Last night I decided to ride even though I feel like death warmed up, I figured the fresh air wouldn't hurt. It was getting late so I togged jess up in all her hi viz and reflective gear and donned the lights and set off for the forest.
It ended up being one of those rides where you fall in love with riding all over again we had to trust each other totally, she was in charge of route planning and sorting her feet out (even with a head light I could see very little) and I controlled speed. Jess walked out all happy and with a real ping in her step and we were both very relaxed, it's a very liberating experience riding out in the dark. We even went much further than I planned as we were enjoying it so much, we did about 5 miles in the end and even had a trot and canter into the darkness on some of the tracks I know have really good footing.
I luvf my girlie, she is such an awesome buddy
It ended up being one of those rides where you fall in love with riding all over again we had to trust each other totally, she was in charge of route planning and sorting her feet out (even with a head light I could see very little) and I controlled speed. Jess walked out all happy and with a real ping in her step and we were both very relaxed, it's a very liberating experience riding out in the dark. We even went much further than I planned as we were enjoying it so much, we did about 5 miles in the end and even had a trot and canter into the darkness on some of the tracks I know have really good footing.
I luvf my girlie, she is such an awesome buddy