Open sesame!

 Chester got his first workout since his fall in spring when he hurt his back right leg quite badly

 but with lots of TLC and cash (vets bill!) he is now 100% and back in action.

 So here he is with my beautiful and oh so patient wife demonstrating how to open and close a gate without

 dismounting, very clever.

 And so we went for a brief stroll around the village, luckily I ignored my own advice and took the time to put little t in his anorak

 because at this point everything was nice and dry

 and all was well

 but at the same point on the way back things took a turn for the worse weather wise

 one of us refused to wear our hood but we made it back in double quick time

where one of us got a hot drink and a meal while the other spent part of his evening looking for the rain cover for the baby carrier he put in a safe place a while ago.