After a month long break while I've been doing exams, I've brought Bella back in and started to ride again. Going to keep a journal in here and maybe it'll motivate me to do some productive schooling instead of dandering round the fields and the road every day.
1/06/11
Brought Bella in from the field and spent about two hours grooming and pulling her mane. It hasn't been pulled since last August and was about a foot long. I actually started yesterday, then ran out of time and had to put her back out with half a short mane, and half a long mane. But it's short and tidy now, so all's good.
Didn't do a whole lot, riding wise. It got really warm so I went out on a hack up the road and walked most of it on a long rein. Met a medium sized truck type thing at one point, which would usually send Bella flying in the other direction but she just jumped about a bit then stopped to watch the other horse who was with us dance about and try to throw his rider into the middle of the road. Didn't get that far, fortunately.
1/06/11
Brought Bella in from the field and spent about two hours grooming and pulling her mane. It hasn't been pulled since last August and was about a foot long. I actually started yesterday, then ran out of time and had to put her back out with half a short mane, and half a long mane. But it's short and tidy now, so all's good.
Didn't do a whole lot, riding wise. It got really warm so I went out on a hack up the road and walked most of it on a long rein. Met a medium sized truck type thing at one point, which would usually send Bella flying in the other direction but she just jumped about a bit then stopped to watch the other horse who was with us dance about and try to throw his rider into the middle of the road. Didn't get that far, fortunately.