My scary hack!!

[Drummers mum]

Had to share as I keep chuckling to myself about it!

Rode out yesterday with another pony, it was mostly road work and Drummer was being very good, only one panic at a very noisy motorbike creeping up behind him! He was rear file so didn't expect many spooks anyway, until.............

..............the building site and a 100ft crane :eek: both ponies were eyes on stalks!! So we did a small detour but still had to pass the other end of the building site where there was.....

..... a huge cement mixer emptying itself noisily, a ginormous JCB waving its bucket around and loads of scary workmen yelling!! My precise thoughts were oh s**t! :o my friend said just relax :eek: So I thought of NR and the singing thing and I sang!! Summer Holiday!! The only song to come into my head! (I seem to remember someone else on here having the same problem, lol!) My friend was laughing her head off and these 2 old blokes, dog walking,looked at me like I was deranged! :p

We got past without a hitch though!! :D

All in all a very satisfying desensitizing hack! :D

[Jinete789]

Well done Drummer's mum! - Isn't is strange the songs that pop into your head, last time I did my "trying not to panic singing" there were three of us and we settled on "she'll be coming round the mountain when she comes" . I wonder if there is an additional comfort in nursery rhymes :rolleyes:

Jin

[notpoodle]

well done you :) cement mixers ... eurgh! we encountered one of those once when i brought angel in from the field. i was cr...g myself but all angel did was look and give it a wide berth

julia
x

[Drummers mum]

It wasn't just a diddy one either, it was one of those huge lorry ones with a big funnel!! :eek: