Frosty.

It was chilly this morning. I was glad I'd put a cloth over the car's windscreen as it saved me having to scrape it clean before setting off. Just a shame I foolishly put the screen wash on, something I do every time I get in the car, as it promptly smeared and froze across the windscreen.

It was still cold when I got to the stables. Four of us were trying to stand in a small patch of sunlight when along came Halen. I let him chase the end of my schooling whip for a while and then up into my arms he came. Nothing like a purring kitten to warm you up.

Today I rode Pacman. I don't think I've ridden him at all this year. He's taller but slimmer than Tex and quite responsive. The only thing we did today was to ride straight lines across the school. That sounds a bit minimal but it was more that we were working individually to improve ourselves and our horses. I'm always working on my posture to counteract my bent back and I try to ride with as light hands as possible. No hauling away on the reins to force the horse to 'be on the bit', just gentle asking and immediate release when the horse is going correctly. It seemed to work today.

Afterwards I went straight to Morrison's where they were beginning to fill the freezers after yesterday's freezer failure. I don't know if that was just old equipment or a cyber attack.

 

In town I bought Peter a couple of fleecy tops from Matalan as requested, took a bag of stuff to the Red Cross shop, bought the dragon for myself and the keyring for Peter in a couple of other charity shops and went to Lidl.

When I got home Peter had gone out rowing or rather coxing so I unpacked the shopping, put a saucepan of apples on to stew and had a shower. Now I'm going to have a large cup of tea and plonk myself in front of the tv.