Tuesday 23rd July - Pony Update - All 6 seen

Please be advised that Nicky took Polly home earlier this afternoon.  She is going to have her foot properly checked out.  There are now six ponies on the Hawley site.

The ponies were busy exploring their holiday home when I met up with them around ///request.wrist.nerve at 19.20 this evening. They were all very friendly and came straight over to say hello. They seemed happy to see a familiar face, with lots of nuzzling and nickering going on. Davinia was holding back slightly, but soon came and said hello and received a neck rub. The other ponies continued to graze southwest along the track towards the ammo compound, while Davinia stayed with me and enjoyed a back rub. As the others were disappearing into the distance, we set off to catch up with them.

The ponies crossed over the path and continued to follow the track south down towards the trees by the perimeter road, arriving around 19:45. Several came over to see me again. The dark pony, with the white star, has got a little cut on her right shoulder (photo below). It is unclear if she did it while in the trailer today or when she was exploring. Judging by the amount of gorse and other stickies present in her mane, which she was happy for me to remove, she had really been getting to know her new home. Nicky has been made aware.

The ponies moved east through the woods and got to the entrance gate by the car park at 20.00. They set off grazing along the side of the path, enjoying lots of long grass. The girls continued for a while, before turning around and heading back to where they started. The ponies were all happy, relaxed and appeared settled. Hopefully, they'll continue to make friends with Davinia and accept her into the group. I said my goodbyes just after 20:15.

There was a large military presence on site this evening, particularly in the area to the north of the ammo compound where they'd set up camp. The ponies were all good this evening.