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Post by rubydoo on Apr 26, 2012 17:57:23 GMT
I'm sooo sick of this rain , our fields and school are flooded  im bringing my ponies out showing next month and really need to be practicing ,i hate riding in the rain my saddle and hat get soaked ! come on summer ! RANT OVER thanks  |
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Post by nia2311 on Apr 26, 2012 19:35:56 GMT
Horrid isn't it? Did you get drowned at school today? All the gutters were overflowing on my head...... Grim
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Post by rubydoo on Apr 26, 2012 19:46:07 GMT
ive got a major sulk on !
i ran to the school door threw laila in and ran back to the car , for some reason i turnout the ponies ?? they were not impressed when thay came in
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Post by nia2311 on Apr 26, 2012 19:56:07 GMT
Ours always get let out last so we get drowned waiting till 3:45 for them to be let out. Its getting ridiculous. At 3.30 she is still flipping in full flow, teaching!
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Post by nici on Apr 27, 2012 7:20:19 GMT
Our fields are under water, no riding for the foreseeable future Ponies (normally happily out 24/7) want to stay indoors, so am leaving stables / gates open so they can go out, but feeding loads of hay in the stables so they can stay in. No grass in the field anyway, just mud, puddles and ponds. We've started acquiring a collection of ducks... |
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 27, 2012 22:27:54 GMT
well supposed to be going to a show on sunday , but weather warning issued for our area , (around bristol) ,not going obviously , will batten down the hatches and keep everyone in , cosy and warm , my chickens have now got webbed feet , and the ducks are swimming in the puddles in the fields , AND DONT ANY BODY MENTION THE B----Y HOSE PIPE BAN , or i will stick -- ------ --- --- ---- shine ,(sorry poor grammar), but my brain is water logged , it is ridiculous , office bods jumping prematuraly on a wet / dry band wagon
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Post by sophiea on Apr 28, 2012 16:46:28 GMT
I know how you feel. We were supposed to be going to my first show with my new pony tomorow but we cant get the trailer out the feild!!!
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Post by welsha on Apr 29, 2012 6:04:47 GMT
We were entered for NPS Area 4 today. Decided not to go when I saw todays forecast and took my kids for a lesson yesterday instead. No way Im risking taking my lorry, ponies and children on a 2 hour journey up a very exposed part of the A1 in gale force winds Im afraid. Havent been outside yesterday but from the howling I can hear from the wind, Im glad I made the decision I did!!
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Post by bumblebee on Apr 29, 2012 14:20:05 GMT
My stable flooded last night - unfortunately as it doesn't have a proper floor (is a movable one to save having to get planning), my pony was standing in a good 4 inches of wet mud this morning - not impressed!!
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Post by tabbyx on Apr 29, 2012 16:46:09 GMT
Mine haven't been out at all today, 2 went out for a while yesterday but it was so wet,windy and cold they were both stood by their gates waiting to come in so they came in and stayed in.
So glad my stables are all proper brick built in a barn and split doors at both ends to keep the wind out. Ponies are all in with nice big beds, plenty of hay and all snuggled up in big, warm rugs.
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Post by nici on Apr 29, 2012 20:56:10 GMT
Apparently we have had 165% average April rainfall this month - and that was BEFORE today, which must have added considerably to that. Thank goodness the forecast is looking better for the next few days, in the north at least. I believe there's still a lot of rain forecast in the south and east, but you guys need it more than us It's not just our fields that are flooded, our yard (hardcore) is slowly sinking under the mud. Thank goodness the stables are on a concrete step and still perfectly dry. We've left stable doors and field gates open again, but there's no way the ponies wanted to leave their nice dry stables today! |
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Post by LucyHebditch on Apr 29, 2012 21:01:52 GMT
Down here in Somerset, it hasn't stopped for 24 hours! Heavy rain and strong winds constantly! My pony didn't go out at all today. Let's hope tomorrow is better
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Post by bumblebee on Apr 30, 2012 20:52:13 GMT
Lovely in Suffolk today, but peeing it down again now |
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Post by nici on Apr 30, 2012 22:23:33 GMT
Lovely day today, very warm and with a good breeze. I was amazed this evening at how much the fields had dried out since yesterday. I just hope we get more sunshine than showers over the next week, so that we can start riding again, after an enforced 2 week break due to waterlogged fields. Meanwhile the ponies have been reminded that they live out 24/7 and the stables have been shut off! The ponies have hay in the field and the grass is finally starting to grow, with the combination of water, sunshine and mild nights. Hurrah!
