a good weekend

and the weather cooperated as well..

yesterday, arena again (it's a bog everywhere out).  lots of walk, changing directions, arena patterns, that sort of stuff, and he was listening to me directionally after a couple of false starts... and trot at the end as well, which pleased me as last time i couldn't quite get it....

but it was coooold... when i'd been tacking up etc got really warm, so took jacket off thinking that would be fine - but we'd been sheltered and the arena had a slight breeze with a horrid nip in it that my sweater wasn't thick enough for...

so i was pleased to survive the 1/2 hour i rode.

today was G's day, but i went down anyway and picked her up on the way...

when she gets on he lights up a bit, totally different to when i get on, and is not impressed when he has to have girth done up more (i ensure it's done as much as i need when i ride, but it's a different set up, slightly...)

so she went out, and was going to go up to another yard with an indoor, so i would drive over - was somewhat worried when they didn't appear, although i had seen them go along the bottom (hi viz standing out!) until G rang to say she'd gone back to yard as she thought it was getting too dark..
i keep telling her, do the stable after the ride, not before....

i've a lesson tuesday, but not sure the weather will hold for it; forecasting heavy rain :-(