes countless times trying to toe-push frozen concrete poohs.

Fed up of lugging water and having to use the only tap that works to refill the water bins. Which is in the most awkward place, hidden in the ground, under a parked tractor, after climbing through metal feeders to get to it!

Even the feed bins are freezing over night. Having to break feed up with a damn shovel or similar to loosen it up twice a day.

I have the biggest jaw ache on one side - aches like mad when I yawn. I'm guessing from clenching teeth so much in the cold lately! [Can you 'sprain' your jaw lol?!?]

I spent £20 pound on a pair of freaking socks [Granted, very nice, very warm, very long, socks! But still.....£20!!! For socks]

Along with £18 gloves with the lack of fingers and mitton type thing to fold over [As everything on our yard is impossible to do with thick, normal gloves and was getting fed up of getting cold hands constantly].

Along with a ridiculously priced winter strength hoody.

And soon-to-be-mine new tweed coat which is equally even more extortionate than all of the above put together and not needed - but SO pretty, And made the mistake of trying it on. Again, I'm blaming the weather for this as I'd have NEVER gone into that particular tack shop if it wasn't so cold that I'd needed to buy gloves and socks that instant, therefore would never have seen it under normal circumstances!

And. I'm getting my baby started. Or rather, WANT TO. But I can't. As it's so damn icy out.

Oh. And there's about 60+ horses to sort each day throughout all of this. 75% of them being traditionals. Which after week 2 of no washing out, REALLY need some bloody baths again. Which I can't obviously. As they'd well. Turn into ice sculptures!

And it's now snowing I'm told. Again. Which I'm refusing to look out the window to validate. I'm pretending it's the tropics out there instead.


Roll on summer. PLEASE!!!!!



*Rant over*GrumblesI'mSoNotaWinterPerson*
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And your point is?:D:D:D

I haven't got 60+ (!!!) horses, but we're frozen and snowed up, haven't been able to ride more than half a dozen times due to weather and shooting every other day a couple of fields away.
 
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