In describing the adventurous treks around the farm and down to the beach I have left out one crucial element of the forms of trekking available.
The pony ride. This is a 20 minute option, usually for the under 7s, during which an instructor walks alongside or leads the beginner down a field and back.
Dull you say?
Quite the contrary. These 20 minute slots which pepper our busy days are usually an adventure into the psychological land of the unknown thanks to the wild imagination of these 4-7 year olds. Who needs to ask mundane questions about a customer’s holiday when you can be privy to one young boy’s plot to take over and become King of the night-land Zenotron (I think he has it in him), or sing made up songs about what the Shetland ponies are thinking?
The only problem is not letting this over-simplification of life into conversations with those older than 7. I found myself telling one adult trekker the reason one horse kept veering towards another on a ride was because “He loved her and one day hoped to marry her.”
Perhaps island living really is getting to me.
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