Me and Maud
It was my intention when I started this blog was to use it as a diary. Like most people, I have found the task of keeping a diary quite difficult, although that isn’t really a good excuse.
Another intention was never to moan or complain, but that too has been difficult, so I’m resisting the urge!
BUT ….
The ramp of Mum’s little horsebox has managed to twist itself, which meant we couldn’t close up the box, let alone lift the ramp off the ground. I phoned around to find someone who could repair this bizarre damage. Malcolm’s of Brookfield responded and very kindly sent a mechanic out to have a look. So after a lot of discussion, we used rope and gaffer tape to secure the ramp and upper doors, and I managed to creep along the road to their workshop so that the lorry could be repaired.
I can't find the photograph I took, but the metal cladding is also falling away from the ramp - it's such a mess. Goodness knows what has happened or how.
This all happened a few days before I was supposed to be attending a Le Trec training day organised by Kilmacolm Riding Club. I was successfully practising trailer loading with Maud, as sometimes she can be a bit unhappy about loading.
Do you know, I think Le Trec is an equine sport that I’m obviously destined never to participate in, as every time I enter or try to compete, something always puts a spanner in the works preventing me from attending.
The Riding Club Trec training day I did attend on foot. I took my camera and lugged around with me all morning and didn't take one picture! regardless, it was a really useful day, I learned a lot, but how I wish I had Maud with me. Of course, after the event, my head was full of questions. Typical!
So I have booked myself onto a judges training evening on the 25th August at Muirmill to learn as much as I can about how to approach obstacles and what the pit falls are in the orienteering section and how they are marked etc. Also, sitting on the kitchen table is the application form for a one day Trec event at Barskimming on the 11th September.
With the weather this summer being rather wet and dull, I have managed to ride Bombay most weekends without any serious incident; that is not to say that his head shaking is less, he just hasn’t yet lost complete ability to concentrate. !!!!
I’m thrilled that I’m still managing to ride Bombay, however this year he has put on a lot of weight due to not being ridden as frequently as in the past; he’s not my racing snake anymore. Anyway, I must remember that I can’t have everything.
A total of three moans in this post.
I decided on Friday night that I MUST remove the insipid pinky grey splash back tiles. So I made another trip to B&Q on Saturday morning and bought two boxes of their basic white tiles, and a couple of hours later ... job done.
Ah, but we're not finished doing the plumbing yet as you can see! A bit of a problem fixing the waste pipe to the U bend because the new basin is a different size, i.e. it protrudes further from the wall than the previous basin and has pushed the waste pipe so it sits at an angle and water seeps through the joint - hense the bucket!
