Broom broom

Oh my days, my legs were feeling the past two days this morning. I looked a bit like the love child of John Wayne and the Tin Man walking round! I wasn’t at my usual pace that’s for sure.

But then I rode for the longest I have in some time on Friday. And walked round a huge estate yesterday. Plus lots of driving. It’s kinda understandable why I’m feeling it.

I tried to pick jobs to do today that wouldn’t take much movement. One thing I did need to do was clean out the lorry from Friday. The last few times I’ve cleaned it out, I’ve gotten rather annoyed with my lorry brush. It really isn’t that effective. There’s usually a lot of huffing.

So today, I treated myself to a new lorry broom. I know! I’m just too good to myself.

It works a treat. The label made me laugh. Perfect for removing stubborn debris. Yup that could have been written about Buddy’s poo…

Human

I stood for 10 hours today as I was covering reception for my chiro. Cause my legs weren’t aching enough after walking miles round Burghley. Let’s just say there was lots of stretching going on behind the desk.

Being human seemed to be the theme of the day. That and technical gremlins. There seemed to be lots of equipment misbehaving today.

Saw this quote and it really resonated. Lots of the clients and I discussed how looks can be very deceiving. Life is full of ups and downs. Riding the rollercoaster makes us human.

I do love peopling.

John Wayne

Buddy had his first bath of the year. He needed it after our rather intense lesson. One of us was a tad fresh and one of us had to do a lot of sitting trot. I’ll let you guess who was who.

Let’s just say Buddy was still in XC mode. Now as much as it’s good to have forward, we also need rideability. There’s always a balance to be struck.

Still we got some wonderful trot work by the end of the lesson. I may be walking like John Wayne tomorrow. Definitely found new muscles. There are some times when I wish I could have a bath too. At least the hot shower helped.

Peopled

Today I got to be utterly peopled. Headed over to the Asparagus Festival (nope, I didn’t know there was one of them either) to help man my friend’s stall.

You have no idea how good it felt to talk to real people all day. My legs ache, my back aches and my face aches. Totally worth it. And wonderful to see so many people appreciating the yummy treats that were on offer.

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