Holly Burton's latest blog update: Snow, snow go away!

Everything has been very quiet on the horse front, since my horse Tinto went on his annual winter break in mid-October. He always gets a 2-3 month break at this time of year as he really deserves it after competing BSJA and BE all year. It's also very practical since I only have a paddock to ride in therefore it's pitch black when I get home from work every day. I planned to bring Tinto back into work a couple of weeks ago however we have had some serious snow which has been here for a month now - sick of it! We currently have about 2 1/2 - 3 feet of snow in my yard so we won't be moving the trailer anytime soon! It was -18 degrees the other night which made doing the horses pretty chilly to say the least! I had initially planned to do some dressage this month and during February, however my local competition venue's indoor school collapsed under the weight of snow a few days ago so that'll limit the amount I can do even more. I'm getting very bored of not being able to ride! Tinto is wrapped up warm and looks rather like a giant furry connemmara right now...! He's begun cantering around in the snow a lot this week so I think he wants to get going again too.