The little mare is certainly a sensitive soul. She can now walk over the arrowheads poles and the labyrinth is not a problem at all but even the thought of walking over a plastic pole is too much for her to bear. In my opinion this is a learned behaviour and not just a youngster experiencing something new. Her heart rate and respiration elevates as she walks towards the poles. Flexing around them isn’t an issue but she is in a genuine state of fear when we stop her in front of a pole. I suspect that she has had an accident with a pole and whoever was with her at the time did not know how to resolve the issue.

I have filmed my last segment for Over the Rainbow and our chosen dog will be announced at the final live performance on Saturday. Tony and Emily will be coming to the show with me. It has been such fun working on this show and I will miss everyone but with more horses booked to come into Tilley Farm for re-training and starting, I am looking forward to having more time at the farm now that all my film commitments are over.

I am also continuing with my clearing quest and am unearthing some fascinating things in our attic. Tony and I put a recipe book together, many years ago, to raise funds for a local charity and asked friends from the acting world to contribute their favourite recipes. We had an amazing response and I have found all the original artwork and the pictures, autographs and letters too, including a lovely handwritten recipe on personalised note paper for One Fresh Brown Trout by the wonderful actor, Michael Horden. I think I will have this framed and hang it in our kitchen.