A Welcome Visit and Water Everywhere.

Jeff and Mary Herrington suddenly appeared at the door! We got to know Jeff and Mary when were in Devon, indeed Jeff can remember us right at the beginning just as we were trying to set up Greatwood. Jeff was a mounted policeman and has been a field officer for the then ILPH (now World Horse Welfare). Jeff used to come and see us quite often when he was passing and was a terrific help and support to us, so you can imagine how pleased we were to see him again. He still works tirelessly for the welfare of horses and he has his hands full keeping an eye on the horses and ponies in the South West. He and Mary were delighted to see how Greatwood has changed and progressed since its inception, but were clearly staggered as to the number of horses we have in our care. They looked in one barn and just saw row upon row of horses backs.
Everyone is still pleased that the freezing weather has disappeared, morning stables appears to be a doddle, now that we haven't got to fill one hundred or so buckets from one tap! Meals on wheels for the horses this morning saw Deano's have a nervous breakdown when suddenly a torrential downpour beat down upon his roof, and a blocked drain sent a torrent of water from the cloakroom gushing past his feet. No water one minute and too much the next.
Red and Tish became too exuberant in the school and Tish lost his rag, resulting in a little bit of first aid. While Red's leg was being attended to (the 16.2h horse here being the casualty, not the 22 inch pony) We took Tish to see everyone in the office. He nonchalently strode through the cloakroom, had a peek in the classroom, and a wander in the office. He was mildly interested to munch the remainder of Janet's apple but seemed a little keener on meeting Lucy who was trying to work on her computer at the time.