Bertie n George - A bailer twine of polo ponies!!!

19 April 2000
Well guess what ... Bertie has a new friend. My horse owenedness has just gone up by 100% ... where there was one there are now two !!! The fields may not look spectacular, but there is clearly some magic in them ... I left one night and next day there was George.

28 April 2000
Bert and George seem to get on quite well. They are a right pair ... they deserve each other.

Due to the very short grass in their paddock ... some might have mistaken it for mud ... whenever possible, I like to take Bert (and now George) out for some grass on the road side verges.

	29 September 2001 Kiddy Rides		26 August 2001 Having a snack in the rain
	18 August 2001 Together again		23 May 2001 Another sunny day in the life of
	18 April 2001 Self Schooling George		13 April 2001 A Bank Holiday Weekend
	28 December 2000 Poorly Bert and Nursemade George		17 December 2000 Bringing goodwill and joy to Hyde Park
	09 December 2000 Ho Ho Ho ... but where's the snow?		24 September 2000 Bertie & George go to Badminton.
	03 September 2000 Bertie takes George for his first cross country.		20 August 2000 Bertie n George do medical research.
	17 June 2000 Bertie n George go on holiday.

1 May 2000
Some friends of mine came to visit Bert and George - their ever growing fan club. Guests are always welcome (with carrots) ... these two especially ... the tack has never been so clean !!!

We all went for a hack together ...

For those with a keen eye you will recognise the chestnut on the right is NOT George and is in fact Norway ... a very famous steed from Ascot Park Polo Club ... yup, the very same equine celebrity that taught Hale & Pace to ride and play polo in the BBC TV series Jobs for the Boys.

7 May 2000
A fine triplet of quarters. Bertie and George have had their fill of grass ... probably not ... and its time to get ready for polo.

Well it was our first day playing polo on the grass this summer, sorry no photos. Well, we had a nice BBQ and maybe too much to drink ... and under these circumstances what do you do ? ... visit the horses of course.

There is something about horses that they want to stand on top of you whenever you are trying to take a picture of them. Then again, maybe they took offense to being woken up (they looks so funny yawning) and having a camera flash go off every 10 seconds. Actually I think it was the beg of horse sweets I was carrying.

20 May 2000
All dressed up and ready to play!!!

4 June 2000
I do like riding bareback ... too and from the field we go ... maybe one day I will get some pickies of me and Bert stick & balling bareback.

30 June 2000
What do you do at 1am when your bored? .... that's right, take an hours drive and go and cuddle the horses.

1 July 2000
Are we going to stand here all day?

9 July 2000
Some friends just abusing my horses ... again.

19 July 2000
This is where we belong ... doing our bit for the environment ... eating and looking pretty.

Well we are getting closer to some pictures of B, G and me having a riding lesson ... this is them waiting (again) patiently for me to finsh help setting up the jumps.

22 July 2000
Out to the field, in from the field ... I do wish he would make up his mind.

1 October 2000
Yet another cross country ... I have no idea where !!!

Yet more evidence that I should give up riding ... Here Hannah is riding Bert, and me George. We can see yet again that the female rider does Bert proud and I look like a plonker - I have no idea what's wrong with my jumping lately. Well if the truth be told ... I actually got very bad groin strain two weeks ago ... hence holding the saddle over the jumps ... maybe the excuse of riding George, in a polo saddle, single handed with groin strain is excuse enough for looking so unprofessional over a jump ... well at least it's an excuse !!!

13 May 2001
Bert, we are in a big field full of lovely grass ... so why are we eating from a bale of haylage?

15 June 2001
Back in January, when it was my Birthday, a dear friend commissioned my riding instructor to do a painting of Bert and George ... it is finally framed and on my wall at home. It is a fantastic picture ... I have a very tallented riding instructor (She even did some of the artwork for the film "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns")