Had a brilliant hack today (in company with my friend riding my other horse) - but all we did was walk for an hr around the lanes! It was a real achievement for us (which is prob why i really enjoyed it even though it was just walking). It was a route we had never been before and we came across loads of potentially scarey things - wheely bins, trucks, fast busy road, builders, skips...etc and i can report that Moet was absolutely fantastic!!! I am so relieved that she behaved!
We had to get past a cement truck in a single track lane and we only had about a 2m gap, on previous occassions we would have had napping and spinning, this time she walked on past (albeit slightly sideways and staring at the truck! lol)
I really feel like my confidence is on the up finally.......for the first time in about 6 months i was actually LOOKING FORWARD to riding!!!! no nerves whatsoever, no negative thoughts of 'what ifs', and it was ****ing it down with rain!!!!
am i really pathetic to just enjoy going out for a walk?! lol! many years ago it was all about the cantering and galloping....how people change! lol!
We had to get past a cement truck in a single track lane and we only had about a 2m gap, on previous occassions we would have had napping and spinning, this time she walked on past (albeit slightly sideways and staring at the truck! lol)
I really feel like my confidence is on the up finally.......for the first time in about 6 months i was actually LOOKING FORWARD to riding!!!! no nerves whatsoever, no negative thoughts of 'what ifs', and it was ****ing it down with rain!!!!
am i really pathetic to just enjoy going out for a walk?! lol! many years ago it was all about the cantering and galloping....how people change! lol!