When most people in the horsey world decide on which society or club to join or think of a goal for the forthcoming year.
I will again be joining my local riding club, Gwennap (http://gwennapridingclub.tumblr.com/) as that is where I started out showing and it is also only down the road, which is handy if I want to hack to a competition like I did a lot last year! The club not only does showing, but holds open show jumping and dressage days and evenings, cross country competitions, a derby day and even an adult gymkhana evening (alcohol allowed!) It’s a proper grass roots club with something for everyone and although I don’t do the showing there anymore, it is an excellent place to take the babies out, either ridden or in hand. I really enjoy the dressage evenings they have on and they usually have the clear round on at the same time over the working hunter course, complete with water splash! There is a dressage day next Sunday (13th) that I am aiming for, both with Harry and George and the club have gained the use of a new indoor school nearby for the winter, enabling them to have club events for the whole year.
Splashing about!
I am undecided on joining any other clubs or societies as yet. BSPS has always been too expensive to do, although they do seem to be the new society to be with if you have an M&M as, under their membership, you can compete in RIHS and Olympia qualifiers and also HOYS. The NPS have a fabulous combined Dressage/Spring Festival in April but it is too far away for me! It is also the time to start planning shows and events and this year George and I will be doing a lot of variety and mother will also be wanting to take her Shetland out, especially now he is gelded and is an absolute angel!
I also did my good deed of the day – helping a friend find her lost horses. They had escaped from their field and poor Emma was very worried so rang me to ask to spread the word. Naturally, I put it on Facebook and within 15 minutes, another friend, Hannah, had replied that they were shut in her field. Emma and Hannah were connected by me and it all ended happily!
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