Winter is around the corner :(.

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I am not looking forward to the winter, it just gets more expensive, its cold, and riding time is cut short due to the dark nights. My lads heavyweight rug needs to be sent to the cleaners to be fixed (although I should maybe get a new one as its falling to bits), livery goes up as winter hay will then be included. (Hes on grass livery and doesnt get hay apart from in winter). His feed load increases so that means more bags of feed to be bought. I need new winter boots as mine have holes in them! Argh and much more!! Not looking forward to it.

I thought I would just remind you all that winter is just around the corner and im sure there is a few people out there who are sick of finding bits of their horses rugs in the field, and trying to get snowballs out of horses hooves. :rolleyes::rolleyes: The joys of winter
 
I am looking forward to winter!! Love riding when cold, no flies and horses on their toes. Summer is a time off period for me.
 
I like to break it down.

3 months until christmas which means a lovely trip to olympia, fun with friends, family and the odd pressie thrown in for good measure ;)
Then it's only 3 months until the spring starts and my birthday!

Thats what I keep telling myself and thats how i cope :D
 
We had our 1st flurry of Snow a couples of days ago !!! we have also had frost in the mornings for weeks now !! and sitting about 3c at 9pm most nights ! , although this is normal for my part of Scotland .

all the folks down in England are so lucky to have warm weather.
 
Yes we have fresh snow on hills & it's getting pretty cold.
It was very bitter this am when i was doing the horses.
Mine are both rugged up accordingly now.
It's going to be a long drawn winter up in Scotland.
Just hope it's not as bad as last winter where we had 5 - 6 feet of snow more in places !!!
Main roads closed, village roads closed until the local estate sent a tractor with a plough on the front to shift the snow so we could get out.
At the time i had a Disco & not even that would get through some of the drifts we had !

XxX
 
christi said:
We had our 1st flurry of Snow a couples of days ago !!! we have also had frost in the mornings for weeks now !! and sitting about 3c at 9pm most nights ! , although this is normal for my part of Scotland .

all the folks down in England are so lucky to have warm weather.
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here is a pic of me in 1 of my fields at home on the 31st of March this year !!
the snow was still lying at the end of April , I live in the highest village in Scotland and every winter is hellish lol !

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gleek said:
Enfys i thought you had said it was nice and warm the other day??? You spoke to soon!! hahaha
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;) It was, it is, kind of:)

13C here today for me (and brass monkey weather as far as I am concerned right now, at this time of year the temps are up and down faster than a tart's knickers)

LS is about a thousand miles across country from me:)
Actually, according to Map Quest roughly 28 hours, 1500 miles, and a time zone away;)
 
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Christi- Are you some kind of masochist? There is NOTHING that would be keeping me in an environment like that. In fact anything North of Watford sends me screaming back down South. On a brighter note for anyone thats not permanently snowed in hunting season is just around the corner!
 
Jeez christi that is one hell of a winter wonder(morelikemiserable) land. Well theres frost in the morning, my ISH is still naked, I keep wanting to put a rug on, but im worried if I do that he wont 'feel' the winter, and grow a decent fluffy coat
 
This time of year is the best.............horses still out 24/7 and happier without the flies and heat, ground better for cantering and jumping, the list goes on..........It's ages until winter and it makes you appreciate the summer!
 
christi said:
here is a pic of me in 1 of my fields at home on the 31st of March this year !!
the snow was still lying at the end of April , I live in the highest village in Scotland and every winter is hellish lol !

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wow, where abouts are you - i have a holiday cottage in leadhills, we had to cancel a few bookings as guests couldnt get there and we ran out of lpg at one stage as truck couldnt get up to top of village where we are.
 
JessandCharlie said:
Hands up those who would like a horse that hibernates!
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Me!!! haha

Im in the process of moving yards after 6 years. Winter turnout starts beginning of Nov to mid May when they go out. They have 30 odd acres but this is what happens . . . Mare & Geldings alternate days out into 3 paddocks, about 5 or 6 a paddock, each about 1/4 of an acre max electric fencing, enough hay only put out to only last them an hour in the morning then they fight the rest of the day. Theyre knee deep (no exagerration) in mud from early Dec onwards so all riddled with mud fever, plus fields on a slope below the muck heap so theyre standing in urine & all kinds of nasties aswell. BHS yard for you! lol Im off! So hopefully, I may have the best winter yet!!!

Only thing I like about winter is snuggling him up in his stable with combo rug & deep straw bed! :o
 
It's not our weather that's the problem it's people's attitudes to it. Oh, and the council's way of dealing with it.

I live on top of a pretty high hill in a rural area. We get serious snow. At the start of winter I often leave home with snow then after a mile there's nothing. My local farmer clears the snow on the farm roads so he can feed the sheep etc. Then he's called to pull out the council snow plough because it's got stuck. Last winter he hauled me up to my house more times than I care to remember. We didn't see green from mid December till April and it didn't go below 2 feet in depth in that time (was often over double that). The days I didn't get to work were because the main roads were closed. The big snowfall at the end of March we had no water/power/heating for over 48hrs.

We went on holiday this year (and last year) to Alaska in winter. In the middle of town (Anchorage) there's loads of snow at times yet people still drive as normal. That includes lorries. Why? Because they use proper grit that doesn't melt the snow and turn it to slush then ice....it just gives grip. People are out riding, XC ski-ing, mountain biking and (of course!) dog sledding. It's brilliant!! That and they use snow tyres and/or chains. The international airport copes just fine. Yet, when I went to Olympia London couldn't cope. When I got there I never saw more than 2 inches yet got delayed overnight?! Unbelievable. I managed last winter with snow chains, they cost £30. You don't need a 4X4, great as they are, they are greedy on fuel!!

Seriously we need to toughen up. My Horse coped all winter out 24/7, chaser clipped, fed on balancer, hay and outshine plus a heavyweight rug. He never lost weight. In a few years we plan to move abroad and roll on having many feet of snow for months and then a proper Summer.

The bit that annoys me is folk coming into my work (which is on the coast) moaning about the 1" of snow when I've had to leave an hour earlier than normal as it's over my waist. If you don't want snow, don't live in North Scotland! I have bought XC skis and am getting new snow chains so I'm all set!!
 
suzysparkle said:
We went on holiday this year (and last year) to Alaska in winter. In the middle of town (Anchorage) there's loads of snow at times yet people still drive as normal. That includes lorries. Why? Because they use proper grit that doesn't melt the snow and turn it to slush then ice....it just gives grip. People are out riding, XC ski-ing, mountain biking and (of course!) dog sledding. It's brilliant!! That and they use snow tyres and/or chains. The international airport copes just fine. What's Anchorage like? It's on my "To go there one day list" . Life here is an eye opener isn't it? :D If we ground to a halt because of a bit of snow it would be disasterous, winter happens, we get on with it, same as all snowy countries. I smile when I see the plows clearing the Highways 3 abreast, we get plows past our house at least twice a day - and I live in the sticks, and the school buses only stop if there is a serious blizzard alertYet, when I went to Olympia London couldn't cope. When I got there I never saw more than 2 inches yet got delayed overnight?! Unbelievable. I managed last winter with snow chains, they cost £30. You don't need a 4X4, great as they are, they are greedy on fuel!!

Seriously we need to toughen up. My Horse coped all winter out 24/7, chaser clipped, fed on balancer, hay and outshine plus a heavyweight rug. He never lost weight. In a few years we plan to move abroad and roll on having many feet of snow for months and then a proper Summer.
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I bet you have a good grin about some of the threads on here over the winter:) You are, I think, further North than I am;)
 
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