Things that want to eat Horses
Aug. 24th, 2011 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hellisonYep, more horse stuff, sorry. It's about all I do these days so it's that or more moaning about avoiding work on the tenders. Which is pretty much what this is.
Took Ziggy out for a hack this morning, there's lots of pretty quiet wee country roads around us so its usually good to potter around on. She is very good with traffic, and when with another horse, very little bothers her at all. When on her own however, she gets a bit SUPER VIGILANT and things that she'd normally never look twice at suddenly become Horse Eating Monsters.
Today, the world was full of them.
First part of the hack is down the main road. Lorries, vans, cars whizzing past. All fine.
A sign outside new houses (that she has passed several times with no problem) - HORSE EATING MONSTER GET AWAY FROM IT QUICK
Grates/manhole covers - traps for the unuwary horse. To be avoided at ALL COSTS
Bins - suspicious, keep a close eye on them
Bin lorry - huge, clanking, bin eating monster. Obviously a friend to horses therefore and absolutely nothing to worry about
Sheep moving in a field - OMGOMG! WHAT IS IT? DOES IT WANT TO EAT ME?? RUN AWAAAAY!
A roll of fencing wire EVIL EVIL EVIL! HELP HELP! Quick get to the other side of the road don'tmakemegonearit!!
Flags (from the 12th) waving from every lamp post thro small village - no problem
Lorry with rattly trailer - fine
Cyclist whizzing past down hill - fine
Dog barking from behind a fence AAARRRGHHH (a full four feet off the ground spook at that one)
Cows - possibly monsters. Keep a VERY WATCHFUL EYE on them
Red Hedge cutting sign on road - EVIL!
Blue line painted on road - REALLY EVIL! HELP! DON'T STAND ON IT!!
Hedge cutting machine - AAARGGH MONSTER RUN AWAAAAAAY (to be fair it was behind the hedge so she couldn't really see it, just the big arm thing making really strange noises)
Red post office van - meh, fine
Bit of newspaper on side of road - GOING TO EAT ME! HELP!
Dog in middle of road barking - wary, but fine (then it ran away)
Dogs behind fences barking - RUN AWAAAAAAY
Wall painted blue on top - possibly EVIL! Beware!
Stone lions on gateposts - fine
Stone lions on ground - EVIL WAITING TO POUNCE! Do Not Approach!!
A single leaf lying on the ground - DANGER! KEEP AWAY!
We did make it back fine, despite it being a more eventful ride than usual. And she was very brave going past the scary hedge cutting machine. Some of the rest of it tho... why the SHEEP? And blue things. Blue things BAD in Ziggyland. Unless they are bin lorries. Bin lorries FRIEND.
Still, it gets me out in the fresh air ;p
Took Ziggy out for a hack this morning, there's lots of pretty quiet wee country roads around us so its usually good to potter around on. She is very good with traffic, and when with another horse, very little bothers her at all. When on her own however, she gets a bit SUPER VIGILANT and things that she'd normally never look twice at suddenly become Horse Eating Monsters.
Today, the world was full of them.
First part of the hack is down the main road. Lorries, vans, cars whizzing past. All fine.
A sign outside new houses (that she has passed several times with no problem) - HORSE EATING MONSTER GET AWAY FROM IT QUICK
Grates/manhole covers - traps for the unuwary horse. To be avoided at ALL COSTS
Bins - suspicious, keep a close eye on them
Bin lorry - huge, clanking, bin eating monster. Obviously a friend to horses therefore and absolutely nothing to worry about
Sheep moving in a field - OMGOMG! WHAT IS IT? DOES IT WANT TO EAT ME?? RUN AWAAAAY!
A roll of fencing wire EVIL EVIL EVIL! HELP HELP! Quick get to the other side of the road don'tmakemegonearit!!
Flags (from the 12th) waving from every lamp post thro small village - no problem
Lorry with rattly trailer - fine
Cyclist whizzing past down hill - fine
Dog barking from behind a fence AAARRRGHHH (a full four feet off the ground spook at that one)
Cows - possibly monsters. Keep a VERY WATCHFUL EYE on them
Red Hedge cutting sign on road - EVIL!
Blue line painted on road - REALLY EVIL! HELP! DON'T STAND ON IT!!
Hedge cutting machine - AAARGGH MONSTER RUN AWAAAAAAY (to be fair it was behind the hedge so she couldn't really see it, just the big arm thing making really strange noises)
Red post office van - meh, fine
Bit of newspaper on side of road - GOING TO EAT ME! HELP!
Dog in middle of road barking - wary, but fine (then it ran away)
Dogs behind fences barking - RUN AWAAAAAAY
Wall painted blue on top - possibly EVIL! Beware!
Stone lions on gateposts - fine
Stone lions on ground - EVIL WAITING TO POUNCE! Do Not Approach!!
A single leaf lying on the ground - DANGER! KEEP AWAY!
We did make it back fine, despite it being a more eventful ride than usual. And she was very brave going past the scary hedge cutting machine. Some of the rest of it tho... why the SHEEP? And blue things. Blue things BAD in Ziggyland. Unless they are bin lorries. Bin lorries FRIEND.
Still, it gets me out in the fresh air ;p
