Keep Moving - Week 16

Hacked out on Sunday with Julie and Libby and then had a stroll along the coast at Port Seaton.  Six work miles on both Monday and Tuesday, then Spider went a wee hack on Tuesday afternoon.  I particularly like that my phone does not consider trekking through plough, with a rucksack and sweating profusely "exercise minutes" but bimbling around the block in walk on Spider absolutely does count!  5km jog before work on Wednesday, definitely feels all uphill this way, I cut off through the muddy woodland path to finish so a slow 39.42 and another 5km after work on Thursday (the preferred downhill route) 36.59.  Quick hack on Friday night for Spider, starting to feel more spring like (though still not warm) - lambs looking less waterlogged and finally tractors in fields, getting crops in.   Glorious Saturday so both boys were hacked out before we had a stroll through Princes street gardens (full of sightseers and sunbathers!) on our way to dinner.  Local post box topper suggests "it's time for bed"

Chamfron Paloma - 12 years old

 

Grading results

A day out at the Sports Pony Studbook Society gradings means Chamfron Chipita is now SPSS graded (main studbook) & Ceilidh (her foal by Balmoral Sport) was awarded a Premium at youngstock evaluation

Chamfron Outings

Chamfron Nicobar has been out arena eventing, Chamfron Almendra had a run at the LandS Eventing Limited's "No stressage eventing" at Dallas Burston (wow, what a venue!)  Chamfron Paloma has been at two clinics, Ben Atkinson and working cattle, a very svelte Chamfron Agata de Fuego completed the 26km at Raehills.

Keep Moving - Week 15

With storm Kathleen making things extremely blustery it was another arena trip on Sunday (need to sit much further forward in my saddle but look, no stirrups!) I got in another four miles in around Gorebridge, which to be honest wasn't particularly scenic!  On Monday I managed a short stroll along the Union canal before we headed down to York for a conference.  Feeling quite smug that Mairi and I managed a 25 min jog every morning before breakfast.  The early mornings were sunny with no wind and generally the best weather of the day, the town was deserted and peaceful.  I did fit in a couple of evening walks too but I doubt any of the exercise made a dent in the dinners we ate!  Finished the week with a Spider hack and then walked back to the horses in the evening. 

Chamfron Ojo de Tigre - 11 years old

 

Keep Moving - Week 14

Glorious Easter Sunday, Spider did two hours exploring a loop at New Winton (photographic evidence of being out in a t-shirt!)  Cactus hacked for an hour and I walk / jogged a slow (37.50) 5km.  Back to the rain and misery of the never ending winter on Monday so we headed in to Edinburgh for a wander round and an hour at the wildlife photographer of the year exhibition.  Didn't make it back out until Thursday when we managed a 5km around Figgate park, a few seconds shaved off for personal best of 35.53 and some other (tentative) good news so we had a celebratory McFlurry.  Just a walk out with Meghan and Spider on Friday and then both the boys out for a trundle on Saturday.