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Description: Quite tall for 12,goes to a school for girls only, has amazing green eyes and long wavy brown hair and plays the cello and has packed three different swimsuits because she couldn’t decide which to bring (I’ve only got one!). She says her friends call her Bella, and we can too (how cool!).
Name: Georgia
Age: 12
Lives: Georgia comes all the way from Devon, which I suppose isn’t actually far from here, but it’s a long way from where I live (i.e. London).
Description: Short blondish hair. She seems very sensible and mature for 12, but she’s also really friendly so that’s okay. She has two younger brothers and one younger sister and says she has to help her mum and dad look after them quite a lot.
The best thing is that Isabella and Georgia are both really into jumping too and they also chose this week specially to come to Sunnyside, so they could spend lots of time focussing on it. Also, they’re both really nice and are not leaving me out just because I’m a weeny bit younger than them, which older girls can sometimes do.
Oh, I have to go – Bella’s calling me down to the yard. Maybe it’s time to find out which ponies we’re getting. I’m so excited just thinking about it! Fingers crossed mine’s a good jumper!
Still Monday morning, in our break
I am quickly writing this because I’ve got something exciting to put down that can’t wait till later. The girls who were delayed are here now and we’re just about to have our assessment lesson. But even though we haven’t been given our ponies yet I have already met the perfect one for me.
What happened was, when I got outside, Jody explained that while we were waiting for the last two girls to arrive, we could get on with some yard work. She gave me mucking-out duty with this really nice stable girl called Lydia. That’s when I met Charm, who is an amazingly gorgeous grey Connemara.
I fell in love with him straight away and Lydia said I could lead him out and tie him up in the yard while we did his stable. I gave him a big stroke and pat on the way and he whinnied and nuzzled into my T-shirt.
While we were working I asked Lydia about him and she told me what a great jumper he is. That just made me want him to be my pony even more!
When Lydia and I had put the new straw down on top of the clean bits of bedding and spread it all out, I got to lead Charm back in, and I whispered to him that I really hoped he’d be my pony for the week. After a while, the other girls arrived and Jody called us all back into the main yard and introduced us to each other and the Sunnyside Stables team.
As well as me and Bella and Georgia there is Millie, Jody’s daughter, who I read about in the welcome letter. The girls sharing her room are called Suki and Mai and they go to an international school in London. They are both eight and three-quarters and are actually from Japan.
Then there are the little ones, Olivia, Asha and Joelle (who is only just seven and the youngest of all), and they’re in a room together.
Me, Bella and Georgia are all really excited about the jumping and we’re crossing our fingers that we get put in the group to do it. Bella and Georgia have jumped a bit but neither of them have done a competition yet, so I’ve probably got the most experience, even though it’s not much.
I really, really hope I’ve got Charm. I’ve worked out I’ve got a 33.3333333333% chance of getting him – he’s a bit big for the younger girls and Millie has her own pony, of course, and so I reckon it will be between me, Georgia and Bella.
Still Monday, after the ponies were given out
Well, it didn’t exactly go as I’d hoped, but I’m trying not to be too disappointed. We were all waiting in the yard with our hats and crops and everything, and Sally was reading from a list while Lydia brought the ponies out, one by one. They were already tacked up, because some of the girls had been helping do that while I was mucking
Description: Quite tall for 12,goes to a school for girls only, has amazing green eyes and long wavy brown hair and plays the cello and has packed three different swimsuits because she couldn’t decide which to bring (I’ve only got one!). She says her friends call her Bella, and we can too (how cool!).
Name: Georgia
Age: 12
Lives: Georgia comes all the way from Devon, which I suppose isn’t actually far from here, but it’s a long way from where I live (i.e. London).
Description: Short blondish hair. She seems very sensible and mature for 12, but she’s also really friendly so that’s okay. She has two younger brothers and one younger sister and says she has to help her mum and dad look after them quite a lot.
The best thing is that Isabella and Georgia are both really into jumping too and they also chose this week specially to come to Sunnyside, so they could spend lots of time focussing on it. Also, they’re both really nice and are not leaving me out just because I’m a weeny bit younger than them, which older girls can sometimes do.
Oh, I have to go – Bella’s calling me down to the yard. Maybe it’s time to find out which ponies we’re getting. I’m so excited just thinking about it! Fingers crossed mine’s a good jumper!
Still Monday morning, in our break
I am quickly writing this because I’ve got something exciting to put down that can’t wait till later. The girls who were delayed are here now and we’re just about to have our assessment lesson. But even though we haven’t been given our ponies yet I have already met the perfect one for me.
What happened was, when I got outside, Jody explained that while we were waiting for the last two girls to arrive, we could get on with some yard work. She gave me mucking-out duty with this really nice stable girl called Lydia. That’s when I met Charm, who is an amazingly gorgeous grey Connemara.
I fell in love with him straight away and Lydia said I could lead him out and tie him up in the yard while we did his stable. I gave him a big stroke and pat on the way and he whinnied and nuzzled into my T-shirt.
While we were working I asked Lydia about him and she told me what a great jumper he is. That just made me want him to be my pony even more!
When Lydia and I had put the new straw down on top of the clean bits of bedding and spread it all out, I got to lead Charm back in, and I whispered to him that I really hoped he’d be my pony for the week. After a while, the other girls arrived and Jody called us all back into the main yard and introduced us to each other and the Sunnyside Stables team.
As well as me and Bella and Georgia there is Millie, Jody’s daughter, who I read about in the welcome letter. The girls sharing her room are called Suki and Mai and they go to an international school in London. They are both eight and three-quarters and are actually from Japan.
Then there are the little ones, Olivia, Asha and Joelle (who is only just seven and the youngest of all), and they’re in a room together.
Me, Bella and Georgia are all really excited about the jumping and we’re crossing our fingers that we get put in the group to do it. Bella and Georgia have jumped a bit but neither of them have done a competition yet, so I’ve probably got the most experience, even though it’s not much.
I really, really hope I’ve got Charm. I’ve worked out I’ve got a 33.3333333333% chance of getting him – he’s a bit big for the younger girls and Millie has her own pony, of course, and so I reckon it will be between me, Georgia and Bella.
Still Monday, after the ponies were given out
Well, it didn’t exactly go as I’d hoped, but I’m trying not to be too disappointed. We were all waiting in the yard with our hats and crops and everything, and Sally was reading from a list while Lydia brought the ponies out, one by one. They were already tacked up, because some of the girls had been helping do that while I was mucking
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