damp weekend - but good grub

so yesterday afternoon we tootled down to my friend's in North yorkshire. didn't go to plan. Friend had been called to help another friend who'd been hauled off to hospital having been kicked in the face by a horse (happily, not nearly as bad as it could have been) and didn't get back till 9pm. so we should have taken a lot longer to get there. her partner (another superhubby, without the ring as yet but still .....) was cooking away for today's party. the plan was, barbecue. weather forecast was supposed to be showers. they forecasters omitted to mention the damp fog that settled over the entire area for the entire day ...... food was good though! and there was too much talk of horses and law for my partner's tastes!!!!

but it's a small world, another friend had brought her horse over for the weekend, turned out we knew each other from way back when. Amazing horse, latvian import that doesn't know any english (say good boy and it stops dead, so hate to think what that is in latvian, she says she has to be really careful not to say that in the middle of a show jumping round!!!!). it was in the paddock next to the mares (one of the mares can't be trusted with a gelding) and all was fine if the mares were just over the hedge, but he got very agitated when the mares moved off, at one point apparently (I didn't see this) he jumped the (empty) hen coop and certainly gave several thoughts to jumping the fence! happily he didn't!!!!

So when we go down for our holidays in august there'll be some good company horse wise as well!!!!