No Show

It was raining this evening, but it wasn't raining hard and it was warm, so I headed over to the horses with Michele and Rags. When we arrived, Fiona told us that a friend was coming to use her arena. Humphries and Cheyanna had been locked in the garden so that they wouldn't spook the new horse when it arrived. I didn't feel comfortable working in the yard with the strangers and I couldn't lunge with the arena in use, and Michele couldn't ride, so we just said hello to the horses and went home. Harvey, Nellie and the goats got lots of carrots. The entrance to the garden was really muddy and I didn't want to wade through it, so I waved at Humphries from afar while Michele and Rags braved the mud and gave him and Cheyanna some carrots. Then I walked Rags up and down the avenue while Michele braved the mud in the field to say hello to Cori and J.B. It was a disappointing evening.

On another note, Michele read an article in a horse magazine about a woman called Helen Spence. She is a horse behaviourist and riding instructor. She seemed to have a very sensible approach in training both horse and rider. I wonder if she could help with my mounting problem/riding phobia.