Just a short entry this, just to say what a great afternoon we had. It was only a small group but after an enjoyable walk we met up with Pete & Mandy Pidgley of the Haywards stud farm who gave us the most fantastic talk about the breed. We had the privilege of standing in a field containing several mares with their foals of less than a month old while Pete gave us an insight into the life of a Commoner and the passion (you can't call it anything else) which keeps alive this traditional way of...
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This walk was such a pleasure. We had 19 people in the morning and 17 in the afternoon - as it happened pretty much all from Milford Tennis Club although I had made it available to anyone. Fortunately once again we had good weather and set off through the glorious beech woods of Mark Ash. On the way to Wooson's Hill some of us had the pleasant surprise of seeing a tawny owl fly out of a tree right in front of us (just a few seconds before I was going to say "There's a tawny owl lives in a tre...
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