Riding Again.

It's been fairly warm today but with the ever present threat of showers.

Last week Iola asked if we would like an all day (7 hour) ride this week. Of course my friend Tanya said yes straight away but as only one other person signed up and the weather forecast wasn't good it was changed to a four hour ride. 

I have to say that seven hours might have been too much for much for my knees and back (especially after disco aerobics last night) but four hours was fine. It was a brilliant ride and we had hardly any rain which was a bonus. It was a new route for me going up the hill and over to Llanidloes before swinging round and back past Trawscoed. There was lots of cantering up grassy fields and then along the disused railway track to Trawscoed. No wonder there are always horse trailers parked in the car park at Black Covert Woods when I've been there with the walking group.

 

That's me in my high viz pink cycling jacket (Peter's comment was that at least they would be able to find me if I fell off), with Tanya in front.

Today I rode Cody, the dressage horse. He was a dream to ride with a very comfortable trot and I might admit to doing a lovely collected canter instead of trotting back through the final fields.

This time I dismounted safely, without landing on my bottom! and once the horses had all had a feed we led them out to the field.

Afterwards I did the usual shopping, not so much these days as we have freezers full of food which we don't get round to eating. And then I went to Charlies to try and get a new hat. Although my current hat was fitted when I bought it, it's always had a habit of tipping down over my eyebrows especially when I duck down to avoid overhanging branches. I've made adaptions to the lace up bit at the back and added extra foam inside but it's really getting on my nerves. Added to the fact that the hat I wore in Crete was so much better. Time for a new hat. I was hoping to get one with a little dial at the back that you use to tighten it up but no matter which hat I tried and how tight it was to start with it didn't take much to tip them forward. The poor lady was up and down her ladder getting every style and size but nothing worked. Next week I'll go to Wynnstay's on the industrial estate and see if they have some different makes of hat.