Does my bum look big in the this?

Answers on a postcard NOT required, or desired.

(Is it actual possible my backside is the same size as that of a fat horse, it must surely be a trick of the light.)

Other exciting news about the place aside from the apparent expansion of my derriere.

Are;

The dogsbody has now completed work on the hangar, started in the snow( spy Pete under the tape).

He will commence work on the kit plane over the summer so that we intend to be able to offer rock...

So we got to ride at Le Lion after all..................

Okay, okay so it's not in quite in the capacity we all dream of but I can still say in all honesty that I got to ride at Le Lion d'Angers with a young horse.

It all came about by chance, I had been trawling the internet to find evidence of some “entrainement” show jumping classes at the Haras du Pin which someone told me about over a year ago. Entrainement in France means' a training class' for a young horse or rider wanting...

I knew a little angel once..................

are the words that come to mind when I see this picture of Pete as a little pup.It's the first line of a poem I read as a kid, I can't remember much past the first few lines but the general gist of it was that the little angel bought the ugliest kitten to love incase it didn't get loved at all.

So it's a sad, happy poem which kind of describes this last week because on monday poor little Pongo Pete managed to get hit and killed by the truck...

I just felt I ought to share this old fashioned wonder treatment in the hope someone else may find it handy and in an effort to remember it myself for the future.Copper Sulphate seems handy for a remarkable number of problems.

Copper sulphate for treatment of Thrush and seedy toe.

My farrier had recommended that I use a copper sulphate solution in the frog for years to help kill thrush but to be honest I found it totally non effective, at best it kept the surface thrush at bay. Roger w...

 I feel I have to say a little something about the demise of Longleat Horse trials though I know nothing of the circumstances of their decision, ( I didn’t go last year). It seems a terrible shame that it is no longer running even if it is rescheduled for another another tiptop venue who plan to have an equally super xc course. I would love to tell you that Longleat was a horse trials dear to my heart because of the incredible international ...