BORDER HOLIDAYS AND HORSES


Adams Anchorage and New Cwm Farm

Newsletter - March 2007

Where we are

The Mid Wales/Shropshire Border is usually somewhere most people just pass through on their way somewhere else. This has two consequences, one that it is a beautifully peaceful area for us lucky residents, and secondly that it is a hidden gem that only a few holidaymakers have discovered. I shall be telling you more about this locality in future newsletters, for instance the breathtaking scenery, the abundance of wild birds, the common land and forestry, local pubs and shops and events.

Four Footed proFile

Girl Friday Daisy Roots

We have known Daisy for about 5 years, when Richard and I collected her from Gravesend and brought her to New Cwm. She went on loan for a while, but is now looking for a new “loaner”. Aside from having the longest name for any ordinary pone that I have ever come across, Daisy is very good natured, and her attitude belies her age – she is not above galloping round the field with the others when I turn them out, and could be ridden quietly, or would make a superb companion. At the ripe old age of 33 she has lost a few teeth (not surprisingly), but I have not found it a problem keeping the weight on her, and as you can see, the sweet New Cwm grass obviously suits her! More details can be obtained from her owners:          Jill Stevens         jillstevens@fsmail.net
      mobile:         0034 660146302
Natasha Moore   noo.stevens@gmail.com

Winter

 Up until the second week in February, we didn’t really have a winter, in common with the rest of the UK. I had been turning out the horses without their rugs and we were having glorious blue-and-golden days. The foot-deep snow was a bit of a shock to the system, but it did put a delicious hush on the landscape. There were added bonuses like the hoof prints of a muntjac deer on the lane, and nuthatches and greater spotted woodpeckers coming to the nut feeder. As I write this it feels like a spring day, and a pair of blue tits are chasing each other among the branches of a crab apple, presumably with amorous intentions! I suppose we do get a higher rainfall than counties further east, but that is what makes this area such a green and pleasant land. I particularly like the Irish description of rain: “Tis a soft day, thank the Lord”.