Stormy Weather!

There's been a lot of wet weather this week but today was the big storm that forecasters had been warning about.  Today we probably had the worst gusts of wind that we've experienced since we've been at the farm.  The ponies were still keen to go out as their winter field is quite sheltered.  They were "half passing" because the rain and wind was so bad but they were determined to get to the gateway to go out.  As always, the gates to the yard were open so they could come back in if they wanted but they didn't!  Mucking out was a bit of a challenge because the gusts tried to blow you off your feet.  In exposed places you could hear the gusts coming so it was a case of getting somewhere sheltered or ducking down in the back of the link box of the tractor until they had passed and then carrying on with the work.  The good thing is that the mats have helped us cope with all the mud that's being created and there's lots of places for the ponies to stay sheltered and safe.  Roger's efforts to fix the drains were certainly well timed as they've been working well to take all the water away from the yard.

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