Chamfron photos

Chamfron Chaco and Compostela out showing (Stela was second in the foreign breed class at Bexhill Horse Show) and Chamfron Mojito at camp this week.

Keep Moving - Week 21

Started off Sunday around East Linton, including a walk around Pencraig woods and then Smeaton Lake.  Noticed Smeaton Estate has a rather nice cross country course for hire!  Cactus went out with Molly and Cognac and was a bit brighter and bolder just to convince Cognac he had no chance with his girlfriend!  Long hours at work followed by a return to foul weather on Thursday has meant I have been particularly sedentary.  I'd like to say it was all quiet on mum's house but it wasn't, we are now on to the third neighbour expressing an "opinion" on the sale, sorry that's mean of me, they are just "concerned" that's right, goodness of their hearts and all that.  Anyway misery does nothing for my movement or exercise rings on my watch but my stand hours love a three am insomnia.  I'm not quite sure when I will trust that this is genuinely over and there is something very unpleasant in knowing that people who don't know you apparently really wish you ill!  On Friday we headed off on a much needed road trip to Barley Bothy, stopping at Dess Waterfall and a couple of other places that took our interest.  On Saturday we did ten miles around Aberdeen esplanade, harbour and old town, it's somewhere I've never been before.

Chamfron Outings

Chamfron Nicobar is thrilled with his prizes after winning the 1m showjumping and Rowena and Mojtio have had a great lesson with Ben Hobday.  Chamfro Chaco went to a working hunter show and was third in his class.

Keep Moving - Week 20

Not much to report this week, on Monday I stupidly used a rocking chair to get a box from the top of the wardrobe, it bucked me off and then trampled me when I was down, several very tender ribs!  We have had a few wanders out, local railway line and along the River Esk at Musselburgh.  There followed a fairly stressful week as mum's house headed towards completion.  This is now the third house we've sold in two years and by far the worst, not the buyer, the buyer has so far been golden.  Mum's neighbours on the other hand have been the most awful interfering piss taking ****s known to man.  The highlight this week was finding out that the downstairs neighbour has, unknown to me, had a key to the house all along and has accessed the house at least twice without my knowledge (until we changed the locks!)  I'm hopeful that with this week over we can leave behind house marketing, clearance and cleaning and get back to exploring and finding new sights.  Spidey bounced out on a glorious Friday evening, cheery and enthusiastic, he was absolutely what I needed, he is always my best boy (sorry Cactus!)  Cactus hacked out on Saturday and felt absolutely fine, Spider has a very ropey shoe so he's now off games until the farrier has been.  Finished off the week with a walk around Woodhall Big woods in the sunshine.

Chamfron by Dand - SILVER THISTLE FINAL

80Km (50 miles) in rather cozy conditions. Completed on a speed category ONE AND ON GOLD. First and final heart rate of 42.  Made it look very easy indeed.