elaine@dow-evan
28th May 2007, 03:47 PM
Thanks to everyone who was so encouraging about weight issues and learning to ride. I peresvered and
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I've just got back from my first private lesson :D at a lovely yard about 30 mins drive away. It was wonderful, the RI was lovely and gave me so much confidence and the horse was such a sweetie - she did what she was asked to do, more or less when I thought I'd asked her to do it...:)
(She didn't want to leave her nice warm stable to walk to the school though - it was raining and windy and cold. Can't say I blame her!)
We even managed a bit of trot - well the horse did, I was doing an impression of a sack of potatoes for everything except about 5 strides! Things can only get better. The OH asked if I was stiff when I go home, well, no, not particularly yet but wait til tomorrow.
Roll on the next lesson! Isn't riding fun?!:D
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I've just got back from my first private lesson :D at a lovely yard about 30 mins drive away. It was wonderful, the RI was lovely and gave me so much confidence and the horse was such a sweetie - she did what she was asked to do, more or less when I thought I'd asked her to do it...:)
(She didn't want to leave her nice warm stable to walk to the school though - it was raining and windy and cold. Can't say I blame her!)
We even managed a bit of trot - well the horse did, I was doing an impression of a sack of potatoes for everything except about 5 strides! Things can only get better. The OH asked if I was stiff when I go home, well, no, not particularly yet but wait til tomorrow.
Roll on the next lesson! Isn't riding fun?!:D