Millions of Pounds and Bank Holiday Chaos
What a busy week I've just had! Work is flat out at the moment, and I seem to spend most of the day with my phone glued to my ear! Occasionally I manage to get out of the office and onto farm, and wow - the relief! Today was a major treat for me, as the farm that I was going to visit was none other than.... The Godolphin Estate!! I can hand on heart say that there is more security in that place than there are police working in Newmarket! The whole establishment is tigther than Fort Knox!! And to think that the horses I was watching trot round the warm up ring are worth millions - well, it made me wonder if the Sheik realised just how lucky he really is...
I was glad to be back at work on Tuesday - I'd just about had enough of the endless streams of tourists and campers trawling through the village. I foolishly decided to ride my young horse out on his first hack - he is a bit of a stress head, and natually inclined to worry - forgetting that the bank holiday would guarentee idiots on the road. Having said that, it was fairly uneventful, with just a few BMW X5's and Porsche Cayenne's flying past doing 60 (on a single track road) unaware of the horses trying to kill their riders on the verge. Why is it, that when we do get back to the yard, and I need to drive somewhere, I then get stuck behind the old couple doing 15mph through the "pretty little village" - having to slam my brakes on when they suddenly decide to stop and take some pictures. Don't you just love Bank Holidays.
The other half took some new seasons to market last week, and received top price for his super lights. The others all sold well, some over 200p/kg - things are starting to look up a bit perhaps...? The Ewes are out stuffing themselves with spring grass - the horses have been kicked out and the stable beds swept back, the dairy down the road has kicked all their cows out - dare I say that Summer is around the corner??
Just four days now until the South Suffolk Show - our first show of the season! We had a dress rehersal on Monday - it took just four hours to get the mare ready... Seeing as our class is at 8.30am and we have to leave the yard at 7.30am that would mean a 3am start.... Oh dear....