I have been so lax at keeping my blog up to date, it’s almost a year, give or take a few months since my last post. Not very good. In that time lots has happened on my journey with John. We have hardly been in the school, instead we have wandered around the countryside where we live, enjoying the summer and getting to know each other better, building trust, as we hack out.
He is so good, even when confronted with cows, tractors, white vans, bulldozers and bikes. If a blade of grass looks at him the wrong way or a bird flaps out of a bush, well, that’s another matter.
A few weeks ago there were three of us riding out, we were talking and didn’t realise we were about to pass a house where dogs always bark. Have you ever seen horses do a Mexican wave? The three of them jumped on the spot one after the other. We laughed so much – a year ago I would probably have fallen off.
Since them unfortunately John has suffered from lameness and has been resting. We started riding again this week but we have to take it slowly – no more schooling and no more working on a circle for him. He is coming up to 23 after all, bless him.