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Where did April go?
It's been approximately a month since I last posted anything on here and the one thing I can't get my head around is that we are just 3 days away from May, how did that happen? I have some news I'd like to share with you all being as it's been so long since I last wrote...
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Week 10 of Olly’s Update
The rugs are off...yeay!
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Week 9 of Olly’s Update
Olly needed a trim...he reluctantly co-operated...eventually!
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What a day today has been!
I had planned today to be such a positive forward moving type of day with lots of leatherwork to do and social media and blog writing to schedule but boy did it turn out to be way different......Firstly, I had the dentist this morning, it wasn't just a check up this time neither it was to have some x-rays, a filling and a clean but after numerous terrifying childhood experiences at the dentist I hate having 'work done' to my teeth......Then to top the day off I had to try and get one of our cars into a garage urgently which was proving to be more difficult than originally thought.…
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Week 8 of Olly’s Update
Nose rubs with Olly and my daughter, are very special moments I love to capture...
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Saddle Making Training – Week 1
Back in November (2017) I attended another training session at the Saddlery Training Centre in Salisbury...to embark upon the Level 2 Saddle Making training. According to the City and Guilds Level 2 Saddlery specification I am required to make a pony saddle using a wooden saddle tree. The seat must be pigskin or hide, the skirts and flaps must be solid with knee rolls and gussets being optional. The panel should be a Continental or Saumur type and the filling should be wool only. Here is my 16.5" pony saddle wooden tree that I was welcomed with...
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Week 7 of Olly’s update
Week 7 of Olly's update is very dull due to the aftermath of Storm Emma/Beast from the East...
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Week 6 of Olly’s Issues
It's half term week and the children are off school...
