A Busy Weekend....
Another weekend has passed in a complete blur! Thankfully lambing is now over halfway through, but the hard frosts of the past few days, has meant 3am starts on the cultivator instead! Of course, you roll back into the yard by 7am to start the morning routine, to find all the water is frozen solid, the taps not working, and the feed bins frozen shut. Perfect.
I had booked Friday off (from the day job) as holiday, in order to go and see some prospective new horses. Around 3pm my other half received a phone call saying "bring the trailer over, I have just bought a new horse"!! Where would I be without him! For those of you that know horses, Taylor is a 17.1hh ISH that has been in hunt service with the master for 2 years. I have only ridden him twice since we got him home, but so far he seems to be a super chap. I look forward to competing him in the not so distant future.
The weekend was also a very sad one, as we waved goodbye to a much loved horse. We purchased the Suffolk Punch cross last summer, primarily for my other half to ride. However, with harvest and lambing, he has not had much time, so I took over the ride. After half a season hunting, we decided the best thing for her was to find a new home where she would get more attention than we could give her. An advert in Farmers Guide resulted in her sale, and on Sunday we dropped her off at her new home. We couldn't have wished for a better place – a lovely local farmer, with lots of horse knowledge and hundreds of acres to ride over. She is going to be very well looked after, and we left knowing we had made the right decision.
Back to the day job now – a meeting with the bank manager in my lunch hour (uh-oh) and a horse to exercise this evening. If I am lucky I might get home in time to watch Hollyoaks on E4+1 (yes I know its sad, but I am unfortunately addicted – its an illness) and The Palace on ITV. Monday night TV has certainly improved in recent weeks!