Hacking - who has the best and who has the worst?
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Well most of my immediate lanes off my field look like this and a lot worse now...
and this...in the summer!!!
but the council is working on them so some look like this...
and this was the firs time I was brave enough to take a pic while riding Belle
So my hacking will be good again, parts are amazing especially as I have permission to ride around the local estate (last pic) but the rest is a challenge.
and this...in the summer!!!
but the council is working on them so some look like this...
and this was the firs time I was brave enough to take a pic while riding Belle
So my hacking will be good again, parts are amazing especially as I have permission to ride around the local estate (last pic) but the rest is a challenge.
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Normally, my hacking is great. Right now, it's a tad muddy. But it's still nice to get out and about. It's amazing what terrains a horse can cover easily.
i have really bad hacking, mostly all road, about 2 different rides to choose from (they both hack through 1 field each, and 1 you have to turn around as you cant go all the way round)
Sicklinghall, where i go riding , has amazing hacking
see if i can get pics....
ETA - cant see an pics
sorry
Sicklinghall, where i go riding , has amazing hacking
see if i can get pics....ETA - cant see an pics
sorry
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CER1389
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Well i don't have to do any road work at all
Farm the horses are on is 360 acres. All the fields have wide verges, plenty of places for a nice canter etc.
If we cross the small country road then we're onto next doors farm with a really nice hour and a half loop (including alongside a forest up a hill for a good blast).
If we cross a slightly busier road (30mph) but with greens on either side we can walk along or wait on then we're into a National Park, with some fab routes through it.
If we cross the busiest road (don't have to go on it, only across) then the farm over there has a great gallop hill, and lots of nice fields to have a good trot and canter around.
If we want to see what a horse is like around cars, then we can go over a little foot bridge and into a cul-de-sac estate. All dead end roads aside from the entrance road, but you generally see about 6 cars in the 20 min route, all travelling slowly. So perfect for making sure a horse is ok before taking it across any of the roads.
It's no wonder I got my confidence back hacking
Farm the horses are on is 360 acres. All the fields have wide verges, plenty of places for a nice canter etc.
If we cross the small country road then we're onto next doors farm with a really nice hour and a half loop (including alongside a forest up a hill for a good blast).
If we cross a slightly busier road (30mph) but with greens on either side we can walk along or wait on then we're into a National Park, with some fab routes through it.
If we cross the busiest road (don't have to go on it, only across) then the farm over there has a great gallop hill, and lots of nice fields to have a good trot and canter around.
If we want to see what a horse is like around cars, then we can go over a little foot bridge and into a cul-de-sac estate. All dead end roads aside from the entrance road, but you generally see about 6 cars in the 20 min route, all travelling slowly. So perfect for making sure a horse is ok before taking it across any of the roads.
It's no wonder I got my confidence back hacking
I've got all of the New Forest from my horses doorstep
Only teeny tiny areas are un ccessable to horses, but you could go all day for as long as you liked without restrictions to bridleways etc from heath to woodland, streams and rivers all the way down to a few horses beaches as well if you liked
Will try and find some pics .. granted they may be a little old.
Photobucket is being a pain in the backside at the moment so will do it tmw
Only teeny tiny areas are un ccessable to horses, but you could go all day for as long as you liked without restrictions to bridleways etc from heath to woodland, streams and rivers all the way down to a few horses beaches as well if you liked
Will try and find some pics .. granted they may be a little old.
Photobucket is being a pain in the backside at the moment so will do it tmw
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xJenniferx
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we do have some amazing hacking at our end.
Two forests - one that has some good natural XC training and a new one that is jsut growing which allows you to canter/gallop all around. We can go to a river (MrKia+Me has been I havent yet) and we have a disused railway line which is staight and great for letting the horses go.
Nik - longreining Kia down the railway line after a mini flood. Excellent for puddle training thought lol
Railway line when it is dry - Sooo straight
New Forest
Roadwork
Two forests - one that has some good natural XC training and a new one that is jsut growing which allows you to canter/gallop all around. We can go to a river (MrKia+Me has been I havent yet) and we have a disused railway line which is staight and great for letting the horses go.
Nik - longreining Kia down the railway line after a mini flood. Excellent for puddle training thought lol
Railway line when it is dry - Sooo straight
New Forest
Roadwork
we have NO hacking - roads only
rubbish around here - and the council just won't do a thing about it
rubbish around here - and the council just won't do a thing about it
Where I am now is mainly roads, but we have a few tracks that we can ride down, and the bridleway is about a 30min ride, if a little more to get to. If i decide to join char&George at a new yard (which i probs will) then it will be mainly quiet roads, a bridleway right next to the yard, can ride around the land in summer, and a 15min ride up onto the ridgeway
Looking at this, I think mine is the worst so far.
Basically, hacking consists of walking in a block, all roadwork - no where to canter or anything fun. The only good thing is a ford. No where else to go
Basically, hacking consists of walking in a block, all roadwork - no where to canter or anything fun. The only good thing is a ford. No where else to go
I keep Lexi on a 200 acre farm, and when the farmer is feeling generous, he'll let us hack round it!! LOL
If we hack up the road for about 10mins, we have fabulous hacking with LOADS of well kept bridle ways......
and
some of the bridle ways,
The grange (Not actually a bridle path
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Mill lane
Hunts farm (the water is meant to be there
I may be a bit biased but I think our hacking is absolutely brilliant
Misti is kept on the edge of Dartmoor and after a 5 min hack up a v.quiet lane you are out onto the moor. Whats best is where we are is quite low down on the moor so you don't get hit by the weather so hard and the ground isn't so dodgy
We have moors, woodland, rivers, quiet lanes and a couple of bridle ways - not that you ever really need them. I don't think I could ever keep a horse anywhere with no decent hacking
with my old loan pone
Oh and we have v.cute dartmoor hill ponios
Misti is kept on the edge of Dartmoor and after a 5 min hack up a v.quiet lane you are out onto the moor. Whats best is where we are is quite low down on the moor so you don't get hit by the weather so hard and the ground isn't so dodgy
We have moors, woodland, rivers, quiet lanes and a couple of bridle ways - not that you ever really need them. I don't think I could ever keep a horse anywhere with no decent hacking
with my old loan pone
Oh and we have v.cute dartmoor hill ponios
My hacking is pretty picturesque (sp?) where i am but mostly bridle ways. Where i moved from was better i think. It was mostly in housing estates etc but there was always a grassy area so not alot of roadwork, we could hack down to the banks of the river tyne and play jumping over some small bushes, ride to 'the dean' which was a nature reserve, and even up to where i am now. You always hit a road, but it wasnt so much 'roadwork'. I loved it.
really good hacking at my new yard (still got to explore it properly
Ever-so-slightly intrigued..
Hacking at mine is fantastic (as I think you know!), Pentland hills, disused and well maintained railway line, loads of routes and horse friendly (horse gates etc)...all on our doorstep!
Mine is ok... Got a wee dirt track to go on but not sure of 'letting them go' on it as it isnt very wide and used by walkers and cyclists too. But quite a bit of road work and am going to ask local farmer if can use empty fields too.
we have NO hacking - roads only
rubbish around here - and the council just won't do a thing about it
What do you mean the Council wont do anything about it - are routes blocked?
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