lucky coincidence
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I had kept horses as a child and as an adult I rode once a week on a borrowed horse with a friend. We only had a Thursday afternoon to ride due to childcare issues and rode for several years quite happily all over the Weymouth bridlepaths. One day my friend and I had happened to cut through a housing estate where we didn't usually go. We were just strolling along enjoying the sunshine not really talking about anything in particular when out of the blue I turned to my friend and said
" what I would like ideally is a horse of my own that I could have on a permanent loan around 14.2hh'
then as we turned the corner we both saw an old friend walking towards us. She said hello and the next words to come out of her mouth were
" you don't know anyone who wants a 14.2hh pony on a permanent loan do you?"
Well my friend and I just looked at each other in amazement, and to cut a long story short I had that pony on loan for the next ten years.
Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:58:57 +0000Coincidence ID:6198
