Bad Locks and Cocky Keys

Not sure what my friends got up to this weekend, but the following just appeared on Facebook:

So in response I told her that if a key opens lots of locks, then it's a master key. But if a lock is opened by lots of keys, then it's a shitty lock. That shut her up.

If he is refering to what I think he is refering too then I should probably have been outraged on behalf of the female gender or something. But to tell the truth I can't stop laughing, and wishing I had been there...

Happy & Hairy

As expected I now have one very happy and hairy pony.

He is loving being back with the boys and especially playing with what he clearly considers to be his little yearling toys.

He can spend hours chewing on them - Richie would be so jealous!

Good times

September came and went and before I knew it my baby foal was broken in and I was riding him around.


It was the strangest feeling and it didn't really hit home until I took him back to the young horse place again. Coming off the trailer and going back in his old stable he just looked and acted so grown up.


When the yard owner asked me if I wanted her to keep a rug on so he stayed didn't go all fluffy and filthy I just shook my head.


- Nope, that way I'll be less tempted to come and get him again before the winter is over, I smiled. Because waiting until the spring is going to be really hard.

Growing Up

The Big Boys

The price to pay for working with the big boys is clearly wearing a big boy-sized photographer jacket that makes you look completely ridicilous.

The Europeans was an absolutely fantastic experience, working alongside the pros was slightly daunting and very educational.

But it also made me realize that I am just a complete amateur - in a silly looking jacket.

Me (on the right) with some of Europes finest equestrian photographers. To the right of me German rider Mathias Rath finishes his lap of honour on foot.

Summer Moved On

Summer is over and I have nearly been through all my unpublished blogposts. The ones remaining now are either so unfinished they need a lot more work or just total rubbish. Or, saying that I had a couple of the possibly too personal ones I have mentioned before lined up. But due to some unexpected developments recently I have decided to leave them there for now.

In my experience things can easily be misunderstood when taken out of context, and I also find that people who don't know me well don't always understand the spirit of the blog. Put in the words of a (fairly new) friend who somehow ended up knee deep in fools & horses: Wow, it's like an open diary or something...

Yeah, I suppose that's one way of putting it. And why I have decided to not go there right now.

But with everything happening at the moment I don't really need old posts - I need some time to dot down some of what is happening right now. And I assure you I am working on it...

The Fit Flop

When my best friend kept going on about these fabolous new flip flops she had bought that were suppose to make her fitter I laughed for about two hours straight.

When you add that she is possibly the most gullable person in the whole world I just assumed she had been ripped off by some clever salesperson.

But then it turns out to actually be a brand. Apparently it is footwear with a built in gym!

Yeah right - they won't be getting my money any day soon...

If it wasn't so utterly ridiculous I would probably feel a bit bad about not believing her...