the arena i now have use of

is MUCH larger than the others i've used recently, and not as deep, and no boggy bits, and has a good view (which i forgot to take a pic of, sorry!)

it's the other side of the river from the stables - along a track, left onto a narrow road, over a bridge and left through main yard

lots of HI Viz!

it is a dodgy road, so we will be doing a christmas tree impression every time we go that way!

but molly was very good.

I didn't do a lot - took her over just in the bitless (the dr cook's acts nicely for all purposes, including lunging) with a lunge line and nothing else, just wanted her to see the route to it and get a feel for the arena itself before i ask her to do anything serious in it!

we were a bit concerned that the other horse might be really upset as molly went away, but apparently he only had one shout and settled straight back donw (having something to eat probably helped a lot, LOL!)

my friend is happy to do morning turnout .. but i might go down mornings anyway, TBH I hate leaving a bed to the evening, always ends up a lot soggier than would otherwise be the case, and of course now we have light mornings (clocks back an hour last night).

but i got up at 5.30 ... body still on last week's body clock, + overheating as it got a lot warmer weather wise overnight... and amazingly am still awake!

anyway, they both seemed quite happy through the day; Charlie got double barrelled in the chest (molly's barefoot, of course, so he was none the worse) and spent odd bits of the day with 5 legs... molly taking after her mother and being a bit of a flirt, i think i'll really regret this next spring summer when I'm having to wash her legs every d**n day! but they're getting on ok.

and they both have stable mirrors, so if we end up working them separately (which we will!  save possibly on weekend...) they both still have company.