Hanging about & Preparing for Christmas ride

There is not much to do in winter. Although we still go on our regular rides, there is not much else to do ... no grass, playing is difficult too as it is slippery ... so generally the sight upon entering the field is that of  general doom and gloom: "blaah .... boooooooring ..." - "oh look, a human, wonder what happens now?"

With it still being very mild for the time of year, I had to get 'Mr F' a lighter turnout rug. As I get all his gear (and mine!) 2nd hand, there was now pre-fitting and this rug clearly doesn't fit at all.  It will do for a couple of weeks until I have a better replacement.

 'Luke' ....

 'Madame'

Preparing for the Christmas fancy dress ride
I had some red velvet left and used it to make this helmet cover. There are supposedly up to 20 horses in tomorrow's ride ... I wonder how 'Mr F' behaves this time ... last ride it was 10 horses and as soon as he got out the trailer he had only one thing on his mind (or more: he thought he was there for one thing only: to race ...)