The Exmoors

Went out early this morning, sans spaniel (he has cut his foot quite badly and is confined to quarters), to find and check the Exmoor ponies on the common. The first eight were easy enough but I spent a good hour looking for the other two - they were hidden deep in the gorse. There was thick ice on the troughs and of course I'd forgotten to bring an implement to break it with. I ended up using my boot and inevitably sank my whole foot into the ice cold water. Cold wet trudge home but at least the sun started to break through.