May everyone be written and sealed into the Book of Life and Health and Happiness and Peace.

Thanking everyone who has commiserated with Beattie’s plight. Whilst we are very sad for both Beattie and her soulmate, Lucy, we know that Beattie has had a wonderful life and the lot of any smallholder, horse owner or keeper of pets knows that we enjoy their company, care for them as best we can and know that they will usually shuffle off this mortal coil before their guardians.

Beattie and Lucy when they were young (and slim!) several summer ago.