She offered to ride him for me, to which i said yes please! i couldn't lift the saddle and then found i couldn't put the bridle on either, couldn't lift the arm high enough!
so she did 20 minutes or so in the arena, and then took him out - round the 20 acre (which had been ploughed, i gather, so was a bit scary! hasn't been ploughed for a few years, that) and he wanted to go, so when they got through that instead of coming back up the track she went through into the field and let him go ... they both thoroughly enjoyed it, although she said she would have enjoyed it more if he had a GP saddle, which is fair enough. a dressage saddle isn't really the thing for a blast!
in the meantime, i'd got Charlie in for her and groomed him
and then this evening partner & i bought a bit of land with a garage on it, as you do.....ex neighbour had moved to Australia but didn't sell the garage with the house, and we want a garage, so deal done - she was home for a holiday so deal had to be done pronto! Don't suppose my firm's conveyancing people are going to be too happy, but one does the best one can on a quick weekend deal when all the offices are shut!
Nice. Congratulations on the garage. Glad you managed to work out the details quickly.
ReplyDeleteI bet Monfils had a good time. Gaynor must have trusted him quite a bit to do that, so it's a good sign he is a good, solid fellow. What fun! Soon, you'll be doing it yourself.