After his accident last week, my son is fine thank God.
He's been back to the yard and has ridden again, on Lara of course, but he has been in the field with Shanks. He's riding Lara later. Seems quite comfortable again.
I've been poorly this week - horrible cold, which has manifested itself as a sore throat, swollen glands, stiff neck, sneezing, headache, did I mention the sore throat?
And my husband has been away since Wednesday, collecting the motor-glider. Ferry from Harwich to Esjberg, then driving with the trailer through Denmark and on to Arvika in Sweden, and back again. He's on the ferry now, due to dock at Harwich at 12.00. Then he's driving to the airfield to store it in the hangar, dropping his dad at his house ( went along for company) and then back home.
I need to sort out the photos I took at the cross-country last week before it all went wrong. I have to make CDs of the photos for the girls who rode, and also upload the best ones to my Facebook page, Sue Abbott Equestrian Photography. Also need to put some on my website too www.purelyphotography.co.uk It all takes time tho and I need to go to Tesco, do some washing, clean the bathrooms, Hoover, take younger son to the yard.... And the F1 is on so nothing will be done for the moment!
Showing posts with label stables. Show all posts
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Sunday, 15 April 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Busy weekend
Not checked in here for a few days, but I do have an excuse! Last Friday, my husband and I flew to Sweden for the weekend. I have mentioned before that he is a pilot, and he has been looking for aaaages for a motor glider. When I first met the husband, he flew gliders as his hobby, having learnt to fly them in the ATC. A few years ago he got his PPL and since then has mainly flown power. But he has always wanted a motor glider which gives the best of both worlds. And he managed to find a nice looking one which was based in Sweden. So, after much planning, we went away for the weekend, with an arrangement in place to see the plane on the Sunday. So we went to Stockholm on the Friday and stayed over on Saturday too to do some sight-seeing. We saw the Wasa, which is a 300+ year old oak warship which sank on its maiden journey after just 20 minutes. Three hundred years later it was found in the harbour and it was eventually raised on 24 April 1961. Since then it has been conserved and restored and is 95% original and a spectacular sight. So much so that we spent over 4 hours in the museum!
On the Sunday we got the train to Arvika where we were met by two men from the airfield who took us over to see the plane. The airfield is in stunning surroundings, the lakes were all frozen over, the skies were blue and the sun was shining. Perfect. Husband crawled all over the plane and then flew it, and loved it. Deal done, hands shaken, and back to the 1970's in the form of our hotel for the night. Not quite as plush as the one in Stockholm, this was faux-Roman with colonnades and painted marble effects. Hmmmmmmmm!
Back to Vasteras airport via train on the Monday and home again.
I do have some photos and I will pop them on here shortly.
No.1 son has collected his car, bought from his aunt, and is happily driving it on L plates with husband in the passenger seat. He is made up of course!
No.2 son spent most of the weekend at the stables, not a bad life eh?
And I was up there today for a hack. On Pampa this time and in a western saddle which was lovely and comfy (like an armchair) although my jumper kept getting caught on the horn. It was a beautiful morning with blue skies, and we saw deer in the fields. Can't get much better ways to spend a Wednesday morning than that, surely. Lots of trotting, and some long canters with no brakes! I abso-flipping-lutely loved it.
And now I'm back home drinking tea and looking at the pile of ironing that needs to be done... It really needs to be done...
On the Sunday we got the train to Arvika where we were met by two men from the airfield who took us over to see the plane. The airfield is in stunning surroundings, the lakes were all frozen over, the skies were blue and the sun was shining. Perfect. Husband crawled all over the plane and then flew it, and loved it. Deal done, hands shaken, and back to the 1970's in the form of our hotel for the night. Not quite as plush as the one in Stockholm, this was faux-Roman with colonnades and painted marble effects. Hmmmmmmmm!
Back to Vasteras airport via train on the Monday and home again.
I do have some photos and I will pop them on here shortly.
No.1 son has collected his car, bought from his aunt, and is happily driving it on L plates with husband in the passenger seat. He is made up of course!
No.2 son spent most of the weekend at the stables, not a bad life eh?
And I was up there today for a hack. On Pampa this time and in a western saddle which was lovely and comfy (like an armchair) although my jumper kept getting caught on the horn. It was a beautiful morning with blue skies, and we saw deer in the fields. Can't get much better ways to spend a Wednesday morning than that, surely. Lots of trotting, and some long canters with no brakes! I abso-flipping-lutely loved it.
And now I'm back home drinking tea and looking at the pile of ironing that needs to be done... It really needs to be done...
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Still no luck
Still haven't got any further with getting a job. Will keep on trying...
Off to get some jodhpurs in a mo - I have only one pair as I was waiting to make sure I got on ok before I bought any more. I'm hoping to go up to the stables this evening when my son gets back from school and we can go in the indoor school together.
I must get going - I'm beginning to slip back into the habit of doing not a lot. Not a good place for me to be...
LATER.....
Ok so it's about 4 hours later and I did go out and buy some jodhpurs :) Nice chocolate brown ones which seem very comfortable.
Son got home from school and said he didn't want to go to the stables, and that I should go on my own, which is probably true. But I haven't tacked up completely on my own and I just wanted him to watch me and make sure I was doing it right. Not got a lot of confidence at the moment, again...... So I have just got on with getting dinner ready for them and I hope that I'm feeling a bit more confident tomorrow.
Off to get some jodhpurs in a mo - I have only one pair as I was waiting to make sure I got on ok before I bought any more. I'm hoping to go up to the stables this evening when my son gets back from school and we can go in the indoor school together.
