Good morning all , no sun but dry , just had breakfast off to cut lawns
Need to prepare for an AGM I'm Chairing tonight , although finished 31st Dec , just have to officially stand down after AGM , can be a lively meeting sometimes !
Really enjoying retirement , long may it continue
Hope all are well and if not , o/h has cough , soon will be
Think this afternoon is for knitting and the Cheltenham Festival
I don't really follow horseracing, but I grew up with point to pointers and steeplechase trainers in the family - we once nearly won the Grand National but the jockey fell off two fences from the finish when they were in the lead - the horse still came in first but that doesn't count Anyway, I do like to watch the magnificent steeplechase horses occasionally (not so keen on the flat race types).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They are beautiful animals aren't they Dove? The flat racers are a bit too skinny and greyhoundish. My best friend at school trained steeplechasers, I was lucky enough to ride a couple when I went to stay. I never cared for the betting side, just liked to look at the horses.
Back from lovely meal out in pretty local town. A new bookshop with English books and a tea room has opened. The friendly owner is French. What will happen to people like that catering to the English (and Ryanair, for that matter) if England leaves the EU. Sorry, wrong thread
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
BL the first horse I ever rode was my uncle's point to pointer called Panada (a cooking connection there) - I was about six years old and was put up and walked around the schooling area - I was in heaven. After that when I visited there was a pony for me to ride - sometimes my uncle's friend and neighbour the late great showjumper Alan Oliver gave me a lesson.
For a couple of years in my early teens I'd go and stay with my friend at her sister's place. Her husband was the local MFH and in exchange for long hours mucking out and cleaning tack I got to ride out on one of his steadier horses.
Lovely big horses with muscle, power and character
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove & Lizzie I have only ridden, well actually sat on a horse once, he was called Shamus I have no idea what he was but all he did was lean forward nearly tip me off and eat mum's hedge..My friend was told to take him home after they lifted me down! He was tall and I was short, still am I'm just as good on a push bike
OH is to horses what Victor Meldrew is to Chimps He was once terrorised by a horse We were dog walking with a friend across a field with horses, the lady we were with did it everyday. For some reason a lovely big horse took a liking to my OH and started to follow, then walk alongside, then give him a few nudges OH walked quicker the horse kept up and still gave him a friendly nudge, his pace increased as did that of horse. OH legged it out of the field He still hasn't lived it down Worried by a friendly horse
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Good morning all , no sun but dry , just had breakfast off to cut lawns
Need to prepare for an AGM I'm Chairing tonight , although finished 31st Dec , just have to officially stand down after AGM , can be a lively meeting sometimes !
Really enjoying retirement , long may it continue
Hope all are well and if not , o/h has cough , soon will be
It's turned mizzly out there
Seeds are now in two
boxes labelled Sow March/April and Sow April/May.
Think this afternoon is for knitting and the Cheltenham Festival
I don't really follow horseracing, but I grew up with point to pointers and steeplechase trainers in the family - we once nearly won the Grand National but the jockey fell off two fences from the finish when they were in the lead - the horse still came in first but that doesn't count
Anyway, I do like to watch the magnificent steeplechase horses occasionally (not so keen on the flat race types).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They are beautiful animals aren't they Dove? The flat racers are a bit too skinny and greyhoundish. My best friend at school trained steeplechasers, I was lucky enough to ride a couple when I went to stay. I never cared for the betting side, just liked to look at the horses.
Back from lovely meal out in pretty local town. A new bookshop with English books and a tea room has opened. The friendly owner is French. What will happen to people like that catering to the English (and Ryanair, for that matter) if England leaves the EU. Sorry, wrong thread
BL the first horse I ever rode was my uncle's point to pointer called Panada (a cooking connection there) - I was about six years old and was put up and walked around the schooling area - I was in heaven. After that when I visited there was a pony for me to ride
- sometimes my uncle's friend and neighbour the late great showjumper Alan Oliver gave me a lesson. 
For a couple of years in my early teens I'd go and stay with my friend at her sister's place. Her husband was the local MFH and in exchange for long hours mucking out and cleaning tack I got to ride out on one of his steadier horses.
Lovely big horses with muscle, power and character
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
gorgeous sunny day again, but thought I'd pop in for a spot of lunch.
Sweet potato laksa soup with coconut ,lemon grass and chilli. V nice.
Oooh that sounds good Hosta
Cold and mizzly here all day
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove & Lizzie I have only ridden, well actually sat on a horse once, he was called Shamus I have no idea what he was but all he did was lean forward nearly tip me off and eat mum's hedge..My friend was told to take him home
after they lifted me down! He was tall and I was short, still am 
I'm just as good on a push bike 
OH is to horses what Victor Meldrew is to Chimps
He was once terrorised by a horse 
We were dog walking with a friend across a field with horses, the lady we were with did it everyday. For some reason a lovely big horse took a liking to my OH and started to follow, then walk alongside, then give him a few nudges 
OH walked quicker the horse kept up and still gave him a friendly nudge, his pace increased as did that of horse. OH legged it out of the field 
He still hasn't lived it down 
Worried by a friendly horse 
Evening
Good evening, Panda.
The ducks are back. A pair of mallards come around this time, for the last five years or so. I wonder how long they'll stay this year.
Hello non-horsey folks
Panda, have you seen Nora's thread about tablets?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.