In the ongoing “no riding no running” scenario that is my life right now, I have been online shopping… I LOVE online shopping. I HATE real shopping: it’s crowded, noisy, there is too much bright light… I can completely understand why small kids have meltdowns in shopping centres as I usually feel like having one […]

This week’s weather forecast: Today: Hot. (96F) Tomorrow: HOT. (99F) Thursday: REALLY HOT. (100F) Friday: Maybe not quite so hot, but hellooo humidity. (94F, probable thunderstorms) Saturday: You might be able to bear being outside after 7 a.m. (90F) Sunday: HOT. (100F) So, sorry for no blogging but there really is very little going on. […]

All 4 horses went out for 10km (6 miles) yesterday. I guess that means we are officially legging up… I have been really battling with motivation this summer. It’s so HOT, and I am really quite enjoying my running (and I’m signed up for a 12km charity run in May), and getting horses ride fit […]

And the living is easy. For Joe at least:   Not so much for me. As usual I am using my “downtime” from riding to a) run and b) work on the babies we have here. I took up running about seven years ago. I very much run for fitness: I do not ENJOY running […]

In an update to the last post, Fuzzy is going home.. He’s a sweet little horse, but he’s at the bottom of the pecking order in our paddock, has developed a SERIOUS case of separation anxiety over Lauren’s old mare (think screaming and fence walking when she is taken away, even when there are still […]

So it must be time for a 2014 recap. Here’s the bare statistics: Training kilometres: no idea. I need to keep better records this year! Competitive kilometres ridden: 642 (400 miles, give or take) One withdrawal One vet out for lameness (our first ever vet out, and what a time to do it – at […]

I am prompted to write this by a post from Mel over at Boots and Saddles who was musing on the changes in her horse over the years.. It is very true I think that horses go on changing for FAR longer than we really think: we all expect them to grow and change shape […]

So we were off… Joe was pretty calm as we walked out round the campsite and off up the road. There was a road crossing to negotiate about half a mile out and then we were off and trotting in earnest. Joe was strong but rateable and the three of us who had elected to […]

Sorry about that. Another endurance blog I read when I should be working mentioned the “post 100 bleughs” and I certainly have had a case of that… It’s all the worse when you don’t finish. Joe and I got our first vet out EVER (in fact my first vet out EVER in about 1500km or […]

I’m not dead, and nor is Joe. We did get to the Quilty, but we did not finish. There’s a LOT to say, and a LOT to process, but at the moment to be perfectly honest I’m still licking my wounds and sulking a bit! My Facebook feed is full of photos from happy buckle […]