polly.bryan@futurenet.com
@pollyrose21
HAPPY new year first and foremost, although with the Covid-19 pandemic dragging on and, as I write, three-quarters of the nation in tier four, the first week of the year has lost a little of its usual magic. Certainly, the prospect of “dry January”, “Veganuary” or “sugar free” January are all looking rather bleak and uninspiring amid another lockdown.
I spent Christmas and New Year without any of my Bechtolsheimer family for the first time ever. It was very strange, although I did have the chance to enjoy being at home with my husband and our children, with everything being just about us. I have never really been at home but not ridden any horses, so that felt strange, too, but it was also quite nice just to…
