Worried about getting to the yard tomorrow :(

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We are due heavy snow and at the moment horses are 20 mins away (not walkable)

I have given them all double water and big nets plus about 4 slices of hay on the floor. They are all in.

In an ideal world I will get there for 8.30 but if heavy snow I won't be able to get a Lift up their untill 12pm in a 4x4.

The night security check them at 6am before they leave and will fill up waters if under half but don't feed.

Do you think this is ok? As a one off
 
Yes, as a one off I think it will be ok. It sounds like they've got plenty to eat & drink.
Try not to panic it might not be that bad
 
I am sure there are many others in the same situation, most of the uk will get snow over the next few days, nothing you can do if you cant get there they will survive until lunchtime dont worry too much.
 
Sounds like you have done everything possible. The main thing is that they have water. If you can get there at twelve and give more hay they will be fine.:):)
 
You have 'night security'???

Blimey, they will be FINE. So, worst case scenario is they MAY not have food for 3 and a half hours. That's not going to kill them. No matter what people say, I am pretty sure horses do not really have that much concept of time!
 
What is wrong with your feet?

A a mere youngster, I walked to the riding school every day during the winter of '62/3 three miles, most up steep hills, dragging a sledge with churns of water.
The snow was over 15 feet deep in places and frozen solid.
I did this for about 6 weeks - only time my mother ever let me skive school, not that there were many teachers or pupils able to get there.

Another time I got stranded at a dinner dance. I had a couple of hours sleep at my cousins, borrowed her husbands clothes to walk 4 miles home, had about 4 hours sleep, walked 4 miles hone and had breakfast, and walked 5 miles in the opposite direction to get to the horse. Snow was badly drifted then to about 5 feet.

Your horses should be fine.
 
Umm the route is down a seriously busy motorway! Really not walking down it, and to walk around would take me forever as I don't even know another way!! If it was a few hours safe walk I'd just walk pups down and would be fine!
 
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Tell me I'm not the only one? ;)

Maybe contact someone and ask how they're getting to the yard/ what time they're getting there, and if they're there before you could they chuck some hay in if your horse is low?
 
Dont panic my horse had op 2 months ago and went without any hay from 9 in eve until his opertion at 1 the following day.I felt evil but it was in his best interests.If you can get there next day and they have all that hay they will be fine:)
 
Foxhunter49 said:
What is wrong with your feet?

A a mere youngster, I walked to the riding school every day during the winter of '62/3 three miles, most up steep hills, dragging a sledge with churns of water.
The snow was over 15 feet deep in places and frozen solid.
I did this for about 6 weeks - only time my mother ever let me skive school, not that there were many teachers or pupils able to get there.

Another time I got stranded at a dinner dance. I had a couple of hours sleep at my cousins, borrowed her husbands clothes to walk 4 miles home, had about 4 hours sleep, walked 4 miles hone and had breakfast, and walked 5 miles in the opposite direction to get to the horse. Snow was badly drifted then to about 5 feet.

Your horses should be fine.
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That sounds like the sketch from Monty Python (as you were around in '62, you'll know the one I mean: my life was hard I slept in a shoebox, had to get up before I went to bed to mine coal with my teeth etc - apologies for para-phrasing the mighty Pythons, but..

Hope you get to your horses safely, btw
 
If its down a busy mway, chances are you'll be fine to drive there carefully, at least most of the way. Pre daughter it was not unusual for me to just stop drinking at 5am on a day off, go home & get changed & walk (read stagger, sing & dance) the 10 miles to the yard. Then have a nap in a lovely deep straw bed till lunchtime. As a kid I used to cycle the 3miles to & from yard before & after school, if it snowed I walked it. Current yard is a 10min walk even dragging daughter on a sledge & playing snowball fights on the way.
 
madmav said:
That sounds like the sketch from Monty Python (as you were around in '62, you'll know the one I mean: my life was hard I slept in a shoebox, had to get up before I went to bed to mine coal with my teeth etc - apologies for para-phrasing the mighty Pythons, but..

Hope you get to your horses safely, btw
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1962?! Nah, more like 1967 or 68. :)

I really worry about what I'll do if we have heavy snow. I have a tiny car and am scared of driving in snow after a bad accident years ago.

The last bit may only be walkable anyway but am not sure my asthma will stand up to walking in snow. :(

I'm at work tonight, so someone else is doing Moll tomorrow, so I'm okay for the morning.
 
madmav said:
That sounds like the sketch from Monty Python (as you were around in '62, you'll know the one I mean: my life was hard I slept in a shoebox, had to get up before I went to bed to mine coal with my teeth etc - apologies for para-phrasing the mighty Pythons, but..

Hope you get to your horses safely, btw
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LOL I do remember that sketch!

It just seems to me that, unless there are health problems, very small children, or a vast distance, there is no excuse for not getting to your animals! As the song says "These boots are made for walking!"
 
They will be fine, grumpy but fine. Mine are at home and I do not feed them until 9 am when I have got the kids up, fed the dogs and done the school run.

You cannot control the weather. :D
 
Don't panic, it may not be as bad as you think, for a start. The horses aren't going to die if you can't get to them. They drink less in cold weather anyway. As you say it is down a motorway, that is to your advantage as at least lane 1 is always kept clear. I used to keep mine 30 minutes drive away, half on the motorway and the rest down untreated country lanes. When we had the last really bad snow I was driving my little 1l Yaris in a foot of snow in the lanes (and it was uphill from the motorway exit too) and I got there and back twice a day every day. However, you should take this as a warning that you really need to have a plan B. I knew I could rely on at least one person who if push came to shove, could walk to the horses and would feed mine too. Supposing you had an accident and couldn't drive, or you had to go away on emergency duties with very little notice?
 
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