Our fierce winds and intermittent rains continued throughout the day, making it one for staying in and reading, until all was calm and the sun put in an appearance late in the afternoon, when we decided to set off for a brief forest drive.
We travelled no further than Tiptoe Road before we encountered
a pair of foals molesting the traffic until a driver chased them off onto the verge;
further along the road, more mares and their offspring found their own methods of disrupting the traffic.
One young foal showed great concern for the rolling discomfort of her mother.
Jackie’s picture makes it clear that the mare was trying to dislodge flies attracted to her area of recently having given birth.
Others wandered in the shrubbery. The first two of these four images are mine; the next two, Jackie’s.
Some of very frisky offspring dashed backwards and forwards all over the place. The last four images in this gallery are Jackie’s.
This evening we dined on roast chicken thighs with a spicy coating; boiled potatoes; tender cabbage and cauliflower leaves; crunchy cabbage and firm cauliflower.
