A good night’s sleep!! Pretty firm beds and not too warm – finally getting there There was snow in the night; a fair amount too. Traffic was hindered by it but for us it was business as usual. Back to the cemetery, catch the horses – again I was called in to catch one of [...]
Dec 182010
Dec 182010
Again a rather straggly breakfast but we were out at the horses just after 09:00. It was extremely cold this morning – about -15! We were off at 09:50 and very quickly ended up driving the horses up the wrong road in the middle of Camurac. Having managed to turn them around, we got them [...]
Dec 182010
This morning – after yet another poor night’s sleep – was once again a 6 o’clock start to get breakfast out of the way, take the remaining horses out to pasture and be ready for the minibus to ferry us back to the horses at 08:30. When everyone had rounded up their horses, brushed them [...]
Dec 162010
Again, a terrible night’s sleep but up well in time for the start. We had planned to start no later than 10:00 and we were actually saddled up and mounted by then. A small group of us waited at the exit to lead the group out but the horses were released too early! A small [...]
Dec 042010
Ouch, what a cold wind. Even if it is from the South. We woke up this morning to a lack of cold water and my first thought was that the pipes were frozen – in the garage, the cold water is already frozen (and shut off). But apparently, there was a burst main in the [...]
