Shetland Ponies!

Yesterday morning was definitely the highlight of my time in Shetland. I booked a Shetland Pony Experience. What a great time!

The farm is located in Papil, outside of Burra. The hour is broken into three sections. The first was an introduction to the pony followed by a walk around an obstacle course. 

Then it was time to take the ponies to the beach! The horses have existed on the island for centuries. Because there is no place on the island more than 4 miles from the sea, they have adapted to eating seaweed as well as grass. Dazzle loved fresh seaweed and chewed it like gum.

After the beach, the ponies were put out in the field and could come and go to the beach as they wanted. Meanwhile. we went to spend time in the pen with the new foals. What wee dolls. 

The fact that we were able to be hands on with the ponies really made this an incredible experience.