Tuesday. Our first proper hack out in 2 years! I don't count our ambling round the village as a proper hack but today we did country lanes and went past fields with horses and cows in. She always used to be very worried about other horses in fields especially if they moved! It's fine for her to charge round the field like a mad thing when they go past her field but they are expected to gaze in awe as she passes. But she wasn't a bit bothered even when Destiny came running across the field calling to her as we passed. We met the bus and the dust cart on a narrow stretch. The only thing that did freak her a bit was the flock of geese on a lake in one of the fields we passed.
We kept to a walk again but although she was looking round at all the things she hasn't seen for so long it was a much more relaxed walk than Monday. She could have been a different horse. But isn't it amazing how a ride that almost wasn't worth bothering with as it was so short 2 years ago has turned into a major expedition now!
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