mayhem

Wed

8°C | 4°C

Lashing rain.
Mayhem in Egypt with protests, Australia with cyclones and Ireland with the election.

Inspirational Irish person of the day:
Imelda May, classy girl.


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Update on my horse outside Floyd. He recovered from the dentist and yesterday I rode him in the arena for about half an hour and he behaved so I am very pleased with him. I had to get him officially measured the evening before or he wouldn't be able to compete in anything this year. He is about 15hh and the most valuable size for him to be would be 2 inches shorter. People go to great lengths to get ponies in the size range they want, they file down their feet, they train them for months to bend their knees when required, I have even heard of an operation to slice off their withers :( (the top of the shoulder) to reduce them in height to 14.2hh. I would have been happy if he measured under 15hh as that would be ok for show hunter pony classes which he would be good at. He had never seen a measuring stick before and when the vet approached he spread his legs and cowered down like an inverted banana actually making himself two inches smaller! So he is officially 14.2hh. Perfect- more options. Only he is going to have to do that for the rest of his life whenever he is measured....He also let me load him into the trailer by myself and travelled well in it which means I can bring him places without any hassle which is great news.

The year before last we got planning permission for a nature centre on the farm. Although the project was very popular with the community and backed by the enterprise board we were stopped from going ahead because of an objection. We are seriously considering resubmitting a scaled down version with a farm cafe, nature walk and playground. The theory being- try to make the best of what you have. We have 50 acres of pasture, rock, trees and a tidal fresh water lake called a turlough. Surely merits a nature centre!?

unusual fresh water tidal lake/turlough