KJB Pony Adventures

What was supposed to be a calm and casual hack turned out to be a panic stricken marathon at the speed of lightening. If Usane Bolt could have seen me run! The day started off calming with a lovely lie in and breakfast with the boy before we headed to the yard. It was my favourite time to arrive, quiet time. Hardly anyone was there which meant it was calm and serene while we hand grazed B and J was focussed soley on his pony instead of playing. Don't get me wrong I'm all for children playing, especially outdoors, but as I was taught growing up 'chores come first'. While B munched with all his might J and I attempted to trim his whispies - stray long pieces of hair. J was doing such a fab job and said he felt like a hairdresser so I'm not sure why he passed on the scissors to me. I tried my hardest but in any case I think I will need to tend to it over the coming week.  What do you think? Any advice? See how far they have come? B is now even le

We arrived in Wiltshire in the dead of night after a two and half hour drive from London. It always seems to take longer driving to our destination than it does driving back. J stayed awake for the entire journey much to my dismay so I knew he would be extremely tired the following day. He said he wishes he had a Pegasus so that he could fly over all the traffic - that made me smile. Knowing how expensive these events can be I came prepared with a cool box full of goodies to sustain us throughout the day. I knew there would be a lot of walking but I hadn't anticipated quite how much walking there would be. We set off early-ish on the ten minuet dive to Badminton Horse Trials and paid the £14 car park fee. We joked how it was the most expensive fee we have ever had to pay to park in a field. Thank goodness this wasn't held in London as it would be doubly costly. After embarrassingly walking in on a local farmer relieving himself in a porta loo with a broken door we quick