I was hoping I could put off rugging for a while now and everyone would grow their thick winter coats. But the weather forecast is basically rain, rain and more rain in copious quantities for the foreseeable.
However, no one is thin and I am glad for that.
It’s been quite the struggle since the old horses and ponies came out of last winter looking very bleak, thin and angular. But I like to think I have triumphed.
Some have triumphed possibly a little too much.
After a day in the shed, nervously looking and re-looking at the weather forecast, whilst consulting another 4 in the hope the original one might be wrong, I decided that the old horses and ponies would need their 0g rugs on.
So, OH and I loaded up the Eggbox and I drove over the hill carrying everything we needed.
OH held onto the front ends, while I fitted each rug and I am pleased to say that without exception, they all had to be let out quite a lot.
I hope everyone now stays dry wearing their state-of-the-art rugs that some might say are snugly fitted.
But it’s better to be fat than thin this time of year. We all know that. Fat is fine when you’re over 30 years old and are determined to live outside in all weathers. Wish us luck, it’s going to be wet. Very wet.
(And of course I had brought carrots!)
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I watched the forecast on the 6 o’clock news and winced when I saw the big blue patches which seemed to cover Shetland for the foreseeable future. You were very much in my thoughts. We need a bit more rain down here – for the last four weeks the sstream in my pony’s field has been bone dry and we’ve had to carry water out for him and his field mates. We had some rain lat night and there’s now a trickle so I’m hoping it’ll be back to normal after the next few days. I hope you don’t end up with masses of mud and floods.
Hopefully we should be ok. The old horses/ponies are on a hill which never floods (god-willing).
The little ones are also on a huge hill field so it won’t flood.
The flooding fields are not being used.
I just hope no one melts!
They look great & stylish. Hope your daughter had a very good birthday.
you deserve congratulations! they are looking sturdy in tge face of incoming winter
Oh poor little Tiddles……Meanie !
He is so much better, looks fine and it is time to stop being a wet and a weed.