Im back!!

Hurray!! I have my blog back! Goodness lots to catch up on, where to start?

Lets start with the great hat debate which continues to cut up a storm on the BD forum. It is now a fait a complit so skid lids it is all round, until you get to advanced of course when you can wear your much loved and very expensive top hat. The rules though are a mockery! It is laughable that those who do not own a tailcoat and compete in a short jacket must wear a skid lid! Really! What does the length of a jacket have to do with safety? Quite honestly it is a farce and if not so sad would be laughable! I know the people at BD work hard for the company but just like the government it is time to listen to the members! Riding a horse is like a game of Russian roulette, you may pull the trigger and nothing happens or you may find yourself at the end of a bullet! Do I feel safer with a skid lid on? Not really. They do move no matter how well fitting (since they come in sizes and are not made to measure)even with the harness at its tightest, and oh Lord don't they make your head sweat!

Dear Mr Cameron got his own way over the referendum but this, I predict, will be his downfall. Again, to ignore the people and break promises he made to gain power is a dangerous game to play! Are there any honest politicians out there?

My dear Lucy makes her BD debut tomorrow. She and I are very excited! She says I frazzled her brain on Monday and she now needs a new one. I say she has a good brain and just needs to engage it! Its true though, we don't work ourselves and our horses as hard when we are alone. It is only when we have a lesson that we feel the burn! After 20 minutes we forget our left from our right, cannot imagine how we have ever ridden a horse at all never mind a test! and to top it all our legs stop working and the harder we try the worse it gets! The length of rein is such a contention, too short and it feels like you are pulling, too long and the connection is lost. Keeping the hands light and infront of you and managing to keep the horse on the bit by way of tiny adjustments sounds easier than it is and takes more core stability and suppleness than most people give credit for. Reading some of the topics about this subject and how to achieve it does not shed much light as most are looking for a quick fix. Recently someone was advised to lunge their 3 year old in a chambon! And no Suzy, you cannot use a flash nose band with your double bridle! Oh dear we are back to 'on ze bit!' Its funny though because no matter how much you learn, how much you read or watch or talk about, it all comes back to this! Sometimes I think it would be easier to learn to ski jump!
The nights are drawing in so quickly now which makes the days seem shorter. What do people do with the long evenings? I mean you can't party every night! Maybe everyone goes to bed earlier? I will be finishing my course on line and hopefully writing a few more chapters. Other than that I would like to sort out the NHS and the state of the country so I may run for local government with UKIP! Now that would be fun!!