I survived!

Jessey

Jessey

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I took hank to the river crossing and he was a star :D he's a git to hose over so I had visions of a temper tantrum at getting wet and Jess getting ansy and charging forward leaving me strung out between the 2 getting a dunk, but they did no such thing, his first try he didn't hesitate, after my ice lolly on the other side and their grass snack he was a little less willing to leave :p thankfully the river had dropped in the last few days so his first try he was able to walk across and didn't have to swim.
And a few stills for those who can't watch the video :)
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Jane&Ziggy said:
What a beautiful ford! Brave Hank, but it could hardly be better set up for horses, eh? Where is that?
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Its in Thetford Forest, at St Helens Picnic place near Santon Downham. The picnic place is a nice big grassy area, there's toilets there which are well maintained by the forestry commission and the ice cream van is there every day this time of year :p you can follow a quiet lane in, go in the way I went through the river or over the bridge on foot/bikes or at the other end there is a tunnel under the railway, so we have lots of circular routes which you can do around there, best of all its 2.5 miles from home for me :D The slope I went down to get in the first time got really churned up last year, but luckily there is a local yard that does holiday liveries about a mile away (its where G was stabled) and a lot of the appeal for their guests is playing in the river after a ride in the forest so they went down and totally sorted the slope out at the end of last summer and have made a cracking job of it :) Its www.forestlodgeholidays.co.uk if anyone is interested, they are lovely people and you couldn't ask for a better set up for horsey holidays, they also have their own beach to get into the river on their land :D
 
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