This afternoon I printed a photograph from https://derrickjknight.com/2019/04/17/the-first-foal/ for which I had been asked. The rider’s daughter had identified her from the blog post and it was very pleasing to receive the request.
Later we drove into the forest via
Undershore.
Outside Pilley Community Shop
a loose string of ponies, totally unaware of Social Distancing, formed a disorderly queue outside the Pilley Community Shop, which wasn’t even open. Most drivers were content to wait patiently or to weave their way through the obstacles. One, surely inviting a kicking, shoved the animals with his small van and took the direct route. A man and a woman, from different directions, advanced on foot, clapping. This clearly amused one grey which, at the risk of losing its false teeth, emitted a good laugh in appreciation of the applause. As always, click on any image to access the gallery, each member of which may be bigified.
This evening we dined on baked gammon; penne cheese; a perfectly presented peppers, mushrooms, onions and leeks melange; somewhat elderly broccoli, and tender youthful runner beans with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Carles Priorat 2016
Terrifically moody Undershore photo there Derrick, I really like that! And the laughing grey with the false teeth – what a sight! I had some elderly broccoli myself last night. Perhaps its becoming a thing……….
Clearly a broccoli thing, Pauline. 🙂 Thanks very much.
I find your header picture puzzling – is that blue disc caught between the black legs of the laughing horse, or are my eyes deceiving me?
I am mystified, too, Anne. I’ve looked and looked and can’t work it out 🙂 Thanks very much.
If you look at the photo right after the laughing grey photo…that blue and white disc is connected to the pavement to the right of the horse/behind the horse…but I’m not sure what the disc is for.
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Possibly a lottery sign outside a shop.
It is, but how it got caught up with the pony is a mystery 🙂
Oh! Thank you! I’ve never seen one like that before. 🙂
Tootlepedal has identified the lottery sign, but how it got to tickle the pony I have no idea.
The horses put on quite a show for the forest drivers!
They do – this was better than most 🙂 Thanks very much, Janet.
Such rare captures.
Thanks very much, Rupali.
I love the horse showing it’s teeth photo.
Thanks very much, Mrs W.
Your welcome.
That grey was very much amused! And your meal has made me feel very hungry 😋
Thanks very much, Sandra.
Beautiful day! Beautiful photos! Beautiful food! 🙂
I think the excellent equine are thinking, “Why do all of these Human-Beans and vehicles have to interfere with our day!” 🙂 The laughing grey is a hoot and isn’t letting anything be a bother! Choosing to be a happy horse…a peppy pony! 😀 😛
I hope the youthful beans made the elderly broccoli feel a bit frisky! 😉 😀
Hey! Maybe you, Jackie, and I could start a business…Jackie will be the Chef, you will be the Food Photographer, and I can be the Food Taster! We could be featured in the best Food Magazines and earn some money! 😉 😀
(((HUGS))) 🙂
That’s a good wheeze, Carolyn 🙂 Thanks very much.
delightful as always! the grey pony with false teeth gives me chuckles! 😀
Thanks very much, Lola
Boy, as much as those horses use the road, they need to be paying taxes! Great photos today, Derrick!
Thanks very much, Jill. 🙂
What a lovely end to my day, but I really wish I’d been there, such a grand sight.
It was, indeed, Sue. Thanks very much.
That grey horse had a good laugh! I am glad most people are patient with them. We all need to slow down at times.
That is one of the best things about the New Forest – mostly a disappeared pace of life. Thanks very much, Lavinia.
This really is a perfectly presented vegetable mélange – my compliments to the Culinary Queen.
Thank you very much from us both, Dolly – especially coming from such culinary royalty 🙂
My pleasure, Derrick, and I am blushing all over the internet (if I could blush, that is, which I can’t). From you, of all people, I expect honest critique, rather than titles I do not deserve.
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That header is a Mr. Ed moment for sure!
So it is. I wish I’d known that 🙂 Thanks very much, Liz.
