Next meeting is on Monday 21st March at The Flixborough Inn pub. This time we are going to have a brief meeting and then have a mixed general knowledge and horsey quiz followed by chip butties! Guess who is writing the horsey quiz questions? Yup.... me! Hmmmm shall I be tough or do some nice easy ones?
I'm hoping we'll have a member feedback form for people to fill so that we can suss out what members want from the club with regards to ridden, social and informative training, coaching or events etc.
Looking forward to it.
I'm cracking on with the quarterly newsletter too. Hoping to have it in some sort of shape or form next week to give to Shelley for editing! Need to rustle up some advertisers too!
Tonight I'm going to Bishop Burton College with the other half to investigate a job their for him. Back there again on the 19th to investigate a coaching degree for me to do maybe. Should be a fun Open Day too. I'll get to have a good nosey around the massive equestrian complex. It's an Olympic training venue too. Exciting.
Don't forget you can follow me on Twitter and visit my page on the mighty Facebook too.
Bye for now!
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
2011 Prices and Website News!
Hello!
I thought I'd put my prices on my blog for all to see and then you can book for your ***FREE*** half hour assessment session.
To book, please call/text/email/FB message/Tweet me!
Don't forget I am a qualified groom too so can offer up my fab grooming skills to you for modest fees as well as being able to provide BHS Horse Owners Certificate training!
PLUS!!!!! My website JCS Equestrian will be fully up and running soon - very exciting! So please keep checking back often.
Let's hope this weather stays dry and a little sunshine arrives for us all to enjoy riding in the evenings and at weekends soon! Can't wait for the clocks to change.
I thought I'd put my prices on my blog for all to see and then you can book for your ***FREE*** half hour assessment session.
To book, please call/text/email/FB message/Tweet me!
- 1 hour private session £25 each
- 1/2 hour private session £15 each
- 1 hour semi-private session (2 riders) £20 each
- 1 hour group session (3-4 riders) £10 each (BARGAIN!)
Don't forget I am a qualified groom too so can offer up my fab grooming skills to you for modest fees as well as being able to provide BHS Horse Owners Certificate training!
PLUS!!!!! My website JCS Equestrian will be fully up and running soon - very exciting! So please keep checking back often.
Let's hope this weather stays dry and a little sunshine arrives for us all to enjoy riding in the evenings and at weekends soon! Can't wait for the clocks to change.
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Looking for Livery
Is a good, bog-standard livery yard too much to ask for? Do they even exist? I don't want much, just a paddock, a stable, an outdoor arena and not to worry about forage supplies and getting run over by buses when turning out and fetching in!
If anyone knows of a livery yard or paddock and stable to rent or a small yard to rent near Ulceby/Goxhill/East Halton/Immingham/Killingholme PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!
I've been to Graham Scott's, Mrs Pawson's, JJ Equestrian and Lopham's. One has fab stabling but tiny indoor arena and no outdoor. One is a run down closed down riding school, one is full livery and expensive with everything I want but can't afford and one is "just a riding school".
My wishlist is ....
Paddock - not on a main road, well fenced, water supply, with some of that green leafy stuff in it.
Stable - that a 14.2hh orange pony can fit in.
Arena - outdoor at least 20x40m, enclosed and with a reasonable surface.
Supply of hay and straw or shavings or anything!
Quiet traffic - no turning out across a busy road where I'll get scared to death by double deckers or quarry lorries!!!
Is this too much to ask?!?!?
If anyone knows of a livery yard or paddock and stable to rent or a small yard to rent near Ulceby/Goxhill/East Halton/Immingham/Killingholme PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!
I've been to Graham Scott's, Mrs Pawson's, JJ Equestrian and Lopham's. One has fab stabling but tiny indoor arena and no outdoor. One is a run down closed down riding school, one is full livery and expensive with everything I want but can't afford and one is "just a riding school".
My wishlist is ....
Paddock - not on a main road, well fenced, water supply, with some of that green leafy stuff in it.
Stable - that a 14.2hh orange pony can fit in.
Arena - outdoor at least 20x40m, enclosed and with a reasonable surface.
Supply of hay and straw or shavings or anything!
Quiet traffic - no turning out across a busy road where I'll get scared to death by double deckers or quarry lorries!!!
Is this too much to ask?!?!?
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Rained Off!
Well, thanks precipitation! All lessons moved to tomorrow due to the constant piddle! So Sunday is now a tad full. Lessons starting at 10.30am then 11am and 1pm, 2pm and 3pm!
Also, due to the rain, the horses had to stay in to keep the field in good nick. It's a contentious issue at the yard. I know some stables turn out regardless of the weather and have winter fields just for the purpose that are allowed to get trashed a bit in order for the beasts to stretch their legs. Other yards are strict and have restricted turn-out for just a few hours a day. Would be interested to know people's views on this? Or alternative routines?
Talking of livery yards, I am currently trying ot find one closer to home (Thornton Abbey, near Ulceby/Goxhill/East Halton). If you know of anywhere that has an outdoor arena, does DIY or part livery and has turn-out and a stable, please let me know!?!!? So far been to:
* Pawsons in Ulceby - closed down riding school, no proper arena and poor wooden stabling and little grazing £25/week.
* Graham Scott's in Ulceby - No outdoor arena, big stables, 10x35m indoor exercise arena, winter and summer turn-out, haylage, tack room, feed room, secure, £25/week for stable plus hay and straw on top.
* JJ Equestrian in Goxhill - £70/week full livery - amezzin, massive outdoor arena, individual turn-out paddock, rubber matting, shavings, feed, hay or haylage, ace ace ace but £££££££££££££££!!! Jo was lovely though.
* Lophams in Goxhill - only a kids riding school and the Van Den Bos woman that runs it was most unfriendly too!
All no good sadly.
Does a yard exist with the things that I need I wonder? Back to Google maps to search for arenas nearby LOL!
Also, due to the rain, the horses had to stay in to keep the field in good nick. It's a contentious issue at the yard. I know some stables turn out regardless of the weather and have winter fields just for the purpose that are allowed to get trashed a bit in order for the beasts to stretch their legs. Other yards are strict and have restricted turn-out for just a few hours a day. Would be interested to know people's views on this? Or alternative routines?
Talking of livery yards, I am currently trying ot find one closer to home (Thornton Abbey, near Ulceby/Goxhill/East Halton). If you know of anywhere that has an outdoor arena, does DIY or part livery and has turn-out and a stable, please let me know!?!!? So far been to:
* Pawsons in Ulceby - closed down riding school, no proper arena and poor wooden stabling and little grazing £25/week.
* Graham Scott's in Ulceby - No outdoor arena, big stables, 10x35m indoor exercise arena, winter and summer turn-out, haylage, tack room, feed room, secure, £25/week for stable plus hay and straw on top.
* JJ Equestrian in Goxhill - £70/week full livery - amezzin, massive outdoor arena, individual turn-out paddock, rubber matting, shavings, feed, hay or haylage, ace ace ace but £££££££££££££££!!! Jo was lovely though.
* Lophams in Goxhill - only a kids riding school and the Van Den Bos woman that runs it was most unfriendly too!
All no good sadly.
Does a yard exist with the things that I need I wonder? Back to Google maps to search for arenas nearby LOL!
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