Sully is a rescue pony from Hungry Horse Outside, you can read his story on their facebook page here.
Freya's new pony (and Trigger's new friend) arrived this afternoon. He is just what I originally wanted - Dinky from Parshalls Farm, only male and without the biting (sorry Dinky!). He's such a chilled out chap, he hasn't made a fuss about anything since he arrived. I will be introducing him to Trigger tommorrow morning, but I'm sure they will get on brilliantly. He's already been introduced to swede and Fast Fibre (which he approved of) and having cream on a bite (which he wasn't so sure about).
Sully is a rescue pony from Hungry Horse Outside, you can read his story on their facebook page here.
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Trigger gave us a bit of a scare yesterday morning, he broke through the fence and decided to have a play with some 10 year old bales of straw in the barn. This triggered his dust allergy badly and he was pretty ill for several hours, necessitating a visit and injection from the vet. The vet was lovely, but warned me beforehand that he wasn't a horse vet - i.e. he only treats horses whose owners can catch them and get them to stand still. I was able to reassure him this isn't a problem with Trigger! He seems fully recovered now. The offending straw was duly removed and Brian carried on and cleared out the barn more fully. This allowed as to take a better look at the two tractor trailers parked under the hayloft. I think it is fair to say that one of them has had a previous life (probably several). The marriage of a pony trap and the axle and wheels from a Morris Minor is certainly novel. Sadly I think this is beyond rescue, but we hope to be able to do something with the other trailer.
Finally it was Freya's last day at pre-school summer camp, which she has absolutely adored. The lady who runs it turned out to be a neighbour and has been lovely and very helpful. We are spending the night at the Cong youth hostel to get a shower and a good nights sleep. We paid over the odds booking the room online, but luckily the lady who runs it felt guilty about this and has said we can use her coin-op laundry, showers and cooking facilities whenever we want whilst we get the house sorted - so it was well worth it! All the moving is now done, including Trigger who arrived yesterday afternoon. It got a bit stressful because the lorry driver got lost and scratched his lorry, in the end I had to walk Trigger 1.5 miles to his new home. He was a very good boy though, and I think the walk actually helped settle him down. Huge thanks to Anna and Bev who got him on the lorry in Somerset at 2am, complete with plaited mane and tail. He is currently relaxing in what will be the garden. We've already started emptying the house, made more urgent by the decided whiff of smoke (both from the fireplace / range and cigarettes I suspect) which seems to hang around all the old furnishings. The process left me with the question - exactly how many crucifixes can you get per room? We even had one inside a light bulb. Very little of the furniture is worth keeping so we're getting ready for a big bonfire! Since we are spending as much time as possible outside at the moment, I bought myself an early birthday present (although I think Freya is using it more). Dad and Freya were both fast asleep on this the first night I got it (whilst I blew up the inflatable double bed). As I mentioned earlier all of the neighbours have been really welcoming. Everyone has been around to say hello, and bought cards and presents. I took a picture of all the cards and presents (below) but we've had even more since then. Our closest neighbour is a scotsman and he very kindly gave me a lift back to the lorry to pick up my stuff after the long walk with Trigger.
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