Grotty rides again!

Clever Bird booked Grotty Groom a riding lesson for today, because for various reasons she has barely ridden her Boy Wessles since their inspiring trip to Ashen EC back in July. In fact she hasn't been on him at all for over two weeks. She wasn't expecting it to be so hot today though. Furry Mama realised that it was when she took Minty Mutt for his walk this morning. He certainly felt it!

Mind you, he'd probably throw himself in this stream if it was frozen! On the way to the yard, Creative Clara posted her latest order off to the U.S. of A., she's so excited to be international! Once again, the parcel ended up being six times the size of the item itself, but Clever Bird knows it will pass her "bounce" test! And as it's a glass perfume bottle that's going so far, it needs to survive some knocks. But she is very chuffed that of the literally millions of shops on Etsy, Realuv has begun to take off. Little steps! The customer paid more for postage, than she did for the bottle, but actually Clever Bird is well aware that she got a bargain, so it's all good. She might be a tad surprised when she sees the English egg box on top of the perfume bottle, but it made for very good padding, with the English newspaper inside the dog food box. Recycling at its best eh bloggees?

By the time Baggy got Grotty to the yard, it was boiling hot! In spite of the wind, it's so humid that it was ghastly and Baggy had put on a long-sleeved t-shirt. By the time she'd groomed Wessles she'd lost a pound in weight in drippiness! But the lesson, although exhausting went really well. After some initial camel-like riding, Grotty and Wesley got in the groove and both went beautifully. Grotty's trainer, Vicki-May, understood Clever Bird's vague explanations about what Grotty needed to achieve and Baggy's confidence soared as Grotty got Wesley going beautifully. Once they are a bit fitter, it should be really good. Happy Grotty. Yee-hah..........