Dear Diary, My ears are sore. The flies have been attacking them and they have been causing me some discomfort. My human eventually realised this fact and decided to dig out a contraption that she forced on me at the first yard we were at. The fly mask. It was bent out of shape and [...]
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Common Riding Part 2 :Safe oot, Safe in
Common Riding Part 1 : It’s aye bin A few of the photos below were taken by photographers at the event who have stated that their photos are free to share with the watermark. Common Riding Part two : Safe oot, Safe in Bright and early on Saturday morning we were up to get ready [...]
Common Riding Part 1 : It’s aye bin
This year my friend and I have hired horses to do the Lauder common ride which is taking place this Saturday. In order to give you a bit of an idea of what common riding is, in this first part I will give you some background as to what it is and who is involved [...]
||August Plans ’18||
August gearing up to be a busy horsey month but Eva is only featuring in one weekend! Don't worry I'm sure she's delighted. As I have previously mentioned Eva is a very independent horse and quite frankly I am the mere human that gets in her way. First up is a common ride out. Common [...]
Let’s Discuss : Riding Lessons
Todays topic: Can you substitute lessons for reading articles or youtube videos? There no denying there is a lot you can learn from YouTube and reading - a hell of a lot. I am not debating that. However can these really fully be a substitute to having lessons? While riding I have come across a [...]
Solid Ground
Last year I took the back shoes off of Eva. I took them off after she lost one of the back shoes and there was a bit of fuss about getting it back on. I realised that she didn't appear to be bothered about the missing shoe and the fact that the last few times [...]
We went Cross Country Schooling!!
AHH!! And. She. Was. Awesome!! I am so happy with her! On Thursday morning I was messaged asking if I fancied coming a long to xc schooling that night, of course I jumped on the opportunity ! We have never been on a cross country course, mostly due to me being unwilling to spend the [...]
June Dressage ’18
It feels like its been a while since I last did a dressage test! Maybe I'm getting a head of myself. It has been two months since our last dressage and that was a rather interesting one in March. At least it did hail stone this time! I wish it did hail stone this time [...]
||June Plans ’18||
May didn't go quite to plan. But that's horses ! However I got to try out a lovely gilet from equestrian co and write a review on it, I sold my old car and bought a new one, saw some old friends that I haven't seen in a while, jumped a record height for Eva [...]
The Equestrian Bank Account – Buying a new horse Part 2
Horses are expensive. Lets not pretend. But for some of us its not about if you will buy a horse is it more about when you will buy a horse. Even if I didn't buy my mare when the opportunity to buy came up I would have definitely been loaning or riding another persons horse, [...]
