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Just Mr Pea showing Dudley just how fast he had to go Sunday at the ODE. Not sure how to tell him he needs to go even faster! 🤣

There's no secret that showjumping isn't my favourite thing (jumping a big hedge so much easier than a 90cm oxer!!!) So you can imagine how I felt coming into this, the last fence of a decent 90 course, knowing we were clear and it was a team event too to add to the pressure! Mr Pea obviously had no idea and, in his usual forgiving way, got me round, and we were clear!! 😀 Very nearly in the individual placings but a team win and qualification for Lamberts Castle Riding Club. And a massive personal win getting a lovely clear round.

Attention span of a goldfish...

Mr P heard that Sunday brings 'circles" in public. He needed a sit down after hearing this.

Short clip of our jumping round from Tuesday. Thank you Charlotte Warman Bitting Solutions for the new bit, so much better.

Time for Mr Pea to get inside the dressage boards. Not pure dressage, lets not get carried away! Combined training at Chard Equestrian on Tuesday. The weather was awful, windy, horribly wet, and foggy, and Pea hates rain! But we did it, stayed inside the boards, walk, trot and cantered in the right places and I remembered where to go!! It's a long way from perfect, but for his 1st attempt, it was perfect enough. A new bit for jumping resulted in a much nicer round with just 1 unfortunate pole. So we came last but I'm thrilled and we can only get better..... 😃

She really enjoyed parts of her walk this morning!!!

That's that job done!

Might not be as impressive as jumping into the lake at Badminton, but for a horse who really didn't like getting his feet wet when he came, this is quite an achievement. Thank you, Amy Barlow Eventing for a great lesson.

Just one of the benefits of hand made over mass produced: Quality - Mass produced items often have a tendency to be made as inexpensively as possible in order to maximise profits. I typically use the highest quality material. Often it's hand-picked and locally sourced. I might spend hours creating each piece, giving great attention to detail. There is no comparison to an item just rolling-off the assembly line with a piece touched and shaped by human hands. All of which gives great value for money.

Badger party.

Trip to Chard Equestrian today for Badger and I to have a go at arena eventing. Despite a little directional issue and then bad riding causing a pole to fall I'm very pleased with our outing. Need to not leave it another 2 months before Badger goes into an arena and sees coloured poles........

This time last week he used to leg it to other end of the field and a bucket of food and an awful lot of patience was needed to catch him. I think we can leave the headcollar off now!!! 😀

Hand stitched

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