Horses

Moving to my main blog

2005-02-27T14:09:00.000+00:00

As I am not bloging much at the moment I am going to make all blogs to my main blog

http://fisherscottage.blogspot.com

Just a note Oswestry Riding club site is now running on Communtiy Server.

Please take some time to have a look www.oswestryridingclub.org.uk

Site up and running

2004-10-09T17:53:00.000+01:00

Oswestry riding club site is up and running.

For all the horse riding needs in and around Oswestry and Shropshire and the north wales borders.

Oswestry Riding Club

2004-08-03T10:33:00.000+01:00

We have been asked to updated the website for . The current plan is to use (same hosts as used for ) and install a content management system such as XOOPS.

Ty-Tegwch

2004-07-22T16:49:00.000+01:00

Shakey used to live at Ty-Tegwch stables in Treflach (near Oswestry) and he and ellie still make regular trips there as a base for hacking out.

If your looking for really good stabling in the area this probably the best yard to keep your horse.

First Fun Ride

2004-07-12T09:43:00.000+01:00

Ellie and Shakey did their first fun ride yesterday at Llansillin. :)

I managed to drop them off, go home watch the grand prix get back before they did, which was nice. And no need for the AA this time!

Gobowen Antics

2004-07-08T17:05:00.000+01:00

Oswestry Riding Club (ORC) organised the fun day.

Ellie's first event with ORC, got there early appeared to be some confusion about start times.

Events went well, jack was well behaved and shakey did most things although as jack noted "He always comes third" (In the heats).

Again shakey has taken it upon himself to not want to get back in the trailer, after about 20 minutes of pulling, pushing and polo's he eventually got in. Only for us to discover that the battery had been run down by the stereo and cool box plugged in the back!

Help was at hand with jump leads but all to no avail, something else must be wrong... time for the AA, not being members this cost big!

Everyone left, and some of the members kindly offered to tow shakey home (for which we are truly grateful). Whist waiting on my own for the AA it came to me that I had forgotten to deactivate the immobiliser on the car prior to trying it off of the jump leads! Plonker.

AA man arrives (about 45 minutes after call out, not bad), hook it up wait a few minutes, PRESS THE IMMOBILISER, and start's first time. Important and costly lesson learnt that day.

To top it all off got home hoping for a nice cup of tea and to watch the French GP only to have Sky+ tell me that an unknown error had prevented it recording.

All in all not the most enjoyable Sunday I have had.

2004-07-02T21:41:00.000+01:00

Flash on box rest

Gobowen Fun Day

2004-07-02T08:09:00.000+01:00

Funday is being held at Gobowen on Sunday 4th.

Flash is lame

2004-07-02T08:08:00.000+01:00

Last week Flash, the 30+ year horse we adopted with the house, injured his knee.

He is no on box rest for 3 weeks on the instruction of the vets.

Trip around Llanyblodwel

2004-06-20T15:59:00.000+01:00

Ellie and Shakey took their first hack around Llanyblodwel. Starting at the Horseshoe Inn headed west out of the village and did a loop coming back across the railway line (near the old station) back over the river tanat to Llanyblodwel church.

The hack went well, shakey even passed four tractors on route.

Ellie and Shakey @ Fishers Cottage

2004-06-17T11:04:00.000+01:00

Horses @ Fishers Cottage

2004-06-13T07:01:00.000+01:00

As well as being a wonderful place to live, Fishers Cottage is also blessed with 3 acres of paddocks, double stabling, and a manage (well a sort of!) and two horses. Pictures and stories about the horses (Shakey and Flash) will follow, along with thoughts on all things horsey.