This is jut a quick taster of yesterday’s Musto launch. As you can see the lineup is a Who’s Who of Olympians and sporting prowess. That’s before we get to the great sporting outfits for equestrian, and sailing fans, as well as casual country chic for lovers of the outdoors. More later.
Equestrian chic – fashion and fragrance
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Great for the cooler days of autumn, this snood is £6.99 from New Look www.newlook.com |
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This lightweight scarf is pretty in pink; a bargain at £5.99 from Internacionale www.internacionale.com
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This Whisper horse print scarf at Ollie and Nic is currently £10 in the sale www.ollieandnic.com |
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Going up in price is this Horse Shoe & Stirrup silk scarf from Aspinal of London. At £67 it’s a little on the expensive side but you could put it on your Christmas list or buy it as a present for somebody else www.aspinaloflondon.com
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Finally, totally out there on the wish list (at least for me) is this gorgeous Gucci silk scarf in black and green, or black and pink, at £269 www.saksfifthavenue.com
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Camping out… almost
The horses at our new yard live out during the summer and, thanks to the lovely weather we’ve had this month, some of them have been living out for a few weeks already. Now, I have never left John out all night and I have no idea if he lived out before he came to me, but one reason for moving yards was so that I could try it. Everybody I’ve spoken to about it says their horses love it and of course, living outside is natural for horses in the wild.
Nonetheless, for us it was another one of those big steps we seem to encounter regularly, and I was prepared for a night of camping out at the yard with a sleeping bag and flask of coffee to hand, to keep an eye on him.
Except my friends refused to stay with me and as I’m a bit of a baby when it comes to being outside in the dark, on my own, in the middle of nowhere, I bottled it. I went home and worried instead.
When I went to see him the next morning he was a picture – I have never seen a horse look so tired, his eyelids were drooping and his head hung down heavily as if he was about to drop. I guess he hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before.
The second night was better – he still looked tired but seemed happier.
The third night I decided to bring him in for his supper and a hay net, and if he seemed content, to leave him in his stable for the night.
I had convinced myself he was unhappy out in the field and preferred the creature comforts of his own space, with soft shavings to sleep on. Well, he polished off his supper no problem, then he started to call for his field neighbours. His calling became more urgent and he began to pace around his stable. At that point I got the message. He didn’t want to be in, he wanted to be out.
So I led him back to the field and since then I’ve stopped fretting about him. He spoke and I listened.
Trotting on
John and I rode out this morning with another couple of girls from the livery yard and their horses, we were out for around an hour-and-a-half, the longest hack we have done so far. He was tired when we got back to the yard because we did a lot of trotting, more than we have done for ages.
Again, he was brill in all ways. We went a new route and he handled it really well, even though for some reason there were lots of cars around (on a Sunday morning can you believe, why weren’t people still in bed?) We met several dogs, joggers and cyclists – the only one he seemed to be wary of was a very large poodle with a quiff.
I lost a stirrup manoeuvring our way through apple boxes stacked up either side of the path at one point – he did take a dislike to them – but he went through at a jog so didn’t disgrace himself by taking off with me, and I managed to hook my foot back into the stirrup pretty quickly.
Another great step forward for us I think.