I'm back...

Apologies for the MASSIVE post hiatus recently - there just hasn't been time as I've had exams and other such stuff.  Although I was rather pleased with the results:

English: 97%

German: 94%

French: 90%

Those were all very happy moments as I topped the year in all three!  

In other news, Merls and I went to a local gymkhana two weeks ago and it was a great day out!  We did Best Veteran, Handsomest Gelding and the gymkhana, which turned out splendidly as we got a special, two fourths, three thirds and a second!  Photos soon.

I also visited the D-Day landing sites and cemeteries in Normandy, which was rather emotional, and whilst not the most upbeat of trips, I enjoyed it greatly.

Flooded!

I was really hoping to go out for a ride today but we've had minor flooding, so that wasn't a safe option :(

Why, oh why, oh why?!  I'm positively itching to go out for a hack!

What goes on in the horse world...

...apparently no longer stays in the horse world.  The media is now full of dumbed-down terms about horses, peaking around the Olympics, making them seem elitist to the public readers.  Similarly, the explanations of bute in the news surrounding the horsemeat scandal have been sketchy at best.  I think that, as the editor of a small scale equine magazine, we need to be careful in our explanations of horsey things to those who aren't familiar with them.

(Belated) Happy Valentine's Day!

A bit late, I know, but here's a late Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!  Cards to and from the horses, I hope?!

Working hard.

 

The straightness training is going well!  Merls is a really fast learner and seems to be loving it!

I'm still here!

Just to let you know I'm here, but with school, I don't have much to say!

Yet more snow!

 

Still snowy here - another snow day, but with work to do.