longlining was again the order of the day (different set of padding under roller).
round the 20 acre again ,the same unusual route we rode last night, and this time in stead of leading her through the narrow bit and to the gate, i longlined the entire thing.
the only vaguely worrying bit was opening the gate, which had been closed again, molly followed me through and me with my heart in my mouth in case we had a tangle, as i hadn't had the opportunity to collect the reins up even more and/or go back and longline through it.
happily, fisherman coming the otherway offered to close it for me.
after that, no problems at all, and i got back before it got dark..
won't be able to do too much of this in the evening unless i knock 1/2 hour off at the end of the working n day.. really i could do that without problem at the moment, as i'm starting work when i get out of bed whilst partner gets ready for work...(being disciplined about working hours....)
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Good deal! If my knees were not so bad, I'd do that with Tucker, especially since he is not quite sound on that front foot.
Gates would be a tussle with the long lines, even if you did have them neatly gathered. A bit tricky to handle all the gear, the horse, and the gate. Glad the fisherman helped.
Hope all this work builds up Molly's courage to do the whole trip for you when you are riding.
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