A Little Bit Of Sun.

It was raining first thing so I had to get my fresh air sitting inside with the door open. By late morning the rain had cleared and in town at least it turned very warm with barely a cloud in the sky. But coming home, as I reached the point in the road where you get amazing views right across the bog to Snowdonia, I could see a mist covering the village and the whole of the bay. It was that nasty cold, damp mist. Later the wind pushed the mist back and we had blue skies for a while.

No prizes for guessing that I rode Tex again. I'm still working on the same things, bend and contact which continue to improve each week. Today we rode loops down the long sides and straight lines down the centre. There was one extra moment of progress which came after I had got off at the end of the lesson. (We line up in the middle of the school to dismount and then lead our horses back to their stables.) Tex gets an itchy face and up till now has always tried to use me as a scratching post. Not a good idea as a horse's head is heavy and their necks are strong. I've been stopping him and telling him off and then today he didn't. He got a rub on the face from me and when we got back to the stable he used the wall mounted water trough to give his head a really good rub. When I give him a good scratch on his neck there's one spot he really loves and his lip starts to quiver. So sweet.

 

In town I dropped off some posters in a charity shop but didn't find anything exciting to buy. In the street I saw a chap walking along who I guess does Medieval re-enactment as he was carrying a full sized medieval shield and wearing some sort of cloak or robe hitched up under his back back which had a broadsword poking out of the top. The students in general are interesting and keep the town lively.

At home I was finally able to put some seeds out for the birds.

As I sat indoors with a mug of tea I could see the contractor working on repairing the sea defences. I hope they scrape the shingle off the slipway too. Not only is it very difficult wheeling the boats down to the sand but it's hard for older people to walk over the stones to get to the beach.