Time for another few words from your correspondent… Since the last blog, there has not been a great deal of activity. I have been out with Anike and Zula a few times – things there are slowly getting better. Anike still has more trust in me than in Zula but that will slowly change; we [...]
Aug 252010
We have now had a couple of days decent weather – today was particularly good; we finally reached 20˚ and there was sunshine all day. Hopefully in Písečná all is well – there were reports this week that there have been torrential rains in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech republic and Poland; that will mean the [...]
One of those days – the sun shone occasionally and could be very warm; but if there was no sun, then it was pretty chilly in the wind. And of course the rain showers were pretty hefty leading to a decided sogginess when spending any time in them! Oh yes, and as the Flemish call [...]
What a difference – last week we were out riding right until darkness fell and it was still warm; this week we couldn’t even go out for the first two lessons. It was Dutch Remembrance Day on Tuesday so it was quiet at the riding school – all four riders for the first lesson but [...]
The forecast for Sunday was pretty grotty (14 to 15mm rain) and since we rode the Niederbusch circuit on Saturday (2½ hours), we decidedd to put the horses straight out to pasture. Good idea too; every time it seemed to clear up, within 10 minutes it was raining again . (When I looked at Karin’s [...]