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Post by Redsky on May 1, 2012 2:50:44 GMT
My stable flooded last night - unfortunately as it doesn't have a proper floor (is a movable one to save having to get planning), my pony was standing in a good 4 inches of wet mud this morning - not impressed!! Same happened to mine :-( I've had wooden boards down through winter then rubber mats on top then deep litter, this stopped the mud and water seeping up. Like a fool in the mini heat wave in march I cleared the lot out and left just the mats down. Well obviously in this torrential rain they flooded and we found several construction problems with the rooves. My poor OH was out in all weather doing repairs and patching up, I've now put flags, wooden boards and mats down and hoping it will help. I calculated that I wasted approx 10 quid per day in wasted bedding over around 7 days, before that I was spending around 15 per week topping up.established beds. My fields are not as bad as many in the area as I've been keeping them in on most.days but they are too wet for riding on. Weather has been lovely here today and there is now a stiff breeze blowing so hopefully the fields will start to dry. Metoffice forecast says the weather isn't set to settle down until mid may though :-( as long as we don't get anything like this past Sunday again then we will cope, we ventured out to nps area 5 and conditions were horrendous! Our fell was such an angel! She can be tempramental at the best of times, but she really put a brave face on bless her but we had to cut it short by lunch time and go home as pony and rider were shaking with cold. |
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Post by brt on May 1, 2012 7:45:12 GMT
Our winter fields are butted so in this weather the ponies are still out and stand on the raised bits!
They look like they are on little islands bless!
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Post by bumblebee on May 1, 2012 11:57:04 GMT
My stable flooded last night - unfortunately as it doesn't have a proper floor (is a movable one to save having to get planning), my pony was standing in a good 4 inches of wet mud this morning - not impressed!! Same happened to mine :-( I've had wooden boards down through winter then rubber mats on top then deep litter, this stopped the mud and water seeping up. Like a fool in the mini heat wave in march I cleared the lot out and left just the mats down. Well obviously in this torrential rain they flooded and we found several construction problems with the rooves. My poor OH was out in all weather doing repairs and patching up, I've now put flags, wooden boards and mats down and hoping it will help. I calculated that I wasted approx 10 quid per day in wasted bedding over around 7 days, before that I was spending around 15 per week topping up.established beds. My fields are not as bad as many in the area as I've been keeping them in on most.days but they are too wet for riding on. Weather has been lovely here today and there is now a stiff breeze blowing so hopefully the fields will start to dry. Metoffice forecast says the weather isn't set to settle down until mid may though :-( as long as we don't get anything like this past Sunday again then we will cope, we ventured out to nps area 5 and conditions were horrendous! Our fell was such an angel! She can be tempramental at the best of times, but she really put a brave face on bless her but we had to cut it short by lunch time and go home as pony and rider were shaking with cold. My plan for next year is to put a few couple of inches of sand down with rubber mats on top to make a floor  |
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Post by Redsky on May 1, 2012 12:09:13 GMT
One thing I was thinking of trying was some damp proof membrane sheets, its really cheap in b+q, I was thinking to put that down slightly larger than the stable floor and. extend it a few inches up the walls and nail in place then put down your sand/flags/ mats etc Not sure if it would work but for the price of it, it might be worth a try.
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Post by rubydoo on May 1, 2012 12:21:51 GMT
finally got to hack out yesterday ,hope it starts to improve now its sooo depressing.
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Post by 4emms on May 1, 2012 19:10:31 GMT
We must be really lucky then as our fields have always been well drained throughout winter and this latest wet period. Although we did have one little pond in the lowest lying part of one paddock on Sunday afternoon it was gone by this morning. Even during winter we have been able to ride in our fields - so much so that there are weeds growing in our arena from lack of use.
Biggest problem for me will be the excess of grass in a few weeks. It will probably cost me a fortune in fuel to get it mowed with the price of diesel today.
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Post by muggley on May 2, 2012 9:51:22 GMT
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Post by kates on May 2, 2012 15:28:40 GMT
i hate the rain......i'm fed up, we have at 48 hours of dry now though.... boys have rugs off, and too be honest i don't think they will let me put them back on, they have had enough.....i'm not showing in rain....too old for wetness! i've entered the suffolk show and at this rate it will be the next one i go to lol....
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