--- Anneliese Virro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 9/18/07 3:17 PM, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On 9/18/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> From a journal post about a trip to Sweden:
> >>
> >> "Jordan and I took a very expensive trailride on some Icelandic
> ponies that
> >> afternoon. Firey little devils! I had alot of trouble keeping
> mine from
> >> bolting. Sometimes I didn't bother.">
> >
> > oh my gosh they must not have trees there.
> > Janice
>
> Actually they really don't. There is a joke: what do you do if you
> get lost
> in an Icelandic forest? Answer: you stand up.
>
> I think that they are trying to reforest but it is an uphill
> struggle.
> There is always a lot of wind and trees are having a hard time
> getting
> started.
>
> Anneliese
My friend who has been there and stayed on extended visits has said
they really do not have trees.....and that it is sooooo windy that a
farmer will put a rope between the house and barn to help pull
themselves back and forth in the hard wind...50 mph wind is a calm
day.
Too much for me on top of the real cold.....I wonder what the wind
chill factor average in winter is?
Of course our little devils have their winter coats now....its 80 and
sunny and will stay that way mainly for the next thousands of days
ahead.......
Skye
(Now with her favorite mare who just got her natural balance steel
shoes on the front and hinds today.....tomorrow we start trail
fitness for her.......)
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