To say it was a testing morning would be an understatement, blizards were the order of the day! Anyhow, we got all the horses onto the woodchip, by our 6th lot it was getting fairly deep. How we will fare tomorrow is any ones guess. I thought I'd be clever and get the lorry out and into a position where the tractor could pull it up the hill and get Billy Biscuit, Frankenstorm, Trouble Digger and Full Shift off for an away gallop tomorrow. That went well with a bit of wheel spinning. I then went and pulled a car stuck on the lane up to the A361, West Oxfordshire Council have excelled themselves yet again and there isn't a granule of salt on the main road. We have no chance of getting away tomorrow, it is covered! It just won't be safe at this stage. I am a risk taker by nature but this would be going a step too far with any number of horses on board.The forecast is for more snow for the rest of the day and then a nice freeze overnight followed by more snow.
Most of the horses cantered 2 miles this morning others 1.5 miles. As it stands, tomorrow, only the hopeful runners will get beyond the walker. All rather depressing to say the least.
