Abby Ch. 27

"So you didn't go to University?"

"Yes I got in at Leicester, but within a few months I applied to the Army for a short service commission. The army sent me to all sorts of places, Germany, Belize and of course the Falklands. After that I decided that the only place that had meaning to me was here. The rest as they say is History." They walked back to where the horses were tethered.

James was looking at the sky. "We shall have to be on our way back, I think." He pointed to the sky over the lower valley. "There are some rather dark clouds coming in from the West. I doubt we will have time to get across and ride down the track from Lills. I'm sorry." Abby shook her head. "No problem, as long as you don't expect to ride at the trot on the way back."

James looked at her with a mischievous smile. "Well if the rain breaks, it may have to be at the canter."

To be continued