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Hi everyone! Well, I've taken the plunge and decided to start riding again
When I was younger I rode for years, but I got injured and then moved away and just never got back into it again - now it's been eight years since I've been on a horse! My neice has been riding for a couple of years and she knows I used to ride, so has been pestering me to take her. She's staying with us next weekend so I finally gave in and (stupidly) booked a 3hr hack to the beach, spent a fortune on new gear and was getting quite excited about it, but now I'm panicking! I should have booked some lessons first, shouldn't I?! I've got my new hat, jods, short boots, long boots, whip, gloves - just the skill I'm lacking now
I was wondering if I should call up first thing tomorrow and see if they can fit me in for a last-minute private lesson some time this weekend, and maybe again one evening next week? Then I'll at least have had a couple of hours back in the saddle before I embark on a whole morning of roads, open countryside and 5 miles of sand...!
Thing is, I'm a total wimp and I'm so nervous - not so much about the riding, but about going to the centre on my own. It was much easier when I was a kid instead of a grown woman! It's quite a big place (Ayrshire Equestrian Centre) and looks a bit, well, posh! I'm a bit shy at the best of times, so I don't know how I'll get on. I keep remembering back to how bitchy and stand-offish my old stables were to new people, and I don't want to be the newbie again!
Does anyone else ride there, or have any tips for me? So scary!
When I was younger I rode for years, but I got injured and then moved away and just never got back into it again - now it's been eight years since I've been on a horse! My neice has been riding for a couple of years and she knows I used to ride, so has been pestering me to take her. She's staying with us next weekend so I finally gave in and (stupidly) booked a 3hr hack to the beach, spent a fortune on new gear and was getting quite excited about it, but now I'm panicking! I should have booked some lessons first, shouldn't I?! I've got my new hat, jods, short boots, long boots, whip, gloves - just the skill I'm lacking now
I was wondering if I should call up first thing tomorrow and see if they can fit me in for a last-minute private lesson some time this weekend, and maybe again one evening next week? Then I'll at least have had a couple of hours back in the saddle before I embark on a whole morning of roads, open countryside and 5 miles of sand...!
Thing is, I'm a total wimp and I'm so nervous - not so much about the riding, but about going to the centre on my own. It was much easier when I was a kid instead of a grown woman! It's quite a big place (Ayrshire Equestrian Centre) and looks a bit, well, posh! I'm a bit shy at the best of times, so I don't know how I'll get on. I keep remembering back to how bitchy and stand-offish my old stables were to new people, and I don't want to be the newbie again!
Does anyone else ride there, or have any tips for me? So scary!