This is what I saw, while I was feeding the ponies…..

And then this…..

After breakfast, Daisy and I went out with the intention of brushing the Ancients as they haven’t been touched probably since the last time Daisy was here.  I am not very hot on brushing at the best of times.

First, we brushed Kolka and Haakon and then moved onto Iacs who was having a snooze in the morning sunshine and refused to get up.  So Daisy, who trusts her horse and knows how to read the signs, brushed him in situ.  I don’t advocate this as half a tonne of horse getting up is quite an explosion.

We also had the dogs with us as we planned to go on a walk afterwards.

Pepper likes the horses and she enjoys sitting with them and they don’t mind her either.

Pepper secretly wants to lick their noses.  Iacs was not so keen on this but he tolerated her attention.

This was a cheeky lick!  Poor Iacs. His face!

And with that he “passed out”.

So I put Pepper on Haakon’s back for a little sit and to give Iacs a rest.

Once Iacs had regained consciousness, Daisy went on with brushing his forelock.

So that was our morning. It was nice to see Pepper on horseback again.  It is always more difficult in the summer as there is less coat which ensures a securer seat.