Horse Fair .....

Local towns annual Horse Fair, today. I went in, to show my face and have a sly look around. I go in every year. I'm developing a pattern now though. Taxi in. Walk once round the 'C' shaped circuit. Duck into my local for a pint. Go back home.

I mention this because, for the people of the little town there, it's a real event. Horses are absolutely the central theme, of course. But it's also the Sunday of the Bank Holiday and so a fine opportunity to get pissed and have a bloody good time, day and night. Me? I just go in to, as I've said, show my face. And look at the horses and what ever else is on sale.

Great, actually. See, last year there was some bloke there with a nice, quiet, piebald cob mare. She was all harnessed up to a Pot Cart too. Only, that's all she did, all day. Stand there. And the cart was well past its best too. I still drooled, of course. And, at the end of the day, he put her in a horse box and the cart onto a trailer. Hauled them both away.

This year? Heh! I'd already been telling anyone half willing to listen how I Could have brought my Rosie in. I could even fetch the Pot Cart and have her just stand there, to be admired. But, I didn't want to ruin any ones day by simply blowing what ever they had out of the water.

True. One nice mare there today. Good feather on her feet. But she was more white than piebald. Nah. Another one, I don't even remember her 'colour'. But, her back was so short, it's like she had a quarter of herself missing. The Wall Eyed one? Who knows. One glimpse of that eye and mine moved on. Finally; The poor thing with a head like an 'English Bull Terrier'! That one made me look twice. But only because it was so freakishly malformed. Poor thing.

I looked at some Exercise Carts. One selection uniformly laroped with sky blue paint. Hiding god knows what bad welding, potentially fatal to both horse and driver. Unable though to hide the thin tube steel and even the mismatched moterbike wheels. And I hear the cunt was asking 400 for them?! :o

Another one Did catch my eye. Quite a bit. But, I figured it was 'worth' 200. And, being a fair, the lunatic would've been wanting 600. I didn't waste my time by asking. Within an hour, I couldn't see it any more. Some mug .....

The star of the day for me though was the little Appaloosian. (I don't know how to spell it. Half of ye probably wouldn't know what I meant if I could, ffs) Just think of a Dalmatian Horse. Prettiest little thing, one of them. Spots all over its face 'n all. 200!!! But, as I said to my informant; " With the weather, and the price of hay? I couldn't afford to support the fucking thing if they gave it to me! "

And so, satisfied, I came back home. Cleaned Rosie and Donks out. Gave Rosie a nice brushing. Then just spent an inordinate amount of time simply hugging her big, beautiful bum. Pressing my face against it and planting kisses on it.

I fuckin' worship that horse! :D