Very Wet.

It was very grey this morning. I just about managed to drink my coffee outside before the first drops of rain sent me back indoors. For the rest of the day we've had extremely heavy showers interspersed with occasional brighter moments. By the time I got home the sea was looking quite wild which was lovely to watch from the comfort of an armchair.

At the stables I rode my lovely Tex again. Beforehand I had time to carry on with brushing out his wet mane. I've nearly reached his ears but there's still more mane flopped over on the other side.

In the lesson we did a lot of work in sitting trot plus for a lot of the time several of us rode without stirrups. Tex is so comfortable in the trot which made it easy so as usual I concentrated more on asking him to be on the bit. Each week he gets a bit better which is very satisfying.

The rain got so heavy that a young girl who was having a private lesson in the arena came in and rode in the school with Chloe who was teaching her, running by her side. We are used to avoiding each other so it didn't make a lot of difference to us.

 

At Morrisons they now have clematis in the garden section. I couldn't resist picking up two more and then when I noticed the 3 for 2 offer went and chose another one. 

Last week in Charlie's I advised a chap looking at the clematis that he would do better getting one from Morrisons. Okay the Charlie's one was a lot bigger but at £18 also a lot more expensive.

In town I donated yet another bag of stuff to the Climate shop where I bought three ring binders for Pete and a dark blue sheet to turn the boat into the sea for the carnival, for the grand price of £2.

By the time I got home I was, as usual worn out. I planted the clematis in the back garden, put a saucepan of apples on to stew, prepared a salad for supper and had a shower before finally crashing out with a big mug of tea.