The puppies are eight weeks old this weekend and the first one, Mouse, went today. She has gone to a lovely home but it is still really sad when they leave. We have become very attached to this litter as with the long dark evenings we seem to have spent more time with them. They are all such lovely characters and have kept us very much amused. 

Today we took the three horses Garry, Secret and Archie to Lambourn for a gallop. We met Billy Aprahamian there as he is Nicky Hendersons assistant trainer and knows his way around. Bronnie, his Mum came to see her boy and have a day out, and Ella also came to ride Archie. It was a beautiful day and the horses loved going somewhere different. They were all very well behaved and did a nice piece of work. It is such a special place to go with so much equine history. Very special. After we had finished working them we had a picnic and a bottle of bubbly in the sunshine. Our last 'Hooray'before lock down....