Spring - on the way 😀 ???

Was lovely here yesterday, definitely felt like spring and the horse had a good bomb around the place like a lamb.

Back to rain today but it feels less bleak!
 
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Friday night was horrendous here. We have suffered flooding along the Trent and the Mease. Our tack room was flooded overnight for the first time this year, despite all the other heavy rain we have had. The weather improved Saturday afternoon and thankfully today has been dry. Next week looks pretty dry and warmer so fingers crossed we are over the worst although I'm not holding my breath!
 
A lovely spring like day here today - blue skies with sun shining and just a few fluffy white clouds and a gentle breeze. Horses have gone out naked and I will just have to close my eyes to the mud when they come in. Lawns were cut last week :)

Hopefully this isn't a false spring and will continue like this for the foreseeable future.
 
We had a horrible Saturday and a nice-ish Sunday, overcast and windy today. Horse has turned into a fire-breathing dragon that I say 3 Hail Mary's before getting on though, so I guess spring may be coming 🙃
 
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We had a horrible Saturday and a nice-ish Sunday, overcast and windy today. Horse has turned into a fire-breathing dragon that I say 3 Hail Mary's before getting on though, so I guess spring may be coming 🙃
Last week I had cause to ask the question of my animals: "why is everybody choosing chaos tonight?"

Quite aside from the buds, blossom, curlews and lambs, this has always been my surest omen that spring is upon us.
 
Last week I had cause to ask the question of my animals: "why is everybody choosing chaos tonight?"

Quite aside from the buds, blossom, curlews and lambs, this has always been my surest omen that spring is upon us.

Mine who has been sedately hacking up and down the lanes for the last 6 months randomly chose violence last night. Screaming his head off dramatically when he saw another horse, cantering sideways all the way home, near enough tried to kill us both when he spotted an offensive flappy tarp through the hedge. "Ah, spring in here" I muttered to myself through gritted teeth as we bounced along.....
 
It’s been lovely here for the past two days - grass is definitely growing now. Horses were out naked - and I’ve even left fly rugs on tonight - they aren’t clipped and one is overweight. I was going to put 0g on them but they had been running about just before I went to them and were rather warm so I decided against it, it’s not meant to be cold here tonight but this is the earliest I’ve ever left their rugs off overnight!
 
Not as exciting as curlews, but heard my first yellowhammer of the year. No idea if this is a recognised indicator of spring, but nice to hear in addition to the skylarks
 
It's been sunny in Cambridgeshire today and hasn't rained much for a couple of days. It feels like Spring is finally on its way.
 
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