Wintry Showers.

I began my morning by wrapping up well to sit outside under the full moon.  

I couldn't stay out as long as I would have liked because being a Friday I needed to be organised and out in time to drive to the stables. 

The Met Office had predicted wintry showers for the morning and that is exactly what we got. As I headed out through the village in came rain and sleet, (there was the end of a rainbow as well but I couldn't stop to take a photo.) Then I found myself driving through a snow shower. Luckily it stopped when I got to the stables though during our lesson I could see thick snow falling outside. Most of me was warm but I could feel the utter cold of the air I was breathing in. Then hey presto, by the time we finished the sun was shining again. Only to turn to hail as I drove to town.

On the way home from town when I got to the point where I get a good view inland of the Cambrian mountains I could see they had much more snow than the dusting I'd seen on Snowdonia in the morning. (below)

There were only four of us in the lesson today and I rode my favourite hairy, grumpy, chubby Tex again. I like to ride with long stirrups but today Katie encouraged me to shorten them when riding ponies. I guess she knows best. In the lesson we worked on getting our horses on the bit and creating bend (sideways) as we rode round.

Afterwards I went shopping and had a little look at the sales items. I can't say there was an awful lot on offer and anyway I have most things I need.

In Charlie's they had lots of shoes and boots on sale. That included Heavenly Feet boots and I could have wept when the size 8s that I tried on were too snug a fit even at the ridiculous price of £15. My broad feet are a shoe buying challenge but I find it's worth trying shoes on as different makers or even different styles by the same maker can vary even though they are technically the same size. This was the case with these wellies. As I'd gone to the bother of pulling off my riding boots I tried on anything that looked promising. I'm really after a pair of 'dealers' (short riding boots) but there were two pairs of colourful, short wellies. The sage green ones were as expected a little tight but these crazy dark purple flowery ones were fine. And as they were almost half price in my basket they went, along with a half-price tree decoration. 

These wellies might be better for my beach walks as one of my gardening wellies leaks. I can't remember which one so have to be careful walking on the wet sand. And they will match my purple raincoat.

At home by the time I had helped Pete with the unpacking and loaded the washing machine I was fit for nothing except sitting with a big mug of tea and watching tv.