for me, at any rate..
rain stopped play yesterday and i thought it was going to again today, but happily dried up so rode in the arena...
he woke up when i rode him round the outside of charlie's lunge circle!
and after that he was doing some nice walk, coming down to the bit and taking it down (which is one of the things we are working on at the moment...since he never had to do it before in his past life)
and then when i went for my swim, i thought, let's see if the shoulder has recovered enough for backstroke - yes! excellent. haven't been able to do that since doing the wrist in and the shoulder then going west, but rather think the shoulder problem must have been caused by the wrist and the way i was using it whilst it's plate was in....
result! as otherwise i was not looking forward to shoulder operation..... i will be so pleased to be able to tell the consultant this when i see him Thursday....
Gaynor, on the other hand, has fried her back, in pain walking let alone anything else, so our lesson booked for Thursday will have to be cancelled :-(
Well, that's some good news! A good ride and a better shoulder make for a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteGive Gaynor my best. I know all to well how painful a bad back can be.
By the by, hope you guys get to see some of the cross country at the Olympics tomorrow. That course is GORGEOUS, but oh, so technically difficult. It's going to separate the real riders from the rest of the field, that's for sure. From what I can tell, it's being broadcast in its entirety-or close to, here. I watched some of the dressage on the computer, but it's much better on the TV screen.