All ponies ridden, all jobs done and chickens put to bed. Cora spent an hour reading to Flick who’s still miserable in her stable. Late evening dog walk and a beer to watch the sun go down as the girls practiced dance routines. Standard 👍

Sat with the old girl having a cup of tea. She’s had an accident and is lame, not 100% sure how but suspect a kick from another pony caught her back leg. Scans have shown tendon damage and piece of bone chipped away but she can barely hold weight on back leg. She’s got 6…

We had 4 new members of the family arrive today. The 2 larger Orpingtons are named Jeremy Cluck-son and his partner Jolene (a tribute to Dolly Part-hen) 🐓🐔 The 2 smaller silkies are HeyHey and TukTuk 🐓🐔 They’re settling in well, the girls are already calculating how much pocket money they can make selling eggs…

Bit of open water dipping today with kids and dogs, then this evening’s main activity was fencing off a chicken run in the woods. It was a late finish, so everyone opted for a lift home 😊

Easter holidays diary day 1. More sunny weather, riding ponies and then dozing with ponies in the sun. Swimming in the brook lead to a water fight and eventually cooling off in the ponies water buckets, much to their displeasure. This evening Elsie did some jumping on Paris the golden pony then after tea we…

Sunburn in April … who’d have thought … great couple of days with the feral children. Riding ponies, celebrating Apaches 4th birthday, sorting all nesting boxes and bird feeders, muck spreading in a tutu. Easter holidays incoming 💪

Late evening hack in Croston, then a pint in the Farmers Arms 😊

Absolutely super day at Thompson House Equestrian Centre for the Leyland and District Riding Club show. Cora and Apache took 4th in the ridden category and 3rd showing in hand. Elsie was a top groom, supporter and ice cream eater throughout the day. Along with the girls adopted grandparents Margaret & David Ralphs Cora went…

What a stonker of a weekend… that’s summer done with then 🤷‍♂️ Perfect weather for kids to be outside all day, open water dipping in the brook, bathing ponies, walking dogs and loving life. We finished the weekend with tea in the White Lion but had to skip dessert as the next door neighbour was…

Another sunny day, daffodils are coming out and the grass is definitely growing. Bad day yesterday, with hindsight stupid to let the kids ride in the local show, given the wind speed. Paris who hasn’t put a hoof wrong in 2 years was spooked, she got in a tiz, reared and threw Elsie off pretty…