March 2012 Amber’s month’s trial is now over, and she has now actually, completely, properly been sold. We miss her enormously. We were a bit concerned about how she would settle in, though, and she also showed some worrying unlevelness…
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January 2012 Well, usually we’re complaining about the weather but this time we really can’t moan. The winter has been mild with just a little bit of snow to remind us what last winter was like, and the horses have…
November 2011 With winter just over the horizon we’ve been getting ready. One of the main jobs that involves is collecting apples- there are about 20 apple trees here on the estate, and nobody else does anything with them so…
September, 2011 Well, the new website is doing its job, and we are finding ourselves inundated with enquiries, which is fabulous. Some of these have been new liveries, which is something we have been wanting to increase for a while,…
July 2011 Our decluttering has continued in an even more ruthless fashion, with the actual selling of a horse! The second one in fourteen years. Whilst this doesn’t exactly make us dealers, it was very satisfying nevertheless. The horse in…
May 2011 Well, we’ve been talking for ages about doing something about the field ornaments. Not to complete minimalist standards, but just to de-clutter a little. To this end, we’re delighted that Free Be and Asterix have found a home…
March 2011 February at Moor Wood was fantastic for us, with temperatures in the 20°s, beautiful sunshine, trips up amazing volcanoes, and boat rides to watch whales and dolphins frolicking in the sea. Oh no, sorry, that’s not Moor Wood,…
January 2011 It’ll come as no surprise to anyone that the very cold weather has interfered with any plans we had, unless it was to improve our sledding skills! Where we live, on a private estate, the driveway is about…
November, 2010 There we were,living the dream, and then winter started. It’s hard to break the habit of thinking the long summer days are still with us. It seems like just a few weeks ago that we could work till…
September, 2010 As usual, it’s been unusually hectic. For a couple of months, June and July, we had almost no help as our working pupil got a great job opportunity and left with very little notice. Another helper with kids…