I must get going - I'm beginning to slip back into the habit of doing not a lot. Not a good place for me to be...
LATER.....
Ok so it's about 4 hours later and I did go out and buy some jodhpurs :) Nice chocolate brown ones which seem very comfortable.
Son got home from school and said he didn't want to go to the stables, and that I should go on my own, which is probably true. But I haven't tacked up completely on my own and I just wanted him to watch me and make sure I was doing it right. Not got a lot of confidence at the moment, again...... So I have just got on with getting dinner ready for them and I hope that I'm feeling a bit more confident tomorrow.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Another hack
As planned, I went up to the stables to meet Frankie for a hack. She was there when I arrived and we got the horses tacked up and set out " on the quiet road". Quiet? Loads of traffic, and vans, and a bus, another horse, some chickens, several cockerels, dogs, people, cars reversing, kids in a playschool running out to see the horses......... Lara, bless her, took it all in her stride, and when I asked her for a trot so we could go by the bus that had pulled in for us, she gave me the smoothest trot I could have wished for, especially as the bus was quite full and everyone was watching! We were gone for about 2 hours in all - enough that my legs know about it..... It was lovely - I really enjoyed it. I am also a little bit pleased with myself that I have got to this stage, bearing in mind that for a long time I haven't pushed myself, or been able to push myself, to do something like this.
The chickens are doing well - Eddie and Caketin are laying almost daily. The weather has become a lot milder, although it is meant to be going colder over the weekend again.
The house is a bit of a mess currently, so I'm going to have a bit of a blitz on that this afternoon.
Oh, and we have booked to go to Sweden for a few days soon - never been before so we are looking forward to that.
Right, so coffee, wash hair, tidy house, son to stables, food shop, collect son, dinner. Sorted.
The chickens are doing well - Eddie and Caketin are laying almost daily. The weather has become a lot milder, although it is meant to be going colder over the weekend again.
The house is a bit of a mess currently, so I'm going to have a bit of a blitz on that this afternoon.
Oh, and we have booked to go to Sweden for a few days soon - never been before so we are looking forward to that.
Right, so coffee, wash hair, tidy house, son to stables, food shop, collect son, dinner. Sorted.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Morning
Monday again.....
That was a lovely weekend. We dropped younger son at the stables on Friday evening and he ended up staying there until Sunday afternoon. He had a great time, he works hard there too. Older son played football on Saturday afternoon for the first time in ages. He was knackered when he got home and was in bed by 10.30. On a Saturday! On Sunday he went to Carrow Road where City were playing Man Utd. City apparently were the better team by far, but Giggs got a 92nd minute winner 2-1.
And us? Well we took the dogs to Sandringham for a walk - it's about 20 minutes drive away and a great place, with a nice tearoom too. It wasn't very busy, well the tearoom was, but that's no surprise really. We had a lovely walk - both the dogs behaved really well especially around the other dogs there. We have only recently been able to let them both off the lead at the same time (they used to run and run and run.......) and they did well. Coffee and cakes at the tearoom (and yes, I did have my camera with me too).
Sunday was very relaxed. We sorted out some of my photos and put them in a display album to leave at the stables. I have started doing Equine photography and the album has samples of my work. I am seeing if there is much interest from the liveries at the yard. Quick trip to the airfield with my husband, to hear about the new controlled airspace restrictions at the airport. Then a lovely roast dinner and a play about with my new Florabella actions. I have treated myself to Vintage, Colour and Haze and Black and White. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........
I have also dug out my coursework for the OCA course I was doing. I am going to pick it up again, and have been giving it some thought. I am not sending it up for assessment any more as I have long since missed my deadlines, but I am going to do it for me. I will continue to use one of my other blogs on here, My Corner Of Norfolk, as my learning log.
This week - more riding lessons, playing with my photos and doing some coursework, looking at Excel and working out how to keep fat dog out of the chicken run.....
That was a lovely weekend. We dropped younger son at the stables on Friday evening and he ended up staying there until Sunday afternoon. He had a great time, he works hard there too. Older son played football on Saturday afternoon for the first time in ages. He was knackered when he got home and was in bed by 10.30. On a Saturday! On Sunday he went to Carrow Road where City were playing Man Utd. City apparently were the better team by far, but Giggs got a 92nd minute winner 2-1.
And us? Well we took the dogs to Sandringham for a walk - it's about 20 minutes drive away and a great place, with a nice tearoom too. It wasn't very busy, well the tearoom was, but that's no surprise really. We had a lovely walk - both the dogs behaved really well especially around the other dogs there. We have only recently been able to let them both off the lead at the same time (they used to run and run and run.......) and they did well. Coffee and cakes at the tearoom (and yes, I did have my camera with me too).
Sunday was very relaxed. We sorted out some of my photos and put them in a display album to leave at the stables. I have started doing Equine photography and the album has samples of my work. I am seeing if there is much interest from the liveries at the yard. Quick trip to the airfield with my husband, to hear about the new controlled airspace restrictions at the airport. Then a lovely roast dinner and a play about with my new Florabella actions. I have treated myself to Vintage, Colour and Haze and Black and White. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........
I have also dug out my coursework for the OCA course I was doing. I am going to pick it up again, and have been giving it some thought. I am not sending it up for assessment any more as I have long since missed my deadlines, but I am going to do it for me. I will continue to use one of my other blogs on here, My Corner Of Norfolk, as my learning log.
This week - more riding lessons, playing with my photos and doing some coursework, looking at Excel and working out how to keep fat dog out of the chicken run.....
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