Hacking!!

We spent a couple of hours down the field this morning re-stringing the fence so it was going up to twelve  before I thought about riding.  I wanted to take Remy out for a hack and thought lunchtime would be good (less traffic about, total french population home for lunch) so off we went. Jim followed as he wanted a walk (to keep an eye on me, I think), so we went through the little wood to the road and he made sure there was no traffic so we could cross and then we continued on past the small lake, past the stone cutting place and down the lane towards the village. Remy was on his toes, very active and huffing and puffing, but apart from a couple of little spooky jumps, he was brilliant. I felt brilliant too, it's what I've wanted for so long, to actually hack my boy out. At times he stretched and relaxed his neck and was so soft in my hand it was like all my birthdays had come at once. He was great coming home too, no rushing, just nice and forward. Oh, nearly forgot - the leccy fence has gone too, Yippee!