Man on a mission.

Well what glorious Bank Holiday weather for us to do the Farm Ride. It was beautifully sunny, but not too hot at eleven o'clock. Radar was thrilled when he heard the lorry engine start and he had a whale of a time. We got our eye in by about the sixth jump, and we finished with a terrifically judged 'long one' at the 4 ft steeplechase fence quite close to the end.

I didn't want to rush round, but he had other ideas (of course!) and we found a mid-point where the walk was marching and the canter was not an all out gallop. My hip joint, which h has been hurting a bit for a week or two, doesn't seem any the worse for the experience, but we'll see what happens when I get up after sitting down for a while.

We were overtaking people without leaving a walk - he could compete for Britain at speed walking :-)    We'vew done about forty jumps in six  miles, which should get those muscles tones up for hunting the Saturday after next.

And today, of course, it's only ONE WEEK, until Ace goes in for his operation. It will soon all be over and we will know whether he is fixed or not.

C