The Deal

As you know, no more horseriding for a while but I was told to walk, so walk I do, every day, weather permitting.

To paraphrase someone’s famous quote (I did try to find out), “golf is a good walk spoiled”.  For me, a dogwalk is a good walk spoiled without taking a horse.

So today’s volunteer was Haakon.

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BeAnne appeared just as we were leaving, having already been on a long walk with my OH, so I bunged on her hi-viz harness and she asked politely if she could ride.

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With the wind in her fur, off we set and walked to Watsness gate and back, about a 30 minute slow wander down a single track road.  BeAnne did jump off later to go and look for the pesky wabbits so she wasn’t a complete coach potato (what is the horse version?)

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Later, on our return, BeAnne asked to get back onboard and Haakon immediately slowed up while she adjusted her seat, which I thought was very generous of him.  He does care about his rider, no matter who it is.

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This taxi service is not, however, free. Payment is expected which comes in the form of an unlimited fissle (thistle) grab for as long as I my legs can stand or work.

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Haakon bites the middles out of each one, searching them out, like Eeyore.

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BeAnne is very happy to sit on his back as she can get a much better view of her territory. (I love her expression in this photo)

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She jumps off to continue her walk home after a while, when she gets bored of the eternal fissle search.

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Haakon loves his fissles.  He always has.  It is the done deal we make at the beginning of the ride.  He takes BeAnne and I let him have fissles on the way home.

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