So Cold.

This morning's pink sky accurately foretold the rain we would have later in the day. From the very start the day was cold, bitterly so especially when the rain started.

It's Valentine's day so I had woken to the sight of a bunch of beautiful yellow roses and a selection of too tempting chocolates from Peter. After over 50 years together it's lovely that he still remembers these special days. 

From then on it was back to normal. I went down to ride and for once I kept my long-sleeved top on over the short-sleeved riding top I usually wear. It's not so much that I don't feel the cold but that working hard warms me up really quickly. This week I was back on Meg again. Meg is pretty food focussed and keeps on eating from her hay net until the very last minute while I'm putting on her bridle. I think she was quite disappointed when I returned her to her freshly mucked out stable to find the hay net gone. There were four of us regulars in the lesson and both the girls who work and teach there too. Chloe was on a pretty arab pony that pranced around in a most elegant way. We did a lot of work on transitions from trot to walk and then halt and trot to halt and back to trot. We also cantered and it was hard work keeping Meg from falling back into trot.

The rain began as we took the horses back to their stables and continued for the rest of the day. I got very cold in town as my riding clothes and everyday jacket are not very warm. I stopped at the dump on the way with a bag of garden waste and some old electrical items including the lamp that blew out the fuse board. In town I took a bag of empty pill and vitamin packets (the pop out bits) to Sero, a shop where you can refill containers with cleaning products etc. They have recently begun collecting the old packets for recycling. If I hadn't had those with me I would have gone straight to Lidl and not bothered walking around in the cold.

Back home I had a hot mug of tea with a sandwich and watched tv while I warmed up and waited for the aches and pains to ease off. I have done my exercises but it will only be once today though so far I've done them twice a day as instructed.

Update on 'The Thug'. - The owners have been found and the cat will be neutered asap. Hopefully that will cure its aggression and the neighbourhood cats can live in peace.

Llyn Glanmerin.