I spent my morning building a new track extension to miss out all the depressing boggy bits that appeared last year.  They really were very deep and Newt struggled to get across. I hated watching that,

Although, I had originally intended to just block access to these areas, I quickly realised that the ponies would lose a lot of grazing and it also took away the circular effect of the track.  Knowing my ponies, I also realised that the Shetland ponies would stay down in the farthest point refusing to move or come home to bed every evening.  I have watched their antics before.  To get them to come home is a lot of work and a lot of shouting.

Hence the track extension.  It took me a few hours but Pepper and I worked hard creating what I wanted et voilà!  We achieved a creditable and straight track that linked up with the far side.

Dear little Pepper was fast a-bye-byes all afternoon after “helping”. I didn’t have such a luxury and made a sheep instead.

Anywho, afterwards, I shouted for everyone to come home and surprise, surprise, they all galloped up the hill immediately which was good. They had a new piece of grazing (tis Monday after all) and I wondered if they would play silly-buggers.

Tiddles was tail-end Charlie but look at him go.  What a lovely trot.  That made me smile.  You have no idea.  When you think how he was just a few month’s back.

I’m not going to lie, but I am exhausted now.  Supper is warming up (leftovers from yesterday’s Thai banquet what Floss and I created) and I have the last of the gin too.