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Woke up this morning to a stormy sky with heavy rain forecast. We had booked a guided desert hike for the morning so got dressed up in our waterproof jackets and set off. Was a lovely hike and only had a few raindrops saw a beautiful rainbow looking Fantastic against the mountains. Still not raining on our return to the ranch so after having a coffee we went down to the tennis courts and had a game of Pickle Ball, a cross between table tennis and tennis we were not very good but laughed so much it was great fun. After lunch we were booked for another horse ride but unfortunately because it had now started raining and was quite windy they cancelled the ride. We had a quick hilarious table tennis match and made our way back to our lodges and had a lazy time reading. That evening should have been a cowboy cook out but by now it was very wet so this was cancelled as well. In the dining room the cowboy who was to have sang at the camp fire sang and played his guitar for us. Going on a breakfast ride tomorrow early morning so hoping the weather will be kind to us.
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Dave T Your first days horse riding sounds lovely but what a coincidence, we went over to Paddock Wood with the grandchildren and managed to do a bit of horse riding, well I say we but it didn`t quite work out like that, I was first up and was really enjoying a slow trot until the horse started to buck and kick, it was all I could do to hang on until the attendant came over and switch off and unplugged the lead from the socket, he got quite nasty towards me saying that I shouldn`t be on it at my age I said to him well how much older have I got to be. Penny was quite embarrassed, I think it was the line of mums with their kids crying their eyes out because they didn`t get a turn on the dam think, the mums got quite shirty with me too, all standing there with those gadgets stuck to their hands doing that Faceblocking and Tweetering thing. Needlass to say we wont be going back to Paddock Wood play park again.
Dave T By the way, lovely photo of you all but is standing upside down a trick the American Indians have taught you or is are you really in Australia.
Dave T By the way, don`t worry about the upside down photos, Penny and I turned the computer upside down so the photos appear the rite way up, bit of a job as its fixed to the desk so the desk is now upside down, trouble is your writing is now upside down, no problem though because Penny did a handstand so she could read it to me while I looked at the photos, her skirt covered her face at first so I tucked it in her knickers, that solved the problem but she was a bit red faced time she had finished then the door bell rang, even more red faced as poor Penny forgot to untuck her skirt when she answered it, it was that nice church minister, even more red faced than Penny, see what trouble you`ve caused from the other side of the world.
Mel Dolding I'm logging on to your blog to find out out what Dave has to say next! :)
Dave T Good day dear Marion & Nick & crew, when do you venture into Red Indian country, I`m a little apprehensive about you going there, last night I watched a Gary Cooper western, the Indians were very aggressive you know, you might be better off to do something a little safer. I did get a few tips from the film that could help you stay safe so if you do have to go these may help. If you stop for a rest make sure you make a circle with the wagons, Indians are not too clever with anything that looks remotely like a roundabout and can easily get themselves lost looking for exits, watch out for smoke signals, one puff means they are looking for you, two puffs means they have spotted you, three puffs means they have their war paint on and are on the war path, no puffs means they forgot to bring the fire lighters but they may phone Tesco`s to deliver some with the provisions, take plenty of rouge, you know how they can behave towards pale faced women, tell Nick to carry a bow and arrow and stick a couple of feathers in his hair, with that pony tail the Indians may just mistake him for one of them, after all it would be a great shame if they scalped him after all his effort to grow the pony tail. Anyway, stay safe and come back in one piece, we all love you over this side of the pond and can`t wait to have back in Blighty, must close now .....(sniff).....i`m cracking up a bit.....(sniff sniff)..... keyboards getting a bit wet....(sniff).........bye. PS. Don`t worry about me, Penny`s given me a big hug and dried my eyes, just going to watch `The Last Of The Mohicans` and the `Revenant`great films about Red Indian cruelty.