Spaniard meets Scotland... Tuna's first few days 🐴

Finally, the time has come for Tuna to move up to Scotland. The biggest culture shock an animal could possibly have, the first week was eventful to say the least. She's transitioning through 6 weeks of just being turned away from stabled competition-yard horse to herd hill pony, which involves a bit of nail-biting on our side and a lot of great people!

HUGE thank yous need to go to:
1️⃣ Gillies Transport, for the amazing communication, organisation and care provided to horses in transit. Tuna arrived calm, cool and happy after a careful drive up and over. I can't thank them enough - thank you also for everyone's recommendations here - https://www.ericgillie.co.uk/
2️⃣ Hetty, Lara, Russ & family for ensuring she was prepped and cared for perfectly in the month before she travelled. I wouldn't have trusted her with anyone else.
3️⃣ Isla, Rose & family for making our yard move seamless, ensuring everyone settled in fine and advising on all the people and businesses we needed to get set up here.
4️⃣ Mike, for being a text away every time Tuna threw a shoe or shredded a hoof. For super kind farriery and offering advice and management in her new hill pony life. (I can confirm that after 1 week barefoot and turned away, she's sound on the soft and very happy 🥳) -   / mike.robertsfarrier  

Lots of DMs asking about her, why she's not coming straight to the farm and why she's called Tuna too. Fortuna is her proper name but Tuna just stuck, and although she won't be a major part of vlogs moving forwards, her move up here is a big deal for both Dan and I. Eventually, when she can call the farm her home, we'll be complete as a family.

She's come from a busy competition yard and the change from there to the farm would be so extreme and sudden, she just wouldn't cope. The farm isn't horse-safe for fencing or stabling and we need to focus on the mortgage mission first and foremost, so this is the right thing for us as a family. There's also the major fact that she needs to learn to live out (nope from her) on the hills here in this climate (she hates the wet), with the terrain being very different to what she's used to, so with herd turnout with calm friends, but also great facilities and support on site, this fantastic yard was the obvious choice. And 2 weeks in she's settled perfectly and adores her new digs. Result!

Normal farm shenanigans moving forwards, but I hope for those who were interested, this covers Tuna 🤓

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