Snuggles with Jack after her lesson. She rode him out to the field bareback, which she said felt funny.

After lunch we went to Henry's grave then Mum went home with Pete. Been so lovely having them all over so feeling a bit blue. Also it was a year ago today that we had to say goodbye to our beautiful boy Alf. So sad memories.

Tonight we're off to the theatre so early blip for me.

"There is a cycle of love and death that shapes the lives of those who choose to travel in the company of animals. It is a cycle unlike any other. To those who have never lived through its turnings and walked its rocky path, our willingness to give our hearts with full knowledge that they will be broken seems incomprehensible. Only we know how small a price we pay for what we receive; our grief, no matter how powerful it may be, is an insufficient measure of the joy we have been given."
Suzanne Clothier.