What a whirlwind of a week. It has flown past and I am struggling to recall
what exactly has gone on.
It was fun driving up from Nairobi to Lewa seeing Kenya again. Everywhere
looks nice and green after the rains until you get to Lewa which is really not
green at all. It seems to have rained everywhere else but here! In fairness,
there has been some rain but not as much as people would like. Despite taking
the main entrance into Lewa (the longer route to Wilderness) to maximise our
game viewing, there was surprisingly little game around. No time to dwell on
these things as it was then straight back out to the polo club for an evening
of drinking and dancing. The polo season is upon us and club chukkas (kind of
like weekend practice sessions) had started at the local polo club about 45
minutes drive away. I did quickly manage to race up to the stables first to see
my gorgeous foal, Champagne. It was almost dark but she was of course pleased
to see me and she has grown beyond belief! She is no longer a little baby,
although she does still like to have tantrums…
The other two foals have also grown so much – I barely recognise them.
Santa has changed colour from a bright bay to a very handsome dark bay. He
still has one bad leg but it is slowly healing and hopefully one day he will be
a really lovely horse. Sheba is the most unfriendly foal ever and, like her
mother, is very aloof.
I would like to say that the other horses are all well but that would be a
lie. I am very glad that Ness (who has been covering for me) has been here all
week to help out because there are so many problems. We are injecting horses
left right and centre, bandaging, stitching, cleaning wounds, etc, etc. Could
these horses be any more accident prone? Ness has now gone off to the polo
tournament at Gilgil with six of the polo ponies leaving me with the four
injured ones to look after. Thank goodness we actually do have the vet coming
out next Tuesday to spend the whole day here. I think he could be busy…
We also have three new horses come to stay at livery for the next couple of
months. They are Friesan cross Boerperd (a South African breed) which makes for
a very large well built horse. They look huge compared to ours and the syces
cannot get over the size of them. The farriers are particularly amazed by the
size of their feet as they have never shod feet that size!
Nothing else to report other than horsey stuff because all my time has been
taken up with them. The lodge reopens to guests tomorrow.
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