The Tale of the Hay Turtle...

We have carried on with the theme of the poor abused Hay Turtle on the studs Facebook page, yesterday we put out an impassioned plea for people to save him as he reached the brink of extinction.  You know the sort of thing, act now, donate just three pounds a month and no I won't be sending you a cuddly toy.  Today the weather closed in on the Hay Turtle, he succumbed to the snow and gave up the fight but he didn't go without his moment of fame, oh no.

Firstly Callum Rae let us know what happened next - 

"Whilst out surveying this morning... I happened to stumble across this defenceless hay turtle, it would seem that the horses, having recently received news that their 10th cousin had ended up in a value pack of beef lasagne  had needed an outlet for their anger. 

They devoured his home in seconds and left him to freeze in the snow. Every cloud has as silver lining and certainly this massive buzzard.. who happened to be in the area did not miss the opportunity of bagging a turtle for its wall.. 

I managed to snap this photo before running to my car in fear of being taken myself..."

Then ITV Borders got in touch to ask if they could use my "great snow pics" on their website.  Of course I presumed it was the one of Arrayan cantering with Mark through pristine snow, showing his fabulous temperament and quality.  "Sure" I said just make sure Chamfron Stud is credited.  "Of Course" they said and they did.  Therefore you can imagine my absolute hysterics when I went to the website to see in fact they too were worried about the plight of the poor Hay Turtle... may he Rest in Peace!