Archive for the General Category
Lessons
August 17th, 2010
While the boss and his wife were away with the Sport Team, we have been looked after by some nice people from the Netherlands – Marianne, Merlijn and Bram. Me and Florens have been giving riding lessons to Bram and Merlijn. It’s been fun. They are going home today. Helgi
Boss’ New Stable
August 3rd, 2010
A great big lorry turned up this morning with a mobile home on it. These jolly efficient men have put it in the roofless sheep shed The boss says that he is going to live in it. I wonder what the boss’ wife is going to do. He says it’s quite nice but not very [...]
Handbook on Icelandic Whales Released in English
July 19th, 2010
I’ve found a jolly interesting book about whales. See here. I’m sure that it will come in use one day. Helgi
Norway
July 7th, 2010
The boss and the boss’ wife have been in search of the midnight sun. They said that they had a jolly nice time, even though it’s not very warm up there. The grass is very green – sounds lovely to me! Here are some photos. Shame there aren’t any horses! May be they’ll take me [...]
Special Visit
June 8th, 2010
The boss came to visit me on Sunday. I’ve been stuck out in this field, so I have not seen him very much. I gave him one of my special little neighs. Humans seem to like them. He gave me some special treats so it had the desired effect! May be he will take me [...]
Shed Repairs are Progressing
June 8th, 2010
The nice Swiss lady took me up to the house yesterday so that I could help to tidy up the common by eating some long grass. I was able to have a good look at the Sheep Shed. It is definitely better than it was before. It’s got a new roof, and that nasty cement stuff has [...]
Moved
April 19th, 2010
I’ve had to move field. The boss’ wife thinks that Erro has got a bit porky. So we’ve been put in the other field with the “odds and sods”. It was quite exciting for a while. We did a bit of running around. Well. I did a few steps. Erro and Gustur did most of [...]
New Track
April 15th, 2010
Kongur says that the new track is very nice. He walked on it and make it a bit untidy. It’s much better than the old one
Track Maintenance
March 25th, 2010
There’s all this noise out on the common, and lots of yellow machines. It sounds jolly exciting. I wish that we could get a bit closer and have a look Erro says that he’s been out there and they are building a pace track up the hill. Kongur says that you can’t pace on a [...]
Databases
February 13th, 2010
I’ve been checking out my web presence. I seem to be recorded in three databases. Stormhestar – unofficial free database WorldFengur – the official database maintained by Bændasamtök Íslands National Equine Database (NED) – UK Official Equine Database I’m very well connected! Helgi