3 is a magic number

It was, this morning with the horses.
I started with Remy in the school, a short in-hand session, working on circles and then asking for a few lateral steps. It's more a matter of co-ordinating myself really, and today I felt that we both 'got' it, and at the same time LOL
I then put him on the lunge and we had a session over poles at walk and trot. I placed the poles midway down the long side and found it a great way to get a good trot transition, asking just as he came out of the corner approaching the poles, worked a treat, and encouraged him to use his back legs. I enjoyed it.
I then took a squealy Bonbon up to the school, fine until halfway up the field when she suddenly squealed and spun off back towards the yard. I don't know what she'd seen/heard, but she did it twice. It's a funny little girlie noise and had us both laughing, she's a good girl though, she stopped when she felt the rope tighten and made nothing of it.
In the school we worked on walk/halt transitions with me at her shoulder and then had a couple of goes over the poles. Perfick.
Finished off with a lovely hack out on Anky, with Jim and Obi, only about 30 minutes, but down a new track (to Anky) and she was very relaxed. On the way back she stretched over her neck, was soft in the hand, and I heard a very welcome sound - the jingling of the bit.
We're off to Rochechouart tonight, meeting some friends at the marché de nuit. Looking forward to it, we need a night out.