(Apologies in advance, no pictures due to my tablet cutting them all in half)
Hi guys, so where do you ride? Keep your horses? What do you do?
Today, I thought I would tell you exactly what I do and where I
do it. So, on an everyday basis I have the horses in a 8-9 acre field. The field is next to my house. This makes life incredibly convienent, I can run out in my pajamas and crocs and go jump on blue, literally! We have one stable, split into two, one side for storage, one for horse. The actual stable is quite dreary especially in winter when there is no sun, however it is serves its purpose. Nearby is a room half for tack and half for dad's stuff, sometimes when I am untacking blue I take him in there (sshh don't tell dad) this room is spacious and is great for cleaning tack. There is about a 3 metre gap between the stable and the house, with my room's velux directly aligned with the stable door. This means when I have a pony in I can wake up, walk from my bed to the window and say morning. This is the luckiest thing ever, no-one I know can do that. The
downside/upside to this is that if there is a loose horse I can quickly deal will it, on the other hand they are running around a trampoline and cars!
Within the field I have a diet field, which I used to use for flatwork but now its too muddy, a flatwork area which is in the 'some nights' video on my YouTube channel. I have several jumping places, on along the side of the ditch, and the two you see in '-Blueberry-' video. At the top of the hill in the field there are huge rocks sticking out the ground so I can make some fun xc courses up there. That is basically it when it comes to the field, I don't do much clearly and I don't adventure much but I still really enjoy it.
So where do I go other than the house? Hacks, so much hacking! I have several routes, some outback some not. I do enjoy hacking around forests aposed to roads but where I am you have to spend a significant amount of time on roads. Ah well the forests around where I am are worth it. Outback hacks are short and I am still to discover more. Another place I go to with blue is a nearby stables with an outdoor floodlit arena, not sure what size but three arena's worth. This place is great, I go there for a day (free, because the manager there is amazingly generous!) and jump blue in their huge arena, with awesome jumps and fillers. As my Christmas present I get 2 weeks livery there for Blue so you will definitely be hearing more about this place. I sometimes go to my friends stables where she has her horse kept, the place has plenty more facilities which some are amazing, indoor arena yaah, one thing I have had to realise is arena protocols, at the place I go to there has only ever been one or two other ponies in the arena, using the other side. Shock to the system!
I think this ramble has gone on long enough so I am going to bring it to a swift end. I hope you enjoyed it and good luck with your own shenanigans!
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