The cattle & ponies were all together in G7, when I first came across them. I was stroking the Mum pony when, the foal saw me and came trotting, (is that horse second gear?) over to me and was quite insistent that I divert all my attention to her. I spent about five minutes stroking the foal, but it took me about another min or so, to extrecate myself, as she wanted me to stay. I'm a substantial person, (6'3" & 20 stone), but I think that the foal could easily injure someone, (inc me) with over-enthusiasm for attention, so take care. It's a fine line between saying, "No" to the pony and upsetting Mum. However, It's great to have the opportunity to spend time with all of them.
All of the cattle & ponies were gradually heading west towards the tarmac, ammo dump access road. As I departed south on the grassy track running through F7 & F8, the foal came up to me again and I gave her another undiluted sesssion of neck and back stroking, before turning me back and swiftly departing.
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Hi Tony, good point about the foal, especially as she will only get bigger and more boisterous. I know its hard, but its probably for the best if we don't encourage that behaviour too much
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