Today Teddy and I walked down the road to the Kyneton riding ground. He was excellent. After the last episode a few months back he was actually unbelievably good. He was great near the roads, did all that I asked, didn't freak out over anything and apart from being on full alert he took the time to graze etc. In short he trusted me.
I couldn't be happier with his progress. It just goes to show he has turned the corner to feeling safe with me and that the hard work is definitely paying off.
One thing that concerns me is there is a section of the trip that I think is unsafe and I want to find an alternative path. The road is 80km single lane either side, typical country road, but there is a section were there is a storm water flood way that leads directly to the road. Before and after this there is a lot of land either side so you can walk a reasonable distance from to roads edge. At this section you cant so you have to cross the road at a diagonal to get past it safely and then cross again to get on my side of the road. Each cross also requires negotiating the embankments. If there is traffic or some yahoo comes down there too fast (I think the average driver is doing 100 km anyway) then it could be disastrous.
I think there is a possible alternative where I can go to our back gate into the neighbours property, through their property's back gate to the bushland resort. Then all I would have to do would be to walk through the resort straight to the riding grounds. The thing is they're the 'weird' neighbours and I'd prefer not to have too much to do with them. I also don't know if there is access at that gate. I'll have to look into this further before asking them if I can access when I want. If they say yes I'd "owe" them which would be a worrying prospect considering the stories I've been told.
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