Sunday 30th March - All 12 seen

The dark pony with the white rear right sock was standing in the shade under the trees by the road at 15:30 this afternoon, near ///lucky.lollipop.drag. She greeted me with soft nickers before enjoying some strokes and relaxing. After a short time, while standing close, she bowed her head, closed her eyes and dozed off, waking up about fifteen minutes later. After saying goodbye, she started to follow me into the open but soon stopped, preferring to remain in the shade. She was absolutely fine, but clearly wanted some time away from the group.

At 16:00, three ponies were resting in the shade near ///face.snowy.annoys, among the trees north of the ammo compound. They were all very friendly, taking turns to say hello and enjoy plenty of strokes and rubs. Gradually, they wandered out to the west of the compound, where the other three ponies were grazing in the warm sunshine at 16:20. After greeting me and enjoying some strokes, they returned to grazing. The first pony rejoined the group at 16:40, neighing several times as she approached.

The ponies frequently came over for more strokes and rubs. Davinia thoroughly enjoyed being brushed and fussed over. When I said my goodbyes just after 17:00, Polly didn’t seem ready for me to leave, following me all the way to the path to the east. I walked her back to the ammo compound, where she enjoyed more strokes.

The yearlings were happily grazing in the heather near ///amazed.mixes.masses at 17:15. They all paused to greet me and enjoy a few scratches. Yearling 276 was his usual super friendly self, coming over for endless head, neck, and back strokes. Not wanting to distract them from their dinner, I said my goodbyes around 17:40. The boys were all happy, relaxed, and looking well.

The cows and the ponies were all good today.