Dear Diary Well she’s back. Mum didn’t stay “byed” for very long and re-appeared last weekend like a unwanted relative at Christmas – full of opinion, bearing naff presents and having an unhealthy desire to want to kiss me. I bore the criticism, crying and kissing with my usual manner (which is to say I […]

If you’ve spent five minutes in the company of equestrians, you’ll know they fall under distinct categories. How many of these have you come across? Step onto any livery yard, showground or other venue densely populated by horsey people, and you’re bound to discover a diverse range of personalities. From equestrian matriarchs who seem to […]

So it’s been a while since my last blog. In fact, I haven’t put anything out since The Royal International Horse Show, where I managed to vlog every day in what was the hottest few days in living history. Heat stroke and frizzy hair was certainly not the look I wanted to show to the […]

We seem to have had a few weeks of the greatest highs, followed by a few weeks of the greatest lows. It hasn’t quite been the end to the season I was looking for and it has been a real true test of character for myself that I wasn’t prepared for. But then again, even […]

My horses (pictured above) are now on holiday, enjoying a break in my neighbour’s fields with plenty of grass and no annoying humans asking them to do anything at all. Although they still have to see the farrier and swallow some disgusting wormer; obviously this isn’t really asking them to do anything because it’s for […]

Dear diary So this week has been quiet – the mothership is in Mum-bye (sadly she doesn’t stay “bye’d” for very long and is back tomorrow) and all the heavy rain has meant that short of an aqua-aerobics class, none of us have been able to do a great deal in the school. On the […]