[FiB]

before it goes down the tip.  Leather is pretty stiff and dirty but horsey friend thinks it will clean up. Will need some TLC but I hope someone can use it.??

[deepinthewoods]

sylvia was looking for tack for a mini shetland, would this be any good??

[SallyintNorth]

How small?  I've a couple of Fells, a friend has a Shetland and a rather small Fell...  I'll be in the West Midlands end of June-ish...

[FiB]

I dont know - If you could tell me some bits to measure, I could report back.  The friend has welsh cobs and she thought it would fit a small one of those???  Would love someone to take it away and try.  Hate to throw old stuff away  - but Ive been spooked by the recent rash of hoarder programmes on telly (there really is more than a little bit of a hoarder in me!!!) and no matter how much I like to imagine me harrowing etc behind a horse - it is not going to happen (we havnt got enough land AND I am a bit allergic AND I am scared of them!!)

[clydesdaleclopper]

Ooh I'd love to give this a home if it could be posted.

[SallyintNorth]

I dont know - If you could tell me some bits to measure, I could report back. 

Actually, if you could take that photo again with a 12-inch rule somewhere amongst the items, that'd probably tell us something.  It does look small in the pic, but without a reference, pics can be deceptive.

If I was near enough I'd be happy to pick it up anyway, some of the straps would always come in useful anyway. (Spot another, unrepentant, hoarder!)  But if the saddle would fit someone's pony, that'd be grand for them to get it all.

Whereabouts in the Midlands could it be made available?

[plumseverywhere]

If this is still available I would be interested potentially too - looking for something to use on my harness goat, Reggie!

[FiB]

If it helps with scale the bricks in background are 8.5 - 9 inch bricks?  Sally, Hubby works in Birmingham city centre (and has had stranger things on his desk than a working horse harness!!) and my Mother in law lives in Lichfield so those are our 2 regular touch points but happy to work out some chain of transport involving variety of family and friends on both sides?    If it can be useful to someone as a whole Id like that....
Clydesdale cloper - it would be a struggle to post but more than happy to use courier if anyone wants to send one or we can work something out as above.  I must reiterate - I have no clue about these things so I dont even know if all the bits are there Plums?

[Roxy]

Plums, I think a mini Shetland harness would fit your Reggie.  I am trying to source harness for our two mini shetties .....could try it on our larger dairy goats and see if that fits!!

[plumseverywhere]

This one will probably be too big then Roxy? I am hopeless at gauging sizes. It is all a new idea to get Reg to pull the plums back from the orchard each summer   

[Roxy]

Yes, if it fits a Welsh cob, or Fell, just thinking of the size of my fells even in relation to my tall goat boys, and as well as too big, it would be way to wide.  Even the harness for  my little 11.2hh pony would be big I reckon.
 
The two mini shetties are probably smaller than the Franks our BT boys!!
 
Er....good idea, re the pulling of the plums, but how will you control Reggie and make him stop eating the plums?  With my goats I can just picture the chaos, with an upturned cart of plums.  They would probably only be fit for wine by the time my goats had finished

[SallyintNorth]

Well I think there's a chance the saddle would fit my Fell girl, and my Mum and Dad are just outside Lichfield, so unless anyone else wants to put first dibs on it, please may I?  (Oh, Clydesdaleclopper shouted first, I see, so I bow to his prior claim.)  I'll be down at Ma & Pa's at the end of June, if that's soon enough, or I could arrange for them to collect it from your Ma-in-law and store it until then for me.

It looks to me as though there's a saddle and pretty much all the back-end stuff.  I'm sure it'll clean up fine. 

If it doesn't fit either mine or my friend's Fell (or she doesn't want it), I'll offer it back through TAS first, how does that sound? 

Now, FiB... if it is to come to me... am I likely to have anything that I no longer need or can spare that would be useful to you? 

[FiB]

HI Sally - I've just poked Clydesdale clopper to see if he can collect as he shouted first - but if not it's yours  - all lining up perfectly with the Lichfield connection!  You do offer me something I want daily - your wisdom!!  Be really happy to know it has a chance of being brought back to life.