Sunday 23rd October - Day of rest

This morning i had my riding lesson, leaving gaz in bed and very confused about where i was going so early in the morning...he was completely out of it! I rode buddy again and Lisa let me go off gallivanting on my todd with him which was fun. when i rode back to where she was giving a lesson, she offered me the chance to ride through a field which had 2 horses already loose in it. She said they wouldnt bother me and they will stop following when i get to the trees on the far end of the field. This was not the case. I rode buddy through the field and one of the horses, Toby, followed. He didnt stop when we got to the trees and buddy had tolerated him up his backside this far but was becoming frustrated at Toby following so close. We rode through the trees and toby began to get restless and i could feel buddy getting annoyed. I turned to go back as i didnt feel comfortable having a loose horse so close to us and toby started getting excited and kept trying to get in front of buddy and puttng his ears back. Each time toby did this i steered buddy away n a different direction, weaving in and out of the trees so that toby couldnt get so close .Lisa and the owner of toby had got concerened and i could see them waiting by the fence in the distance. I rode buddy calmly back through the field but toby was getting all excited. Buddy put his head down and bucked at toby to keep him away. I was glad to get out of that field...i dont think lisa will be letting people ride through there again with loose horses...not a good idea! Driving back from the riding lesson i almost ran over a lizard. Ive called him ALMO...which is short for 'ALMOST run over'. I braked suddenly in the car and the daft little thing didnt move, just carried on sun bathing. I ended up having to reverse the car back and pulling up onto someones garden to get past. He did give me the opportunity to photograph him on my phone...i say he was lil but actually he was quite big!

 Here is almo....

I fell asleep for 2 hours beneath the air con whilst gaz played on his computer. He had a good day today which was nice and put him n a better mood. We went out for lunch and ate it on the beach which was going to be really nice only some stupid idiot was banging a tree the whole time. We thinking he was trying to break the branch off or something but it was soooo annoying! We got back to the house and watched some 'Arrested Development' and had a sudden urge to go to the gym....which we did. We were home in time to watch the france vs new zealand final and were amused by the hacker and the way the french walked forwards towards it...will they get into trouble for that? We have just had a takeaway from the thai place down the road...yummy. 12 cupcakes baked 3pm yesterday have now become zero by 11am this morning. Oh dear.