Shenanigans with Brodie

What was meant to be a lovely little hack on the farm

The day that Brodie said

“It is just too steep. I AM 24 you know. My knees say no”

Betsy rolled her eyes and laughed as she is also 24 and walked down the steep bit of the track wonderfully elegantly with no problem and with no drama.

Ella the Labrador helped by being back up from behind. Harry was missing in action as he got distracted by something gross to eat down by the river in the big barn.

Meanwhile Daisy is laughing her head off at our shenanigans and taking photos as she would have flown over this minor dip in the track if it was on a course.

The joys of ponies ❤️

I promise it is quite steep. I usually lean right back when riding it but today Brodie said no.

If you are 14 hands and 24 it is steep - honest

Come on big guy. I got you 💕

It all began with the decision to ride as it felt like obviously the wind was never, ever going to drop again so we had to ride anyway and set off for a wee hack down and along the river.

I am sure you know by now that I hate riding in the big wind so I spent the time talking nonsense to Daisy and ignoring the loud wind howling through the grasses, hedges and trees.

We got as far as the bridge at the bottom of the farm when we realised we had lost Harry the black lab. We turned back and saw him in the dark depths of the ‘big barn’. I didn’t want to drag the ponies in there in case they stood on something sharp. I also thought Brodie would just eat something gross like Harry was. We left Harry to it. He is a bit deaf and was probably ignoring us shouting for him to come anyway.

We went back up the hill and through ‘The big puddle’. This is where the burn runs over a track and is over your wellies deep so fun for the ponies. Again Betsy walked through beautifully. Brodie decided this was fun and stood splashing the water everywhere. I was laughing with him and we were both soaked. “Come on mum!” Shouted Daisy.

Up the hill we went with Brodie grabbing stems of long grass as we went. He obviously has to keep his strength up for the extreme steep hill 🙄

That’s when we came to the steep dip. More laughter. More shenanigans. More “come on mum!”

I love it.

Until next time. Love from me and Brodie x