What Essentials Do You Take To The Yard In Winter?

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Well, what the title states!

I need my Chicken Noodle and Minestrone Cuppa Soups waiting for my in the tack room.

Couldn't go without them.

I think all mine are interested in during Winter is the bigger amounts of warm, sloppy Fibre Beet in their hard feed.

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Gloves, wooly hat and plenty of socks! But then I have horses out the back door so don't have far to go!
 
Tea/hot chocolate/coffee supplies

Change of socks/jodhs/top incase I get wet and cold

Gloves - numerous supplies!

Thermal boots/trousers/coats/head bands/hats/scarves

Lip balm and hand cream

Head torch

I dont really "do" winter at all well Im afraid!
 
Don't step outside without my headtorch in the dark as well as all the usual gear to keep you warm and dry...

Also flask of hot water.... for mixing feeds in the winter
 
headtorch and when its freezing I fill up the water carriers I use for shows with hot water in the bath whilst brushing my teeth in a morning - good for topping up water buckets and helping prevent them freeze as quickly and good for adding a bit to feeds.

I dont like all this talk of winter so early on :(
 
I am convinced I will get trapped in a snow drift at work and be stuck for night ever since we got snowed in there for 3 days as it's at end of a narrow access track! Luckily my boss had full fridge and lots of beds so me and the 3 security guards who were stuck didn't die!!
Anyhow so now I take a full bag of toiletries, spare pants, socks, phone charger, pj's and a few random items of clothing! Biscuits, and spare shoes!!! This all lives in car all year round and if used I just replace!
Tackroom always has food too :)
 
erm, well i tend to put a coat on, but I'm one of those strange people that doesn't feel the cold, so thats usually it! No warm drinks or soup for me, and I have poor circulation so can't feel my fingers anyway, saves money on wooly gloves ;)
I used to love making everyone else up the yard feel cold by turning up in a short sleeve t-shirt when it was minus numbers outside! :D
 
*puts fingers in ears* NOOOOOOO not winter :( :( :(

a few of the girls at my yard have a kettle, tea coffee soup etc, I dont get it :/ I like to go, do the horses and come home, not sit around drinking a cuppa and nattering after/before mucking out, im a grump lol
 
A cup of coffee :)

Anything else I need I can be back in the house within 30 seconds, quite convenient really:D

I love winter.

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It'll be Christmas soon!!

He he - just trying to cheer you all up ;-)

Gloves, gloves and gloves - I can miss almost anything really - even a coat, just so long as my hands are warm the rest of me could do with a bit of fat shivering off!

Don't do hot drinks at all - all year round. If you keep moving feet keep warm. Hats usually make me too hot as to scarves. A decent wind-proof coat is a must though.
 
I dig out my trusty pair of Salopettes and always have 2 pairs of gloves (for when one pair gets wet).

I also carry 2 rubber doormats in my car, they are great if you get stuck in snow, just pop them in front of your front wheels to give you a bit of grip to get moving and then when you can, stop somewhere you know you can start again and run back and get them!

I like winter if i'm prepared, it annoys me when other liveries moan they are cold when they are stood in the same wellies they wore in summer!
 
Always leave spare clothes at the yard and in the car after falling in the trough a couple of years ago when I was stamping on the ice.
Shovel, food, in car phone charger and rubber door mats live in the car as well in winter in case I get stuck somewhere.
 
Gloves; warm, waterproof boots; but most importantly woolly hat and ear muffs for riding - I hate it if my ears get cold! :(
 
I usually have a change of clothes, boots, gloves and a blanket. If theres snow on the ground then a shovel, a big bag of fire ash and a tow rope. Oh and i try to make sure my mobile is fully charged incase i need the OH to come to the rescue :)
 
Ribena for making hot ribena - but at a push I drink hot water.
Several pairs of gloves so I can replace if one pair gets particularly wet.
Container of water in case taps are frozen.
Those handwarmer things that you crack and they warm up - perfect for tucking in your pocket to defrost frozen fingers.
Rock salt - for keeping walkways/tie-up areas ice free.

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