Chamfron by Dand - Scottish Champs

Photos with kind thanks of Kris Clay 

Keep Moving - Week 37

Walked along the railway line on Sunday with Julie and Cactus then on Monday I took Spider out on an exploration, hacked along to Fa'side castle but couldn't work out how to make it a loop so it was an out and back (past the pigs both ways!).  You forget how close we are to Edinburgh until you are sitting with Arthurs Seat or the Pentlands framed through the ears.  Feeling like I was l slacking a little I got Craig to drop me off on his way to work and clocked another three miles along the railway line on my own feet.  The boys had the dentist on Tuesday and will have a few days off.  To get my steps in I had a walk up Traprain Law, spotting neither a pony or another person and then I walked from Hailes Castle to East Linton and back along the Tyne.  Quiet day bimbling round Dunbar on Wednesday, annoyed at myself that I let a rather "abrupt" (down right bloody rude) call from the solicitors office ruin my day off, had epic cheesy chips from Street Burger and ten hours later I was almost over it!  Then on Friday I met Nicola and we had a walk around Gifford community woodland in the drizzle. 

Chamfron Paloma - cattle clinic

Fabulous photos by Corten in the Moment Photography from the Cattle Clinic a few weeks ago.

Keep Moving - Week 36

Glorious sunny Sunday, after a morning diddling up the yard and supporting the charity cake stall we walked off some of the sugar through the woods at Gosford and then back along the beach where the kite surfers were out in force.  Back in the home office at the start of the week so getting in to the routine of a lunchtime walk and an evening hack.  It's been so warm that Spidey even got a small go faster shearing.  Another glorious evening on Wednesday so I headed down to the Borders for a walk around Old Melrose with work friends.  Then Thursday and Friday were back to exploring new hacks on Spider including finding a very useful bridlepath with just one teeny wee drawback... pigs.  Luckily we were able to let sleeping swines snooze in the sun and we stealth crept past them... this time!  Saturday I crewed for Rebecca at the Scottish endurance champs and then went for a walk up to Peniel Heugh / The Waterloo Monument.  Chamfron by Dand had lots of admirers, lots of comments about how lovely it was to see an Appaloosa doing endurance these days.  Things have certainly changed, especially in Scotland where they were once very popular. Finished the week with an evening hack on Spider, work / life balance certainly vastly improved this week with the bonus of wall to wall sunshine.

Chamfron Updates

Chamfron Compostela is looking very smart out with South-East Rural Charitable Trust.  Rebecca had a wee change of scene from endurance and went to TREC and Paloma had an outing to Horse Agility winning both her classes, only loosing one point in each section.  Then it was back to the Borders for the Scottish Endurance Championships with Chamfron Agata de Fuego completing the 30km on the Friday and Chamfron by Dand on the Saturday.  Chamfron Almendra jumped a double clear with a 31.5 dressage at Swalcliffe Park, her first event in her new home.  Chamfron Milano was at Bucks County he flew round the workers and was a super star all day bagging himself a first and third

Keep Moving - Week 35

Spidey on steps duty Sunday / Monday again .  On Wednesday I finished work early and headed up to Kinnoull Hill, spotting some of the fourteen Woodland sculptures created by Pete Bowsher on route to the tower.  The Tower was built in the 18th century by the 9th Earl of Kinnoull to resemble a castle on the Rhine in Germany, it was built to always look like a ruin.  The views on the way up to and at the tower, looking down over the Tay are incredible and well worth the walk, also spotted a red squirrel peering round a tree at me.  Glorious morning on Saturday so a gentle stroll alongside Glencorse Reservoir before taking both the horses out.

Chamfron by Dand - Kirkton Manor

Photos with kind thanks to Kris Clay.