Wet, or Maybe Not.

You would not think it looking at the photo below but my morning was grey and filled with frequent and heavy showers. I say 'my morning' because Peter informs me that although grey it stayed dry here and then we had a sunny afternoon.

I rode Margaret this morning. All was fine when we were trotting but cantering was a different matter. I think I've got so used to Cadno who responds smoothly to the aids for canter that I was a bit less focussed and there was some racing on at a fast trot before Margaret settled into canter. Not my finest efforts. Today the teaching was mainly about 'inside leg to outside rein' (dressage-y stuff) and I don't think we did terribly well as it was suggested that some of us study the subject before the next lesson. I was hoping to book myself onto a two and half hour hack before Easter but unfortunately it was already full which was a disappointment. I had known about it earlier but had waited until I knew what was happening about my toe. There are no lessons on Good Friday but I managed to book onto an hour hack with just two other people one of whom I know from RDA.

Because it was so wet I didn't bother with mooching around town and only did the usual shopping in Morrison's and Lidl. Lidl are running a Japanese Food promotion and I brought home these lime and yuzu sorbet balls to try when I do get my toe done. They also had some tubs of ice-cream in unusual flavours. The honey one would have been my choice (if I wasn't watching what I eat) or even the lemon and ginger but wasabi? That's an extreme flavour combination. 

In the afternoon I was back out digging again. Only half a trench this time. My trenches seem to be getting deeper and deeper but then I think the deeper the topsoil goes the less chance of any of the roots making their way up through the sand, gravel and stones.