Horse escape!

On Wednesday instead of going to RDA like i normally do, i stayed at my course. I accidentally booked a driving lesson in the middle of RDA.

i had quite a hectic day, with finishing two assessments, a driving lesson and my darling prince who decided that it was the best day to escape.

i drove home and stopped in the driveway in shock. There was my horse who so obviously swam back across the river. He was looking pleased with himself, and very bloated. i quickly drove down the drive and parked the car and then got changed (i was still in my town clothes) and grabbed prince's halter and tied him up. i then turned detective.

He had obviously been out all day. The grass in the paddock i found him in was munched quite alot. there was two rolling patches in two different places.

i walked across the swing bridge to the other side of the river to do more investigating. he had obviously got a fright because the fence was broken very bad. i found one end in some brambles and another end wrapped about six times around a fence standard. There was some bent fence standards and some ones lying flat. There was also heaps of grass eaten and loads of hoof prints so obviously his.

My conclusion came to this, he got out about nine (because he had eaten his morning grass - i had shifted him over at quarter past seven, and a friend came over to feed the other animals (about ten) and he wasn't over across the river when she arrived but when she left he was across the river).

He must have been eating under the fence and the fence got caught on one of the brambles and he brushed the bottom of the bramble and it banged the fence against his neck. he must of panicked and swung around to the left (he had some hair stuck up the wrong way - to the left - on his nose) and scratched his nose.

He would have seen the fence go flying so he galloped into the pressure and broke it. then he would have galloped around like a loon until his adrenaline had gone down then wondered around eating. he would have heard the car and come across the river thinking it was me coming home (I've been in that car a couple of times) and he would have stayed there eating until i came home.

So there you have it. i ended up taking him back across the river (i can't take him across the swing bridge - it wouldn't hold him) and resetting up his fence.

I almost forgot to mention - the fence wasn't on at all. i haven't had it on for four weeks now.

So that was most of my week. i've been asked to move out from the house where i'm living- i have to be out by the end of November. i've been thinking of places to go to - any ideas?