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Jackie remembered the programme, but we didn’t have TV until I was 15.
We had TV for only a couple of years when I was a kid, which we the years that Mr. Ed was on.
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Wasn’t sure if the toothy grey reminded me of Mr Ed or Tootlepedal, or both…
A good day rounded off by a good meal, by the look of it.
It was, thanks a lot, Quercus.
LOL! love these. WOW! I couldn’t imagine anywhere I’ve been that I would see a scene like this. Mind you, I have been in a car that had to drive through a flock of sheep in my younger days.
“bigified” 🙂 mmm I like it.
Thanks very much, Chrissy. Bigified was coined by Pauline, thecontentedcrafter.
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Does someone come round with a shovel and collect up the horse droppings for sale to gardeners?
Possibly. When we were in Minstead I saw this: https://derrickjknight.com/2012/12/13/the-vacuum-cleaner/
Hahaha! He had a good time 🐴😉
What an exquisite dinner 🥘😋
Thank you very much, Ribana. 🙂
Great way to end my day – beautiful “equestrians” (is there such a word?) and a yummy looking dinner. My compliments to the chef! <3
Thanks very much, Jan. An equestrian is a rider; the horse is an equine.
I knew there was equ in there somewhere! Thanks!!
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The fact that most drivers were patient with the free-roaming ponies says a lot of good things about your community. Looking at your lovely dinner table made me wonder if you ever grow vegetables.
Thanks very much, JoAnna. We don’t grow veg because they are so cheap and there are only two of us to eat them.
Ponies in Pilley. How rude of that driver in the van!
Yes. Quite out of order. The ponies have the right of way. Thanks very much, Laurie.
As well they should!
I had always thought gammon was a type of poultry. Finally looked it up to discover it is ham…It is not a term used in the states so all these years of reading British novels, I thought it was some sort of wild bird.
🙂 Thanks very much, Judy
I use the clapping technigue to disperse the pigeons in the garden.
Either the ponies are in full demonstration (they have the right)
either they came to have a drink at the village bar because they are too hot
Possibly both. Thank you very much, Yoshimi
I dread to think what a pair of hooves from a fair sized horse could do to a small van. Leave their mark, that’s for sure!
🙂 That would show him. Thanks a lot, John
The ponies seem to have taken over the land before the Pilley Community Shop. Those kicks are known to produce about 2000 pounds of pressure per square inch! What is that national lottery display?
You can buy tickets in the shop. I never have. Thanks very much, Uma.
I love the horse laugh! How often can you catch one of them doing that?! 😀
This is only the second. Thanks a lot, GP
Very entertaining and somewhat humorous post Derrick
Cheers, Ian, my friend
A bunch of fascinating Photos Derrick. We’ll never see ponies on the road like that here in Geelong,
Thanks a lot, Ivor
I can’t get over the ponies in the streets!
Thanks very much, Helen. It is their road.
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All those horses blocking the road made me smile. To all those people who find this annoying, you have no idea how lucky you are to live among such natural beauty. I’m glad you appreciate them, Derrick. Your photos are always a treat.
Thank you so much, Diana
Those horses wanted to show off their beauty.
Great photos once again Derrick
Many thanks, More.
The Undershore photo is so interesting. I was amused thinking about the queued up ponies waiting for the shop to open–it’s good they didn’t get too rowdy. That laughing horse–what a sight!
Thank you so much, Merril. I’m pleased you were amused 🙂
I know I sound like a broken record, but you totally live a blessed life, Derrick! Makes me happy to see it every time! Thanks for making me smile. 🙂
Thank you so much, Anna. I do feel blessed.
And that’s a wonderful thing. 🙂
Making staccato sounds at animals which outweigh you by a significant number of kilos doesn’t sound like the smartest thing to do, to say nothing of walking behind said animals.! 🙂
Agreed, Widders. And who knows whether that grey was actually laughing or snapping? Thanks a lot.
Those horses have always been attracted to that place, it seems.
Yes. Thanks very much, Yvonne