{"id":286,"date":"2007-11-18T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T16:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2012-05-03T10:25:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T09:25:41","slug":"out-to-dinner-and-other-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Out to dinner (and other meals)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday:<\/em><\/p>\n

Breakfast in bed with The Lovely S followed by an episode of Buffy then a frantic scrabble to get dressed and out of the house in time.<\/p>\n

Drive The Lovely S to her work then onwards to the yard.<\/p>\n

Hot chocolate while waiting for the fog to dissipate.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t.<\/p>\n

Start up the lorry and take it for a spin.<\/p>\n

Bag to the yard after frightening<\/strike> helping a couple of particularly stupid motorists appreciate how slowly they should be driving in extreme fog.<\/p>\n

Too much fog, decide to school.<\/p>\n

Drag Vinnie out of the field, unrug, groom, tack up and because it’s still too foggy, school in the arena.<\/p>\n

Flatwork.<\/p>\n

Untack, groom again (he’s way too sweaty – needs a clip but I decide to wait until I’m back from Rome as I won’t be able to ride him next weekend), rug up, feed apples and turn him out.<\/p>\n

Karen, Christine and Young Laura arrive in their new lorry. I had a good beak around; it’s a very nice little lorry but – I don’t think I’m being too biased here – mine’s nicer. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Hot chocolate.<\/p>\n

Clean tack.<\/p>\n

Drive home via a very long-winded route so I can stop en route<\/em> and have a<\/p>\n

Double fried egg bap and a mug of tea at a roadside burger bar.<\/p>\n

Read coursework for an hour.<\/p>\n

Drive to Worcester to get my hair cut.<\/p>\n

Worcester is the capital of chavdom. Even the street beggars (got any spare change mate?) look like chavs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Had a good natter with Kate while she’s clipping and shaping: X-Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, The Best Comedy Sketches (Fools and Horses were robbed!) and many other things of great significance. She also did a head massage thing which had me purring like a six-month-old kitten; putty in her hands. I mean I was putty in her hands, not she had putty in her hands.<\/p>\n

Drive back to the yard, help get the horses in for tea.<\/p>\n

Drink hot chocolate.<\/p>\n

Pick up The Lovely S from work.<\/p>\n

While I’m waiting I ring Joanna a possible new trainer. I think the world of William but by the time I’ve boxed up, driven to his place, unboxed, tacked up, had a lesson, untacked, boxed up, driven back to the yard, unboxed, groomed, put Vinnie away, cleaned the lorry up the whole day has gone.<\/p>\n

One evening last week I found an accredited trainer on the British Eventing website, Joanne is based about half an hour from my yard.<\/p>\n

We have a long and detailed conversation and arranged for her to come in on Wednesday evening for a trial session.<\/p>\n

Then The Lovely S and I drove home and watched half an hour of X-Factor, got changed and went out.<\/p>\n

To the Riding Club AGM and Dinner.<\/p>\n

It was A Good Night Out (but bloody hell, we were both shagged out when we got home!).<\/p>\n

Sunday:<\/em><\/p>\n

Cup of tea in bed followed by…<\/p>\n

Bathroom stuff, get dressed then a drive to Worcester.<\/p>\n

Brunch and much hot chocolate at Cafe Rouge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Walk around the shops, visit Woolies and spend way too much money at the Pick N Mix.<\/p>\n

Drive to the yard, put Wednesday’s training session in the diary.<\/p>\n

Back home, divest clothes, climb in to bathrobes and do much snuggling in front of a DVD whilst alternating between a bag of grapes and a bag of Pick N Mix.<\/p>\n

Send text to Sue asking if she can clip Vinnie before Wednesday evening. She can. Wahay!<\/p>\n

And now The Lovely S has just made me a mug of hot chocolate while I sit here watching The Simpsons.<\/p>\n

It really doesn’t get much better than this.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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