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Andrea had been practicing on her horse for a forthcoming competition, wearing a pair of beautiful light grey Horze B-Vertigo jodhpurs. They were extra high waisted and she loved them. They only thing that she could criticise about them is that, havi... Starring: | |||||
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At last, the North of England had a day of sunshine! It was late July, the air was warm and there was no wind. It seemed like Andrea had spent all of Spring and Summer to date complaining about the incessant rain and how everything was soaked. And n... Starring: | |||||
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Where was the Summer weather? It was late June and the weather was cool and damp and windy. Andrea loves summertime, and was determined that the weather was not going to spoil it for her.
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The farm's ex-military Unimog had been parked in the yard for a few days, having recently been used to winch a couple of large fallen trees out of the deep gorge that the beck had cut at the far end of the land. Originally, the Unimog had been suppli... Starring: | |||||
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The month of April had been incredibly windy and wet in the North of England. Everywhere was waterlogged and yet there were clear signs that Spring was well underway: the oyster catchers were noisily defending their nests, and all of the trees were c... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been riding her horse for most of the morning, wearing full waterproofs because of the incessant light rain. But now the rain had stopped and she was keen to break-in her new Harry Hall leather riding boots with a long walk. The local rive... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea loves wild swimming and there are many places in the North of England where it's excellent to do so. The problem is, that the water is almost invariably very cold, and this really limits the amount of time that you can spend swimming, even if... Starring: | |||||
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It had been a long time; a very long time. For a whole host of reasons Andrea had not made a video for about 12 months.
This morning, she awoke to a beautiful Spring day in Northern England. It was not particularly warm (only 12degC) but there was a... Starring: | ||||
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Whilst rummaging in her store room, Andrea had stumbled across a pair of very rare and very expensive Muckboot waders. It had been ages since she had taken these out for a bit of fun, and today was a perfect opportunity.
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On her last outing, Andrea had got very wet and muddy wearing jodhpurs, riding boots and a long riding coat. Afterwards, several people had asked why she had not been better equipped for such a muddy adventure, perhaps by wearing waders, waterproof c... Starring: | |||||
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The pre-Christmas period had been so cold and icy that Andrea had not ventured much beyond the farm for several weeks. Now, early in the New Year, it had rained nonstop for several days and everywhere was flooded it was typical weather for the North... Starring: | |||||
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Wintertime on the farm is the hardest time of year, it's always wet and windy but the job must go on. And this means that you need good foul weather gear. Accordingly, Andrea had treated herself to some of the best waterproofs that money can buy: a S... Starring: | |||||
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The last day of September brought torrential rain, blown almost horizontally by a very strong Westerly wind. Walking in the rain is one of Andrea's favourite pastimes, and so she parked her car by the local river and strode out into the terrible weat... Starring: | |||||
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It had been ages since Andrea had done any archery on horseback, but she got an invitation to join a group of friends and she immediately accepted. Whilst she was hunting through all of her horse equipment, looking for her bow and other stuff she nee... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea has lots of rainwear, some of which she likes, some of which she loves! One such item that she loves is the hoodless transparent one-piece waterproof suit that she wears in bad weather when she is competing on her horse.
A few weeks ago, And... Starring: | |||||
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Over the past few weeks Andrea had noticed how the nights were closing-in and the daytime temperatures were gradually dropping, it was clear that Autumn was coming; but, officially it was still Summer and the daytime temperatures were still in the lo... Starring: | |||||
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It had been the driest summer ever on record in the uk; everything was parched and the soil was like dust. Eventually, in early September, the North of the UK got some rain. In fact, it got lots of rain in a short period of time, in the form of a ser... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been to an aerobics class in the local village and some of the women there had been talking about doing water aerobics and how much fun it was. As Andrea walked back to the farm she was thinking not just about water aerobics, but rather th... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been riding her horse and had then driven over to deliver some freshly-picked gooseberries to her neighbours. On the way back, she called by one of the ponds along the drive to the farm, to see how the weeding was getting on.
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Andrea had just come in from riding her horse when she remembered that she'd promised to 'prepare' a one-piece wading suit for a customer and then to get it in the post.
