Post by dalesnfellfan on Mar 5, 2016 13:55:09 GMT -1
I had arranged to ride with my friend and we were meeting by the chapel just down the road, when I arrived she hadn't got there yet so I started to go down the road to meet her, it had rained nearly non stop for 2 days and the road under the railway bridge was flooded and Julia and Adam were stuck the other side, Adam could not be persuaded to go through.
The road slopes down on either side of the bridge and there are high banks at the side of the road, a lot of horses find going under it a bit scary without the water, it's quite a busy bit of road with almost constant cars passing under the bridge, often they just can't wait and pass us under the bridge and of course you never know when a train will pass overhead. Water was running off the banks at either side and when cars drove through they were making big bow waves, the water was about 18 inches deep and swirling around, it was also in shadow and dark under there so difficult for her to judge what she was stepping into.
I waited until the road was clear and asked Connie to go through, she only hesitated very slightly at the edge of the water then bravely strode through it to join her new friend Adam on the other side, I did ride through right in the middle so no cars could pass us whilst under the bridge. We then turned round and went back through it giving Adam a lead. I was so proud of her, not much fazes her at all, she also led him past the scary farmyard with pigs, cows and squealing tiny Shetland ponies plus all sorts of scary looking machinery.
Just as things were drying up we are back to water and mud everywhere again
The road slopes down on either side of the bridge and there are high banks at the side of the road, a lot of horses find going under it a bit scary without the water, it's quite a busy bit of road with almost constant cars passing under the bridge, often they just can't wait and pass us under the bridge and of course you never know when a train will pass overhead. Water was running off the banks at either side and when cars drove through they were making big bow waves, the water was about 18 inches deep and swirling around, it was also in shadow and dark under there so difficult for her to judge what she was stepping into.
I waited until the road was clear and asked Connie to go through, she only hesitated very slightly at the edge of the water then bravely strode through it to join her new friend Adam on the other side, I did ride through right in the middle so no cars could pass us whilst under the bridge. We then turned round and went back through it giving Adam a lead. I was so proud of her, not much fazes her at all, she also led him past the scary farmyard with pigs, cows and squealing tiny Shetland ponies plus all sorts of scary looking machinery.
Just as things were drying up we are back to water and mud everywhere again
A pony like that is worth it's weight in gold. 
