[luckylady]

The scene:
Before - turning horses out, very muddy underfoot but manageable, just
During - accidentally tied to horse with electric fence rope whilst she panics
After - Sat in mud blubbering
The horse I was leading slipped in the mud going through the gate, panicked and got her foot caught in the electric fencing (no idea how she did it), panicked again pulling fencing posts with her, fencing twanged and handle flew up with hook attaching itself to her tail.  She was a good girl and stood whilst I tried to detach it but meanwhile other horse got through the open gateway so horse I was untangling swung around me wanting to go too only to tie me to her side with the fencing rope.  Still tied to her she then knocked me off my feet (soft landing as deep mud  ) so I was practically under her. Thought I was a gonna as this horse is a true tank though it turns out as nimble as a ballerina.  Not one hoof in my direction and the handle detached itself, thankfully not with the aid of any part of my anatomy.  All happened in a flash and I sat there for a few seconds blubbering I think, in shock of how wrong it could have gone.  Anyway, picked myself up, sorted out the fencing and led the horses back in.  Job done despite looking and feeling like a mud monster!
Note to self to prevent recurrence - 1) discover the elixir of youth so I can move faster 2) insist we finish the post and rail fencing and hardcore and mat the gateways (promised for 3 years!) 3) leave it all to agile daughter.
None of the above will happen so 4) accept s**t happens and get on with it. 
 

[deepinthewoods]

ouch, hope your ok!

[Rosemary]

 

[SallyintNorth]

A very good friend of mine used to have a saying, "You want sympathy?  You'll find it in the dictionary, between s**t and syphilis."   

luckylady - I too have been there in the mud / on the road / under the pig, sobbing and wanting sympathy...  realising there isn't any and yes, it's just the rough and tumble of the lifestyle, gotta deal with it.  (Small price to pay, really, innit.)   

But, for what it's worth, you can have    as well as the empathy from me.  Chin up, chick. 

[Blinkers]

Awww, sending a hug  as have been in various similar situation over the year but although the thought of what COULD have happened would send shivers down my spine, the worst never did happen    and you kinda just think (as you say) s**t happens and you just gotta get on with it.....but be a bit more careful....until the next time  . "B****y horses - who'd 'ave 'em" 

[Bionic]

Luckylady it seems you lived up to your name. Covered in mud it may not sound like it but you could have been badly injured and it sounds as if it was only your pride injured in the end.
I would love a horse but at my age I think its just a bit past me. I will have to make do with petting the ponies in the field next door.
Sally

[luckylady]

I'm fine guys, but I think I'll ache tomorrow.  Positive side - 1) not hurt, 2) its got me out of the mucking out this morning - daughter says she'll do it when she gets back from work  , 3) no-one about with a camera to take a pic of the groaning mud monster 

I would love a horse but at my age I think its just a bit past me.
Sally

Thing is, I'M still only in my twenties (in my head)!   

A very good friend of mine used to have a saying, "You want sympathy?  You'll find it in the dictionary, between s**t and syphilis."   

  I like (the saying that is, not the s**t or syphilis!!!!!)
 

[sabrina]

Regardless of age, safety first is a must. I will be 61 next month and I stick to rules for the colts and stallions. although Shetlands they are very strong. No barging ever, no biting or kicking and you walk at my pace not yours. We check fencing most weekends, sounds a lot but Shetlands are very good at knowing when the electric wire is not working and will sit on the fence post so I make sure everything as it should be before they go out. I once had an 18 hand horse catch his rug on the gate as he was going into the field. Gate was taken off and dragged up the field with me still hanging onto the lead rope. A nightmare that I would never wish on anyone. He was not injured, god knows how but we both survived.

[luckylady]

Regardless of age, safety first is a must. I will be 61 next month and I stick to rules for the colts and stallions. although Shetlands they are very strong. No barging ever, no biting or kicking and you walk at my pace not yours. We check fencing most weekends, sounds a lot but Shetlands are very good at knowing when the electric wire is not working and will sit on the fence post so I make sure everything as it should be before they go out. I once had an 18 hand horse catch his rug on the gate as he was going into the field. Gate was taken off and dragged up the field with me still hanging onto the lead rope. A nightmare that I would never wish on anyone. He was not injured, god knows how but we both survived.

Yes sabrina it just goes to show that accidents can happen even to the most safety conscious of us, especially when nature has a hand in it, i.e. wettest, therefore muddiest, year in a century.  Will carry out a risk assessment of mud consistency and slip factor before turning out in the morning. 

[sabrina]

I have already walked out of my wellies twice this winter due to the mud, not a nice feeling. The other morning while pushing the barrow round to the much heap I slipped on ice. Did not fall anf thought nothing more of it until next morning. my back was killing me. Could not stand up straight. I hate getting old.

[luckylady]

I have already walked out of my wellies twice this winter due to the mud, not a nice feeling.

Yes, welly suction mud is the worst.  We have clay mud here, very slippery and very prone to sucking wellies off feet.  It looks like the sort of mud you get, so I am told, in beauty spas.  Could make a fortune - 'Would you like your mud pack with or without horse pee madam?'     

[sabrina]