amazingly woke up this morning (really late night last night!) and went down early and out for a ride. the difficulty was to know where to go to avoid the mud Three of us out; one on a very old horse that only potters about now (about 25, they think...), another on a friend's horse, and me on molly. just walked. but i was pleased with her. she led through a couple of the gates that were open (a bit dodgy, they're narrow and i was trying to get her through them without rushing, to avoid knee injury on gate post!) and one has been reported more times than enough, it's dropped and can't be closed whilst mounted! but i was pleased with her. and i think we got the best of the day ... it was so warm, i was considering turning her back out without her rug, but cooled down a bit and will rain again.
but shedding!!! lashings of winter coat coming out already....
Shall do the same again tomorrow i think if i get up....
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Which is better, mud or ice? We are frozen in again, though it may melt a bit by afternoon.
Are the gates supposed to be maintained so you can open and close them from horseback? Around here, I doubt there are any such regs. Most gates would be to keep the riders out altogether.
But there is a trail network kind of west of here...I wonder....
Sounds as if you are getting in some nice rides out on the tracks. It's one of my favorite ways to get both the horses and me exercised and happy. Enjoy!
jean, this is a private estate; they put the gates in when they started raising organic beef/lamb, to keep the stock in, but when they break it takes ages of nagging/reporting to get them mended.
but hey, the riding's good!
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