View from the “Cloud”. The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed the scene is enhanced by the two bottles thrown in the field some thirty yards from the path.

Breakfast at the Farmers Ulverston £11.95
Good and filling before the rigours of Black Eye Friday.

Short aticle on what happens to horses returning to jumping after a long lay off

This is a table of the number of blunders and mistakes horses made when ridden by UK jockeys over chases and hurdles 2019-2023. (Thank you @proformracing.bsky.social) I look a limit of 800 rides to qualify and kept in retired jockeys for comparison
Redone correctly!

This is a table of UK trainers 2019-2023 and how often their horses were reported to have made a mistake or blundered (thank you Proform) .
To qualify the trainer must have had 500+ runners in the period.

So after walking 4000 miles non stop in 2022-23 around the Coast of England and Wales I had my right hip replaced in May this year.
Today is the first time since I did some rough walking over the local hills.
Good to be starting back.

Glad you’re here?
Courtesy of Private Eye.

Sunday Lunch at my local!

I’m glad I’m here 😀

This is a Bechstein’s bat. They are rarer in the UK than rocking horse droppings. I found this one in bird box in my orchard