Mince Pie
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Godstone, home of my favourite pub ever! Well, the couches by the fire anyway. I swear I used to almost fall asleep on those!
Oh really? Which one?
What's your guilty secret down the yard?
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Oh really? Which one?
Enfys
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Godstone, home of my favourite pub ever! Well, the couches by the fire anyway. I swear I used to almost fall asleep on those!
Mince Pie, I have no idea what it was called, massive memory fail in that regard
it was way back in 1989 when we went there rather a lot when I was with the Grens at Caterham.JenniferB
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I absolutely adore levelling off the school - nothing better than going in to ride on a lovely flat surface! I used to like tidying up the jumps too - poles all stacked neatly, wings and cups all in order and fillers sat in pairs - but there are loads of folk on the yard I'm at and as quick as you tidy them they get messed up again! So I content myself with chugging round on the little tractor, I get twitchy if I've not done it for a wee while and tracks begin to emerge where the schoolies go round... I also get stressed when people don't poo pick the school, I definitely have a bit of OCD about the arena in general!
cremedemonthe
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Mince Pie, I have no idea what it was called, massive memory fail in that regard
Have you been back to Caterham since?
Trolt
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My guilty secret is taking bridles apart Nothing better than having the side covered in newspaper, all the buckles and pieces all lined up and then giving them a proper clean. Then putting back together again.
The bridles are cleaned after every ride, but with 30+ bridles on the yard, they only get taken apart a few times a year
I also get a huge amount of pleasure from locking up in the winter. Standing at the top of the yard, hearing the munching of horses, knowing they all have [equal] piles of hay, clean swept beds, the yard is all swept, lead ropes wrapped and hanging in correct places and the rugs are all neatly folded outside the stable doors. Bliss!!
Nothing better than having the side covered in newspaper, all the buckles and pieces all lined up and then giving them a proper clean. Then putting back together again. The bridles are cleaned after every ride, but with 30+ bridles on the yard, they only get taken apart a few times a year
I also get a huge amount of pleasure from locking up in the winter. Standing at the top of the yard, hearing the munching of horses, knowing they all have [equal] piles of hay, clean swept beds, the yard is all swept, lead ropes wrapped and hanging in correct places and the rugs are all neatly folded outside the stable doors. Bliss!!
Faithkat
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Mine is keeping things clean and swept. I even admit to sweeping Henry Cecil's yard years ago when I went to visit Bosra Sham and Dushyantor! There were shavings about and it was getting on my nerves so I joined in the stable staff's sweeping line . . . . .
but I am also well sad about clean tack etc. Anything leather is wiped with leather wipes every time it is used, numnahs washed after being used twice etc etc
but I am also well sad about clean tack etc. Anything leather is wiped with leather wipes every time it is used, numnahs washed after being used twice etc etc
diamondrockharvey
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If any of you guys are willing to travel to Malvern to clean my tack, muck out my stable, poo pick my fields and level my arena please let me know! hehehe! 
You are all nuts!
My guilty secret is I pretend to have not heard my phone ring or realise that time when the OH calls to see where I am and I am giving Harvey and Clarkie a few extra scratches and carrots before I head back to the house!
You are all nuts!
My guilty secret is I pretend to have not heard my phone ring or realise that time when the OH calls to see where I am and I am giving Harvey and Clarkie a few extra scratches and carrots before I head back to the house!
Tnavas
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Like Rudey - I love a swept tidy yard & will happily wield a broom till its done to my satisfaction
I also love squaring & levelling the muck heap, tho it was SO drilled into me many eons ago that you judged a yard by its tidiness of a muck heap (anyone else?) that I squirm if its untidy if I've tipped out a barrow & not levelled it over
Same and add tack cleaning to the list - I can't abide dirty tack. Also love mucking out and making the bed really level and banks thick and even.
Becca - I want your tack room - those boxes are really great.
Enfys
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No, but I was on Google Earth last night and was doing the virtual tour around the ex-barracks. God! Is there anything original left standing? I was devastated to see that the beautiful rambling house we lived in (the CO's) was gone, with just the garden walls (why?) left standing, I used to sit on those walls
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cassie summers
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mine is this elderley horse he is called smokes and is 29 years old he belongs to a elderley lady who isnt in the bst of health so i give him a groom each day and turn him out for an hour in the mornings my mare gets very jealous of the attention he gets
cremedemonthe
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No, but I was on Google Earth last night and was doing the virtual tour around the ex-barracks. God! Is there anything original left standing? I was devastated to see that the beautiful rambling house we lived in (the CO's) was gone, with just the garden walls (why?) left standing, I used to sit on those walls
VERY few buildings left,Caterham is now so overcrowded it's like Croydon