23rd February, 2013 Two-Nil

As the weather turns foggy in the mornings, the ponies are grave risk of being run over on the Forest roads, especially as the Highways Agency have to put salt down every time it threatens to be icy. Over a period of just two days there have been two ponies killed or destroyed as a result of people running in to them. They are a sorry sight,  lying silently by the side of the road, with an "Agister Aware" sign tied to their bodies, surrounded by bit of the cars that have hit them. I also pity the poor agister who has to go out to these wreckage sights, often to shoot the pony to put it out of its misery.