WHEN I set out on Saturday with two children and their ponies, I was under the impression that we were going to enjoy ourselves. What a crazy, deluded fool I am. I think a year of home internment has affected me mentally, made me forget how frustrating a day out with ponies and children can be.
Alec and Mary were in high spirits as we walked the little hunter trial course which the hunt had opened for a schooling day. We have been there so many times we could go round with our eyes closed, but as we walked the course I tried to give some pointers about lines of approach and so forth; however, neither child was very receptive.
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