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Andrea is really proud of the ponds at the farm; in total there are about 10 of them, varying in size from a couple of meters in diameter to more than 50m long. The amount of wildlife that they attract and support is huge dragon flies, damsel flies,... Starring: | |||||
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A day of sunshine and showers had seen Andrea alternating between a one-piece waterproof and a t-shirt. As she put the horses out in the early afternoon she marvelled at how lush and green everything looked the leaves and the grass were still wet fr... Starring: | |||||
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The forecast was for a mild day but with heavy rain showers. Andrea had been working around the farm all morning and decided that she'd go on a walk down by the river over lunchtime. She knew where a pair of kingfishers was nesting and she wanted to... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea awoke to a beautiful day. It was still March and yet the midday temperature was predicted to be 21degC--it was going to be a hot Spring day. You really have to make the very most of days like this, she thought to herself, as she finished feedi... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea awoke to a cold, frosty, blue sky February day. The previous week had been extremely wet and windy with three major storms, and that made today a pleasant change. She'd recently bought a pair of fully waterproof green leather boots and today w... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea uses Intermediate Bulk Containers (ibcs) to supply animal drinking water around the farm. A new batch of used ibcs had just arrived and Andrea went to inspect them. The first one that she took the lid off had obviously been used for storing so... Starring: | |||||
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The latex wrist seals on Andrea's Ocean wader suit had started to perish, and it wouldn't be long before one or other of them tore. Having ordered replacements, she sat down in the kitchen to fit them. Within 10 minutes of gluing the new seals in pla... Starring: | |||||
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It was 31st October, Halloween! Trick or Treat and fancy dress, and of course games like bobbing for apples. And that gave Andrea an idea She'd recently walked down the side of one of the fields at the farm, looking for brambles trailing in the wate... Starring: | |||||
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It was a beautiful mid-Autumn day and Andrea wanted to go swimming. Skinny-dipping was out of the question because the air temperature was just 3.5degC, so this called for a wetsuit. And not just any wetsuit--she wanted to wear her Italian-made, semi... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been out for lunch with one of her girl friends, and after her friend drove away Andrea walked back up the drive. Glancing at the pond she remembered the time, 18 months earlier, when she was walking back to the house after a similar lunch... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea has an app on her phone which alerts her to exceptionally high sea tides. The reason she cares about such tides is that the local salt marshes flood, leaving hundreds of deep clear pools of water, which are great for splashing and swimming in.... Starring: | |||||
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It was a lovely late August day, warm air, blue sky with a few high clouds, and lots of sunshine. It was early afternoon and Andrea had finished her work around the farmyard, so she decided to go for a wander down by the river, perhaps have a swim.... Starring: | |||||
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The long hot dry spell was coming to an end, with rain forecast for the next week. Due to the lack of rainfall the ponds around the property were at very low levels, and Andrea really had to take this opportunity to weed them before they refilled. W... Starring: | |||||
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After a couple of days of heavy rain and floods, Andrea took advantage of the improvement in the weather to go on a long walk. She decided upon a route down by the river, not least because she knew it would likely be severely flooded
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Andrea had a new pair of riding boots that she needed to break-in; a nice walk in the Spring countryside should do that perfectly. The weather forecast was for sunny intervals with high clouds, but also with the risk of occasional cloudbursts, so she... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been clearing brush and low hanging branches all along the side of a field but in the process she noticed that numerous large rocks had fallen into the ditch, threatening to block it. Many were too heavy to lift back out so she tracked the... Starring: | |||||
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It had been ages since Andrea had had the opportunity (or the excuse) to wear her wetsuit. So, with Spring in the air, she squeezed into her Osprey wetsuit and then put a green Helly Hansen waterproof jacket over the top half, and matching mid-calf l... Starring: | |||||
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It had been raining non-stop for what seemed like weeks and hence, when the clouds finally broke, Andrea headed out onto the moors to enjoy the early-Spring day. In her Spanish riding boots, denim jodhpurs, a waterproof Horseware jacket and a tweed... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been watching Sons of Anarchy on Netflix and it had set her thinking about the times when she used to ride pillion on her husband's Ducati 999. That was a few years ago now, but she still had all of her 'biker chick' gear in the wardrobe.... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea got a pair of Aigle Coupe Saumur rubber riding boots in the January sales the ones she really wanted, with the red/brown tops; she also got a pair of tight suede leggings. For days she'd thought about wearing the boots and the suede trousers... Starring: | |||||
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On her way back from shopping in the local village, Andrea paused as she drove into the farm driveway. The pond to the left of the drive was covered in ice and snow, and it was shining in the slanting winter sunshine. The dashboard of the car showed... Starring: | |||||
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It had been a good Christmas, albeit a bit of a strange one seeing family for only 1 day because of Covid. Despite the news headlines about a new variant of Covid, Andrea remained firmly of the opinion that the roll-out of the vaccines would solve t... Starring: | |||||
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It had been raining hard for days and everywhere was flooded; Andrea never misses a chance like this to go splashing. Wearing her leChameau rubber waders and a two-piece Gore-tex hunting suit she strode along the banks of the river near to home. It w... Starring: | |||||
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As an interlude to working around the farm, Andrea sometimes takes the quad bike for a blast around the fields, just for a bit of fun. It's better if you leave it in two wheel drive, rather than switching to 4x4, because it slides around and sprays m... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea often gets emails via her website; some of them suggest ideas for new videos. On this occasion the request was a bit different: someone called Muddy-Fun wanted to know if Andrea would make an exact repeat of her latest video, but wearing compl... Starring: | |||||
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Andrea had been to the farm's accountants again in the local town. She always enjoyed the excuse to dress-up nicely and wander down the main street looking in the shop windows. On the way home in the car she remembered the time that she was coming... Starring: | |||||
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