A very motivated day today. I actually rode both ponies. Poor Rory hasn't been ridden in well over a week which is never good so put his fluorescents on and we went out for a hack. Opted to do a mainly roadwork route as the ground is so slippery at the moment and I didn't fancy a ride with Rory losing the plot as I was making him go slow on the canter tracks. Our ride was mostly without incident barring one moment that a st Bernard appeared on top of a low wall at the side of the road. Cue Rory jumping straight off the nearly 3 vertical bank onto the planted farmers field! Managed to pull up and spin him back round only to realise that I now have to jump back up the bank onto the road! Hmm not a prob says Rory and thankfully the last bit of the hack was uneventful.
Got on Pait for the first time in ages seeing as Em is riding her and went out for a quick hack. It's honestly like sitting on a tank compared to Rory. I also discovered the garden with the full sized plastic gorilla now has a giraffe looking out onto the road over the hedge and yes it is taller than me on a 14.2 dales.