Cheeky Spooky Fat Horsey

Apparently things have randomly become somewhat scary at the moment...

Mayfly feels the need to spook or have a huffy fit over nearly everything, whether it has moved position, is making a funny noise or is just generally not how she wants things to be.
She's shot off along the track because of pigeons flying out the trees, zoomed backwards along the road because of a cement mixer, huffed and puffed over I don't know what and spooked at the broken filler that had been put next to the fence, which, I will add a 4 year old and 3 year old managed to walk past without blinking an eyelid and as Mayfly is 17 you would think she was past that stage, but obviously not!



Ahh she likes to keep the hacks interesting that's for sure, silly marey! :)

Also she is still managing to be faaatt even though he feeds are tiny and there is not actually much grass in her field. She never fails to live on air.
Although she does insist on pointing out to me that due to her not being able to eat enough she has become too tired to work properly out on hacks. hmm, like I am falling for that one because when she feels like a charge she can definitely manage it then...hahaa

Ride and Lead, Ride and Lead.

The ponies are sooo FAT!

Having to constantly ride and lead so they don't explode.

Of course this is leading to some sort of cow parsley massacre, it is getting a little silly now I can't wait for it to all die off! lol. I may have to resort to putting the flash back on, but I can see her just stretching it and carrying on munching anyway.

It hasn't been going too badly apart from the odd occasion when my arm nearly comes out of it's socket due to a naughty pony slamming of the brakes. I may come out of the saddle one of these days! that is if I don't break my arm before that...

Mayfly has been a little cheeky about it too, racing and pulling angry faces. It is amazing how fast she can march when she wants to. :)

Her majesty does still get a nice hack by herself, which she is thoroughly enjoying now the ground has soften up a bit. Just a shame that the stomach still seems to be growing.

Happy Birthday Mayfly!

Sunday 10th May - Mayfly's 17th Birthday :o)

She's an old girl now! Not so sure she has noticed though.

We went for our birthday hack on Saturday as I was grooming on Sunday. Went for a lovely 2 hour, one that we have only been on once before and that was a long time ago now.

I think she could still remember it, which was lucky as I was a bit sticky on where to go... ahaa.

It was a beautiful day and a beautiful hack to go along with it :D

We came across a puddle which I put her into trot for as I know she likes a good splash on a hot day, bless her little heart she popped into canter for a proper good ol'charge through it.

On her birthday she got a rest relaxing and sunbathing in the field as it was a day full of sun especially for her.

When I returned she was shouting at me as if to say, "I don't care where you have been, but I need my dinner!"

I wouldn't be surprised that if she went one day without her feed and herbs she would 'happen' to go lame the next day, fat fat mare cannot possibly cope if she doesn't get her feed!

I made up her feed, went down to the field opened the gate and gave her a little encouragement and off she trotted up to the barn on a rampage for her food. ahh she is a funny one :o)

Cow Parsley Carnage

Naughty Fat little Mayfly has been attempting to eat her way through all of the Cow Parsley in the whole of Hertfordshire!

We went for a hysterical hack with a friend on a bike at the weekend, during which I managed to get some lovely snapshots of me and the glorious Fly to add to my collection (just a shame it wasn't a bit sunnier for them!) Got one in the Rape field, bluebells and going through the stream bit :) Went for a hack today through the new gate a crossing that has been put in, meaning that we can now miss out a lot of the wet muddy part of the track. It is very pleasing, although Mayfly was not too sure about it to begin with and had to do a routine check in case it was going to eat her or something! ahaa.

Once we managed to venture out of the land the scoffing began. Every dingle bit of cow parsley we passed had to make it's way into Mayfly's mouth somehow. Eventually I had to stretch down (at the same time as holding her back as of course she was not going to miss a chance to run) at attempt to take of her flash, it was far from easy but I managed it and she was very content that she could now fit more yummy stuff into her mouth!

Eventful Hack!!!

Today we went on a hack with Catherine and Ben.
Mayfly started quite slow and lazy, going for her daily waddle. Mind you as soon as we got close to the turnings which take us onto a long hack so picked up the pace in order to gallop past them so I couldn't turn her up them. I was having none of that! :O

When we obviously got past the half way mark she began to do some serious marching, like nothing I have experienced before. Wasn't too comfy to sit either, and she grew about a hand too. Nice to see she can walk fast when she wants to that is!

As we were on the home stretch Mayfly perked up again, I assumed it was just her being silly again but, I a few seconds later a fully tacked up horse with no rider came galloping towards us. We both quickly put ourselves up close to the hedge so we were out of the way. Once he had shot past I went off after the horse and Catherine went in search of the rider.
The horse was heading to a very thin and bendy road that is very busy, I went off in search of it but it had vanished completely.
Mayfly and I went right up to the road, as if a car had seen a loose horse they would have stopped and said something to me. There was no sign of it so I assumed it had ran off in a different direction. I turned to head back to find Catherine when I heard someone shouting at me. A motorcyclist who had found the horse.
Basically, the horse had ran back to it's home and the rider was not hurt apart from being winded, someone had walked with a dog to accompany the rider as the horse is known to be unsafe out of hacks.

All in all a very eventful hack and poor Benjamin got himself in a big state over it all, bless him.
I feel I did my good deed for the day that is for sure!