We are in the middle of a three day gale and I stupidly let Mrs Duckie out of her shed thinking she was back on her feet.  She immediately flew up onto the container and has been living there ever since.

We are in the middles of this gale so, with some skilful manouevering this morning when there was a lull in the wind, I managed to put some food up to Mrs D which she was very appreciative of.  Water was a different task.  I tried three times but failed (too heavy) and managed to soak myself in the process.  I am hoping there is some rain water already up there.

Mrs D refuses to come down from her new spot and we are now on Day 2 of the gale but she seems to be ok.  With the wind getting up even more tomorrow (F10), I won’t be able to give her food until it calms down later.  I guess if she wants she can always fly down to join the others and then I can feed her.  We will see.  I feel bad for her but this was her choice, not mine.

So we are battening down the hatches in “flaming June” for a good Shetland blast along with  some rain.

I am staying strong on the Shetland pony front as I remind myself of the 10-20kg they have all put on in weight this month.  So nope, nothing, nada for food.  Track + the daily handful = healthy ponies.