Last day for the Welsh Cob horses

We have permitted a nearby farmer to keep two of his young Welsh Cob horses (or should that be ponies?) on our smallholding to graze over winter. Our land consists of both rough grazing and fields that have been sown with 'meadow mix' grass seed. These fields have a variety of wild herbs and flowers that help enrich the diet of grazing animals.

Although I have taken a few photographs of these horses, I had never spent some time taking a full range of photographs. So, as the weather was fine (but a bit hazy as you can see), I took quite a few pictures of these fine looking animals. It was a good job I did as they were due to leave the following day, but the owner collected them later that afternoon.

The first picture above shows the both horses trotting along near the stream that forms the boundary of our smallholding. The trees in the background follow the stream and the fields beyond belong to another farm.

The second photo shows them in the context of the landscape. I should have taken them on a clearer day, but you can see the beautiful Welsh countryside of the Teifi valley and the Cambrian Mountains.



This third photograph shows them against a background of trees, with a fine oak tree just coming into leaf - one of two on this part of the property.



The full selection of photographs can be seen in the Smallholding Gallery.