Hey all,

Jennie here

Well, Laura and I have had quite an adventure this afternoon – we went to give blood. Laura hadn’t done it before and was a bit nervous, but needn’t have been as she was finished really quickly. I on the other hand, having had no problems donating before, didn’t make a full donation. My vein collapsed and that was that – no more blood. I was very annoyed! Anyway, at least I tried.

Had a lesson with Shylock on Tuesday. It was a lovely day and he was chilling in the field when I arrived so I had to go and catch him. He was such a good boy and came over when I called him, not like Breeze who used to just stand at the other side of the field and make me walk miles to get her!

Anyway, once he was all tacked up we were ready to ride. We worked on 20m circles first of all in walk and then in trot. I struggled to hit some of the markers which was really frustrating but we did get better as the lesson went on.

At the end I had a go at serpentines (again) and although I managed to guide Shylock perfectly in walk, his stride is so big that I simply ran out of time to give my aids in trot and it all went a bit pear-shaped. (I seem to be noticing a pattern here, I’m sure I’ve written all of this before!)

Jane assures me it will come, but I’m getting very cross with myself. Bev said it was good that I realised it was my fault and not Shylock’s. Thanks, Bev! I think
I need to get back into the habit of regular lessons. Hee hee :) x