FLODDEN

Here is the crowd enjoying a picnic lunch after the battlefield tour of Flodden Field where the Scottish Army was defeated by the English. 10,000 Scots were killed there and only 2000 English. 90 people turned up for the tour and they are all supporters of the Charity. Spot was on duty to day and I have been having a slack morning but I do miss the company of Spot. I did make a bit of a fuss when she went.

JOLLY NIGHT HAD BY ALL

We stayed  in a lovely paddock , just me and Spot who had a half day yesterday.  The humans say they stayed in that shack I showed yesterday but we know better.  Oh  "the G" wants to say something on my blog so I will move over.  We were so well looked after by a local family, the Crosby Dawsons and they had gathered a good crowd so i could tell them something about the needs of the Soldiers Charity. What a lovely group of people up here, so interested in what we are doing as a charity and they collected £600 for us, how marvellous is that ?

Here is a picture of me with some of the Neal family who were making a good night of it.  We are riding over their farms to day and they have been so welcoming. 

We are set fair for another good day, almost clear skies.  Ole Bill was caught alright this morning but he has got a bit of as sore leg  or says he has, I reckon he is malingering! So he has got a day off, and actually so have I as the "the G" is riding Spot, watch out for theat weight!

OLD TURF IS GOOD FOR MY OLD BONES

We had a lovely day yesterday and this picture shows the old turf we rode on in blazing sunshine.  There had been a lot of rain up here so the ground was lovely and soft for my hooves.  Sometimes I feel my old bones on the ever hard ground at home.  I had a long day but here we are at the finish, all very happy except I was pretty horse tired carrying "the G" all day.  I am sure he has put on weight!!

IN TO SCOTLAND

We are now in Scotland and it doesn't feel much different. They all swoon over views but I am just horse tired and looking forward to a good nights rest.

THEIR QUARTERS

This where the humans are to night. That will sort them out!

PATIENCE

This is Patience, one of the Reivers. Her horse is Seamus so I expect we will get a lot of blarney from him. Patience comes from a real Reivers family. "The G" is a bit worried she might cut his throat of a night. Look at that view!

CHEVIOT LUNCH

It is a real pleasure to be on this hill after a hard mornings ride. They made us canter up hill for a mile and I am a bit puffed. The views are stupendous. We have about a dozen horses here and we are all getting on well. Bit of a laugh this morning we bet Ole Bill that he would refuse to be caught. That got the humans in a bit of a state it took them an hour to catch him!! Ha ha Ole Bill is quite a joker. I am feeling really well up here." The G" tells me he met Paul Findlay last night at Alnwick. He lost a leg from an IED and is about to leave the Army. He is starting on Monday working for Barclays who have given a lot of money to the Soldiers Charity and Paul is going to be the liaison point between the Soldiers Charity and Barclays.