NeverSayNever
Well-Known Member
My horses are in a field just a few hundred yards from my house, on the other side of a river. I also have a wee paddock and stable at my house. At 10am this morning I got a call from a neighbour who said you need to get here now or you wont get your horses out 
He said hes sat and watched the level rise 6 inches in 10 minutes!!!
The problem being I have a 4 1/2 month old baby and was home alone! To top it all my truck, sods law, is in for its service so I had my hubbies wee fiesta!! My plan was to go down in the car and leave my baby with the neighbour and get the horses back safely by foot, then go back for him. However I got in the car and drove down over the wee bridge to be met with the river having burst and running over the road. I got out of the car and said neighbour saw me and came out and stood at the other side of the water and shouted over he didnt think id get the car through
I paddled about in it thought i didnt want to risk it with my little one in the car - looked across and to my horror saw my 2 marooned on a tiny dry patch by the gate - the entire field being under water I dont mean standing water a few inches deep either -think proper angry fast flowing torrent! : Im also looking after another neighbours horses at the moment who were marooned up at their stables, which at least they can get into and is up a steep bank.
So I had to reverse the car back and go to another neighbour who thankfully was home and get her to look after my baby while I ran back down with headcollars, not quite knowing what I was going to do! I got across the water with a hand on the fence. It wasnt that deep tbh, top of my wellies but very fast flowing and i could really feel the drag. I know in years gone by a car was washed off there down the field
I got my 2 and honestly lol (im laughing now looking back) it was like something from a Jinny book. I got them to the edge of the water on the road and by the time Id got back it was way over my knees and very noisy I was so worried they wouldnt go near it. Lolly my mini shetland was following a little behind my Sec D on a longer rope and I literally walked purposefully to the water and had to shout over the noise to her and my brave brave girl didnt even falter or hesitate! She snorted and was a bit wild eyed but she followed me steadily into the water and didnt question! Lolly applied the brakes and bless her, went no way Mum, its up to my tummy I was literally stood in the flood with Joy , with Lolly at the end of her rope shouting to her and hoping she would take Joys lead and bless her, she did and kind of plunged in and half cantered, half bounded through!!! I have never been so relieved !!
So alls well that ends well as they are safely in at home now
It was always something I worried about, being on my own with my baby but its shown me there is always a way in a crisis Not too happy about my fencing or jumps though
my field
where they were marooned at the gate
that they let me lead them through!
He said hes sat and watched the level rise 6 inches in 10 minutes!!! The problem being I have a 4 1/2 month old baby and was home alone! To top it all my truck, sods law, is in for its service so I had my hubbies wee fiesta!! My plan was to go down in the car and leave my baby with the neighbour and get the horses back safely by foot, then go back for him. However I got in the car and drove down over the wee bridge to be met with the river having burst and running over the road. I got out of the car and said neighbour saw me and came out and stood at the other side of the water and shouted over he didnt think id get the car through
I paddled about in it thought i didnt want to risk it with my little one in the car - looked across and to my horror saw my 2 marooned on a tiny dry patch by the gate - the entire field being under water I dont mean standing water a few inches deep either -think proper angry fast flowing torrent! : Im also looking after another neighbours horses at the moment who were marooned up at their stables, which at least they can get into and is up a steep bank.So I had to reverse the car back and go to another neighbour who thankfully was home and get her to look after my baby while I ran back down with headcollars, not quite knowing what I was going to do! I got across the water with a hand on the fence. It wasnt that deep tbh, top of my wellies but very fast flowing and i could really feel the drag. I know in years gone by a car was washed off there down the field
I got my 2 and honestly lol (im laughing now looking back) it was like something from a Jinny book. I got them to the edge of the water on the road and by the time Id got back it was way over my knees and very noisy
I was so worried they wouldnt go near it. Lolly my mini shetland was following a little behind my Sec D on a longer rope and I literally walked purposefully to the water and had to shout over the noise to her and my brave brave girl didnt even falter or hesitate! She snorted and was a bit wild eyed but she followed me steadily into the water and didnt question! Lolly applied the brakes and bless her, went no way Mum, its up to my tummy I was literally stood in the flood with Joy , with Lolly at the end of her rope shouting to her and hoping she would take Joys lead and bless her, she did and kind of plunged in and half cantered, half bounded through!!! I have never been so relieved !!So alls well that ends well as they are safely in at home now
It was always something I worried about, being on my own with my baby but its shown me there is always a way in a crisis Not too happy about my fencing or jumps thoughmy field
where they were marooned at the gate
that they let me lead them through!
