Megan and Mischief

Wow! I’m actually here at Pony Camp! At last!

Jody, who runs Sunnyside Stables gave me this fabulous Pony Camp diary to write down my adventures this week. There’s even a space on the cover to stick a picture of MY pony – I can’t wait to meet him … or her! I wonder who I’ll get?! Typically, Mum and Dad got me here mega early and no one else has come yet, so I’m starting right this second! Jody gave me a map, too, and a timetable, and we’re having a gymkhana on Friday with prizes and everything – SO exciting!! I’ve never entered any competitions before and I’d love to win a rosette for my pony pinboard at home. That would be brilliant!

When Mum and Dad were registering me in the office, which is in the yard, I had a sneaky peek around and this place is amazing!

I saw a really huge horse in the stables, the kind that pulls ploughs. I hope I don’t get him ’cos he’s massive!

There were these two cute cheeky ponies tied up in the yard too, getting their tails washed by a girl with curly blonde hair, but they’d be too small for me. Then I noticed a huge field up the track that had lots more ponies in, including a cute cobby piebald and a prancing palomino. I can’t wait to find out which one will be mine!

I’m so nervous it feels as if my Rice Krispies are doing a dance in my stomach!

I’ve never stayed away from home on my own before and I’m extra specially jittery ’cos of this secret thing I did. On the booking form, in the comments section, I put that I would like a forward-going pony!

This is a big wow because at my riding school I always get stuck with plodders. I’m too shy to say anything though, so people think I like lumbering along at the back of the ride having to kick like crazy just to get a tiny trot. But I’m ready for a challenge now – and Pony Camp is it! No one knows me here so I’m going to be a different girl. Not Megan who still has a nightlight on in the hall and won’t join in with football in the park in case she gets whacked in the head by accident. But a whole new kind of Megan…

I’m even hoping to do some more jumping while I’m here (I’ve only had a couple of tries so far).

I’m lying on my bunk bed writing this. I’ve bagsied the bottom one which is cool ’cos you can hang your towel down from the bed above and it makes a secret camp. I’ve already hidden my tuckbox under my bed in case we get to have a midnight feast! I can’t wait to meet the girls I’m sharing with. And most of all I can’t wait to see which pony I’m getting!

Oh, gotta go, some of the other girls are here now… (I really hope they like me!)

P.S. I just met my room-mates, Millie and Gabrielle. Millie is Jody’s daughter and she lives here all the time (how lucky is that?!) and she’s got her own pony, called Tally (how even luckier is that?!). Gabrielle is really nice too (phew!). She has these cool pony hair bobbles, and me and Millie just helped her plait her long wavy blonde hair and it looks really cool. I’m going to buy the exact same ones the second I get home.