i've been a bit down in the dumps recently about the yard I am on. It's fairly run down, roof needs fixed as it leeks (farmer put up a tarp so at least B doesn't get a shower every night when it rains anymore!) a bit messy and no facilities to speak of (no school, toilet, anywhere to make tea or coffee to warm up. Basically it's a farm and people rent a field and stable from the, very nice, farmer)
Anyhoo. I'd been getting annoyed as the weather has been so pants I've barely ridden all year. I'm trying to do these online lessons but have nowhere to practice and lots of silly little things have been annoying me so today I went to look at another yard. It's quite far out and a bit of a trek, especially as I don't drive. But I decided I needed to go see it so I could see if the journey would be do-able.
The yard was nice. Not posh posh, but posher than where I am! I liked it but there were a lot of points that I felt wouldn't be suitable for either me, B or Peds. It really made me see what a good set up I have where I am. And not just the journey time (it currently takes me 40 mins to get to the farm we are on, that's from leaving my door to walking into my stable block, took 1 1/2 hours to get from my house to the livery I looked at today) But my whole set up is a huge plus point where I am now. I basically have a stable block to myself as my two are the only ones who come in at night in this block. The other three stables are rented out to people who keep there horses on grass livery, two are a 15 min walk from the farm to their horses field and the other one is just across the road from the farm so they are sometimes on the yard with their horse, but mostly they feed in the field. Then I have a wee field for my two boys (which is a stones throw from the stables)which I can do with as I please. Currently it is split in almost half, with the smaller bit as their winter grazing and the other bit resting for spring. But it's up to me what I do with the field, how best to ensure grazing for as much of the year as possible and when I move them from section to section. Then in the summer I can ride in my winter paddock which is slightly wider and quite a bit longer than a 20x40 school. Plus I have my own lockable tack room just for me!
So really I feel pulled out of my winter funk (that's what I think it was. I think I was just feeling depressed with winter!) and Peds and I are doing our dressage test for interdressage on Thursday (so long as I can book the local RDA's arena) and we are booked into RC club day for dressage and pole work on Sunday
I think I'm on the way to getting my mojo back
Anyhoo. I'd been getting annoyed as the weather has been so pants I've barely ridden all year. I'm trying to do these online lessons but have nowhere to practice and lots of silly little things have been annoying me so today I went to look at another yard. It's quite far out and a bit of a trek, especially as I don't drive. But I decided I needed to go see it so I could see if the journey would be do-able.
The yard was nice. Not posh posh, but posher than where I am! I liked it but there were a lot of points that I felt wouldn't be suitable for either me, B or Peds. It really made me see what a good set up I have where I am. And not just the journey time (it currently takes me 40 mins to get to the farm we are on, that's from leaving my door to walking into my stable block, took 1 1/2 hours to get from my house to the livery I looked at today) But my whole set up is a huge plus point where I am now. I basically have a stable block to myself as my two are the only ones who come in at night in this block. The other three stables are rented out to people who keep there horses on grass livery, two are a 15 min walk from the farm to their horses field and the other one is just across the road from the farm so they are sometimes on the yard with their horse, but mostly they feed in the field. Then I have a wee field for my two boys (which is a stones throw from the stables)which I can do with as I please. Currently it is split in almost half, with the smaller bit as their winter grazing and the other bit resting for spring. But it's up to me what I do with the field, how best to ensure grazing for as much of the year as possible and when I move them from section to section. Then in the summer I can ride in my winter paddock which is slightly wider and quite a bit longer than a 20x40 school. Plus I have my own lockable tack room just for me!
So really I feel pulled out of my winter funk (that's what I think it was. I think I was just feeling depressed with winter!) and Peds and I are doing our dressage test for interdressage on Thursday (so long as I can book the local RDA's arena) and we are booked into RC club day for dressage and pole work on Sunday
I think I'm on the way to getting my mojo back