Lockdown living.

This lockdown-world that pretty much everyone is living in, is most peculiar! Yes Baggees, Creative Clara is stating the obvious; and yet for Baggy, it's now not much different from her before-lockdown-world. No, actually, that's not true, now, Baggy's life is better. As number one furry is away all week, Baggy spends most of her time alone anyway, so her current, (sans-Calum) lockdown is what she was already used to! Except that it's better, because now she has a proper routine and therefore a purpose, and that's the best thing going for Hormonal Hannah's mental well being.

And when number one furry is at home at the weekends, they're making the most of their time together, instead of either working on house stuff, or sitting around watching telly. Last weekend they visited a beach that Baggy has never been to before - not surprisingly, as it's a ridiculous windy road trek to reach! But Calum knew of it because the week previously, he'd driven a 40-tonne truck there!

This amazing place is the beach at Shingle Street, a Site of Special Scientific interest because of its flora and fauna. It was blowing a hooly and rather cold, but it was an incredibly atmospheric place.

And you're right Baggees, this was mid-morning, straight after Grotty Groom and Calum had already ridden the Boys - but at least jodphurs are warm - if somewhat unflattering. Grotty is now riding six days a week - something that she hasn't done for years - certainly not since before her Lawrence-the-durmoid-cyst surgery anyway. Have a little guess which one of these saddles is Baggy's... 

Grotty has also refound her confidence and is now enjoying her riding, rather than making Baggy do it! So much so, that this morning she was at the yard at 6.15, so that she'd have time to ride both horses. On Monday she was so confident, that she decided to take a mirror selfie! She managed only the one, as, as Creative Clara took this shot, Wesley decided that he needed to have a whinnying chat with his brother, and spun around to do it!

But on Tuesday, Grotty's confidence was so high that she even forgot to put on her air jacket!

Wesley was pretty chilled too. Yes he still called out to his brother regularly, but he went beautifully, partly helped by the beautiful new saddle pad that Grotty had bought him!

It has made Baggy feel like she's sitting on a sofa, so it must be comfy for her Boy.

They even managed a first few strides of trot work. Both Boys are well and happy, and loving their lives, and Grotty is building up to getting them both out on their first hack in years.

Grotty went mad today, she was at the yard by 6.15, and left three hours later, having ridden both Boys! Then Furry Mama took Pepper Pooch to the beach for his swim and hurtle, before Baggy treated herself to a decaff latte, and just sat in Billy Bob Jalopy campervan admiring the view for a while, while the pooch snoozed.

None of this would have been possible last year: Baggy was way too heavy to ride her horse, and too tired to get up at 5.00am, but even had she not been, Hormonal Hannah's anxiety totally prevented it! Clever Bird is so proud of Baggy for biting the bullet and signing up for her on-line healthy-living course. Baggy still has another stone or more, to lose, but her weight has currently plateaued and she's okay with that, until her body decides its got used to being two-and-a-half-stone lighter than it was, but more importantly her mental attitude has turned around totally. Baggy feels like a new woman and is determined to enjoy every moment of her life.

This was brought home to her even more this week, when Calum's elder brother had a heart attack, and is now in hospital fighting to recover from it. Psychic Ploppo has been sending Kevin love and healing thoughts each day, and praying for his swift recovery because that's all she can do at the moment, as thanks to Covid-19, no visitors are allowed to the hospital, but she's looking forward to seeing him again soon...

Note to readers: For the avoidance of any doubt, every character in this blog is Baggy! No was harmed in its writing, although some of them get pretty confused!