It’s been a hard morning. I had a message which set me off in a bad mood and on a bit of a rant about Dad and the mess he left me with. Because why be angry with situations that can actually be changed, when you can be angry with […]
Horses
So if I give up mounted games training, what will I do? It is only fair to say that games is not the only reason I’m miserable at the moment. My job is not a career and is not something I want to be doing for too long: I need […]
The End of Me & Mounted Games?
Do you have animals in your life? If yes, what do they mean to you? If no, why have you opted not to? Daily Prompt In short, yes. I have 15 horses. I had a cat which my grandparents looked after for a while before he died in 2011, and […]
Menagerie
So I’m feeling a bit better than I was when I write this post: my car did have more damage but it didn’t cost as much as I thought it might do. I got electrical contact spray which managed to get my Dad’s car started, and so I could start […]
Bales
Yesterday’s Daily Prompt over at the Daily Post at WordPress was: “And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there? Once again it is more appropriate to respond […]
Happily Ever After
I have both Blogger and WordPress sites, and one of the nice things about WordPress is the Daily Prompt on the Daily Post at WordPress. Today’s is: Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did — fiction encouraged here, too! The […]
Murphy’s Law
Shame I didn’t know about the Channel 4 series sooner – I could have been a part of it! Me in my farmer outfit with my farmer vehicle! Dad was a farmer and I grew up on the farm, but took very little interest in farming. If it wasn’t baby […]
First Time Farmer
Obviously as a vegan and horse-lover I am completely against horses being slaughtered for food. But if they must be slaughtered, it can at least be done as humanely as possible. No animal should undergo abuse in their final journey. Please sign this petition to investigate incidents, bring in new […]
Horse Welfare Abuses at British Slaughterhouse
…while millions watch, either at Aintree or on their TVs at home, cheering if the horse they put their money on won, or sulking if they didn’t.I continue to wonder how the people involved in horse racing can honestly claim to care about the animals. And shame on the BBC […]
Two Horses put down at the 2012 Grand National
Photos from our day with the ponies gathering sheep on Penycloddiau, between Nannerch and Llangwyfan.
Gathering Sheep
Rest in peace Old Man. Thanks for the memories. 18 years is a long time to be in each others lives, even if I haven’t spent much time with you for the latter half. But this isn’t about my guilt for not seeing enough of you or not looking after […]
Harbie (1978-2010)
I’ve been sat here for a few minutes wanting to write something, but not really sure what to say. Then looking back over previous posts, I realised that I’ve gone a bit quiet on the Mounted Games front. So to sum up… Flint & Denbigh took 3 senior and 2 […]
Mounted Games update
We had a very successful day on 18th April, hosting the F&D Mounted Games Friendly. Thanks to all those who helped out: the day went really smoothly, and the other teams really enjoyed themselves. Seniors Both the Quarters (Anna, Ceri, Eleri, Mari and Sam) and Stripes (Alex, Anya, Nan, Suzi, […]
Mounted Games friendly … Hope 18th April 2009
Seniors … Session 1 The Quarters team (Anna, Eleri, Mari, Sam Major, Wil) did reasonably well with a first and two seconds. They finished with 30 points and in 7th place. The Stripes team (Alex Major, Anya, Nan, Suzi, Wenz) also did reasonably well and finished just behind the Quarters […]
Mounted Games friendly … Marchwiel 11/12th April 2009
This week the Senior A team was Anya, Nan, Wednesday, Ceri and Suzi. The B team was Yaz, Mari, Anna, Eleri and Ross. Both teams won two of their heats but unfortunately made a few mistakes in others. Both teams finished the heats on 16 points and made it into […]