Thursday, October 10, 2024

Happy Go Lucky

It's not been easy to take the ponies out for a walk in the inclosure since Jack was 'given' his two girls, Blue and Nelly. He takes his herd duties very seriously and has become extremely attached to them, even when he is sharing a field with Theoden and Dave. At the same time the inclosure has become much busier with tourists and dog-walkers in contrast to the deserted place that it used to be. 



Since he has now been on his own with Blue for over a month, I thought I would see if they would like to go out for a walk and a munch on the special grasses that grow in the inclosure.


They seemed to be full of joy to be out on the Forest again...


But it wasn't long before they were heading back to the gate and the direction of the other horses across the track.


With just one backward glance...


... a steady gait...


and selective deafness.