Sad update: I had to cancel the clinic planned for this weekend, multiple riders needed to back out last minute for legit reasons (side note, can you believe our town currently has NO farrier, so if your horse throws a shoe you are SOL until they visit again in two weeks? Crazy!) While there were a couple of people interested in the spots, without a firm commitment the week before I didn't want to risk EC being out those $. Also, to be honest, I've been pretty busy and didn't feel like breaking out the cat herding skills sometime needed for organizing horse people. We organized a ride anyway, just a get together at the ring to school together and then go for a trail ride, but the weather is being extra special right now.
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| Not inspiring confidence...ha ha, Weather Network, why the eye catching drama weather in big font so you notice it before the real weather? While I do live on the coast, we are tucked in behind Vancouver Island, so the winds and waves are yucky right now, but they are no where near as impressive as the little blurb above would have you believe...as you can see, it actually feels like freezing, with wind gusts at 57km/hr. I can ride in that! |
I'm working on either rescheduling EC to come in a couple of weeks time, or figuring out a plan to take Bridget there for a few days. In the meantime, we had a fantastic ride in the magical indoor last night, and an average one outside in the wind and rain this morning. B was a little tense and on the muscle, but who can blame her? Hope everyone else is having a good weekend!
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Bummer about the cancellation but better to just call it off in advance than risk it kinda being a mess after everyone went through all the effort and expense! The group ride sounds like a very fun alternative tho - despite that weather!
ReplyDeleteNo one needs that stress, hopefully next month it will come together more easily.
Deletewinter sucks but i think you made the right move cancelling and that is crazy about the farrier! Some guy could really do well moving there if they were a farrier right?? I love that B is feeling good!! Sounds like you had a good ride anyway!!
ReplyDeleteSupposedly a farrier is moving here soon! People took our old one for granted, he's been my farrier since I was a kid and is excellent. Sadly, he retired a few months ago...too bad!
DeleteI'd die without a farrier close by. But good call on cancelling!
ReplyDeleteI'm so lucky B just gets trims and our farrier from the south coast just stops by and grabs her and trims her up when she's visiting the area.
DeleteBoo that sucks that you had toe cancel the clinic but I hope something can be rescheduled soon!
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed! It was just as well, that storm managed to knock out power over the weekend, so even indoors it would have been interesting to try to have the clinic.
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