This Weather is Abominable

The weather just circles now – gale and rain storms after gale and rain with little or no breaks.  It is exhausting for everyone including the horses.

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We are all existing at the moment, going out only for the necessities and keeping things as simple as possible.  There is no riding in this – the indoor school is noisy and the horses have lost shoes or are lame.  I have never seen so much water about.  It is just not draining off the land and we are all fed up.

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Today I made the executive decision to move everyone into their “January” field – Clothie.  Ok, it is two weeks early but necessary.  I called the horses up to feed them and once they had eaten, we led them over.

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Clothie is 5 acres big and situated in the open hill opposite my house.  It is a completely separate croft to Thordale with a derelict house and outbuildings on it.  They all make good shelter as well as the high dry stone walls that surround two sides.

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The horses were very happy to be moved into this drier field.  I don’t think anyone has been in Clothie since last spring so there is much to eat.

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The old fields can have a rest and maybe they will drain a bit.  There is still some grass to be found there, though, which the horses can return to when it is calmer.

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I just feel very sorry for the animals.  The bad weather seems never-ending (Day 8 so far of continuous gales and rain) and it is getting to everyone.  Utterly horrendous and very eroding.

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3 thoughts on “This Weather is Abominable

  1. Cate

    Here in Newfoundland we’re getting the same succession of hurricane-force storms, but with snow instead of rain. Lovely. The met people say the storm track/jet stream has stalled, so the weather systems are roaring across the Atlantic from us to you. That’s no help, I know. Sorry!

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  2. Linda

    Stand your ground sturdy horsies, but behind things! Luckily they are shorter and do get some protection from the old structures.

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