What evil things!

Went to the yard today, my other half has taken the plunge to have a go at
riding, which I was dead chuffed about. Last night Pointer was tacked up,
Paul got on and I kept Pointer on a lunge line and the horse was an absolute
star. Considering really I am the only one who rides Pointer he did follow
me orund the field which was quite fiunny. He is a very forwrd going horse
but he so looked after Paul.

Eventually, I released the lunge line and Paul was getting the hang of reins
and lower leg pressure and went round the field twice on both reins it was
fun. Then Pointer had got fed up and promptly walked from the other side of
the field gently with Paul back to where I was stood and huffed and puffed
and we decided to call it quits.

This pony is amazing to think he was broken to drive at 2yrs of age and now
at 6 he is taking on board an utter novice and being so good it was great.

So today we decided to go back down to the yard Paul tacked up Pointer
following his brief "tacking up" lesson and did really well until a bloody
great big sort of Wasp I think came over and you could see it curl its
backside up and try to sting Point who was mortified and really upset about
it. Both Paul and I were trying to whack the wasp come something away and
it just kept coming back for more. Now I am not sure what they were Wasp or
Hornet type thing but it was determined to put some sort of sting on Pointer
and the other horses were going bonkers round the field as they were being
chased by these things as well.

I took the decision it was too dangerous with these things flying about
which was a shame but for safety I said to Paul it was probably not best.

Anyone else know what these things are, are they wasp, hornets or bot flies
(I thought the flies were totally black?)


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