STYLE AND BEAUTY

[MitchyInge]

luckily mud goes with everything, what are you wearing under your layer of horse poo, stray bits of hay and horse/dog hair?

Sparklyalice, that means the Tesco jods only looked funny on me.

Pixel i haven't looked at myself in the mirror in them! God no! But the pictures of me doing dressage in them looked good

I love my Roekl gloves - yes, they're 5 times the price of the cheapie ones but if you look after them they'll last.

When I was a kid I lived in Harry Hall jods and they seemed to last forever, probably mass produced by slaves in China these days though.

I now get my breeches made by a lady in Hamburg who does the most incredible stuff - alas, if you're more a "Katie Price" shocking pink hipster kind of a gal then they're not for you!

Never mind the clothes, we've got washing machines & grumpy partners for that - anyone got any tips for stopping your car smell like a muck-heap/look like a tack-room?

@ fleece lining! I want those winter breeches, don't think I can afford them this side of Christmas though - the fleece headband might just be manageable

I lose gloves way too frequently to ever have a decent pair

I try not to use my car when I go to the yard, not now it is all fixed and shiny again - the land rover thrives on the mud and muck and animal hair, it's never going to look good

My car looks like a skip on wheels

do you want to buy mine Alice?

it's not very practical - can barely fit a saddle on the back seat with the roof down and does not cope with bumpy farm tracks very well at all and can't tow with it but might make a nice Christmas present?

do desperately need to sell it

No thanks, my car is fine, just filthy and full of rubbish!

The boot of my car isn't too bad as I've got an old duvet cover folded up in the bottom and I can shake it out now and again. It's surprising how much hair etc comes off your clean(ish)-looking numnah when you put your tack in the boot. The duvet has a dual use because if we are getting short of hay and I have to get an emergency bale from the farm then I can put it inside the duvet cover and keep the car clean.
I always change out of my wellies as I don't think it's safe to drive in them so they go in a big carrier bag in the car boot too.

Also I no longer have to drive down muddy farm tracks every day so all in all my car looks fairly decent nowadays.

My mum once saw a car she quite liked on a garage forecourt and stopped to ask how much they would give her for her old one in part-exchange. The garage owner glanced inside at the layer of mud and hair and said "oh, you have horses!"

that's a really good idea pixel!

ours is probably beyond help already though