Birthday

Apologies for not being in contact for a while - after my birthday I came down with a dose of manflu and haven't really been online since.
Birthday was nice and quiet - spent the day reading and playing the guitar - learnt Jose Gonzales' Heatbeats - and then went out for a meal in the evening to an Italian in the village called Onda. Good food, even better company and finished it off (reluctantly) with a drink out as I really didn't fancy being plyed with drinks all night and ending up with a stinking hangover. Thankfully I managed to stick to the same drink all night, so any ill effects were minimal. Ended the night round at Freyja's and stayed the night as didn't fancy the walk back.
Didn't do much on Sat, but Sunday I was told I had to be up earlyish, and I was taken for a drive by Em and Iz. Ended up at Glenmore Valley Horse Riding centre and we had a 2 hour ride booked. Was great fun. I actually trotted, and maybe cantered - although at that stage I was just holding on for dear life!! Loved every minute of it though, and I now plan to go and get a couple of lessons just so that I know roughly what I need to do in future as Iz and Em both want to go again, and want to hire a few horses for half a day and just go off and ride, so I need to be able to keep up with them!
All in all, a pretty cool weekend