Schoolboy error!

The girls have settled into their holiday paddock now. The larger part has a pond with hedge around part of it, and has only recently been filled in, soiled and seeded. It had wire on pig-tail posts around it to keep a previous horse off it...you're probably ahead of me now...

Beside the infilled pond.

Having kept them in the smaller part for a couple of days to settle down, on tuesday we let them into the larger part, and they got very excited, and galloped several laps around the 'pond' - it was then just before we left for the day job, that Bramley became curious about the pond area - she ducked under the wire, and at some point, went back, got tangled, spooked, charged off ripping out a line of pins which trailed after her - we sprang into action, fortunately the others didn't get tangled too, and I managed to grab her, so that Joy could un-tangle the line which was around her neck - phew, that was close!

lush!

With all the pins and wire now removed, they can't believe their luck at such a large ready-made rolling pit - I have had to 'comb' the area carefully, and remove a large number of pieces of dead bramble which were attaching to their fleeces, and very difficult to remove.

Only a, few weeks ago, I mentioned in a comment to Bev and Andy's blog (Lane House Alpacas)about the risks of tape fencing, and then fell into a similar trap myself - I think it just illustrates the issues you have to consider when renting land, and how easy it is to over-look a risk when you have so many things to think about before actually agreeing to graze somewhere else.

"...8, 9, 10, coming ready or not!"