sorry - I haven't ridden in a while due to the absolutely foul weather we've been having. It's rained and rained and rained and rained. The school is out of the question, I think we'd sink, and riding out isn't much fun. He had a day off sunday, monday we had a brisk trot for 30 mins down the bridlepath, tuesday we groomed and that was it and today I cantered down the bridlepath in full weatherproof gear, leapt off, hit a wall, made a BIG SCARY NOISE and landed. Then Muzzy landed. On my toe.

I popped him in a stable, wincing as I hobbled towards my friends tack room. I grabbed a rug off the rail and came back to find Muz on his way out to visit some friends. As I was backing him into the stable he trod on my toe again and then leant on me for a scratch. So I have a lovely black and brown toe and cannot walk, just in time for my holiday - the joys! On the plus side, however, my friend has agreed to exercise him while I'm away and also we did a very nice flying change from good to bad leg on the way down the path.

I will do my last blog on saturday for almost 3 weeks as I have two weeks in Greece followed by Pony Club, but will hopefully have lots to blog about afterwards.

Hopefully global warming will kick in and I'll get some sun for a jumping lesson tomorrow - if the school is looking less like a tropical swamp!