Our first hack..

There are lots of places to explore, around the stables.
The actual yard is situated in the middle of the Apedale country park, so as you can imagine you can ride, walk or bike for hours on end.

It was a couple days after Boxing Day and I was itching to get out and about, after a couple of days going round and round in the school, which don't get me wrong I love to do now and again. So i tacked up and put on our fluorescents; me in my tabbard and Mcfly kitted out in his boots and such and we set off on our little mission for the day..

His owner Caz, who I share Mcfly off, warned me that the lad hadn't been out on his own before whilst being ridden. O great, I immediately thought. He had only been led out and about on his own and that was some time ago...Right well, here goes nothing.

We strode off down the lane, at an eager pace, may I add but all was relatively calm. We passed sheep. Argh! Surprise. Okay he had a little shy when one bleeted underneath him but surprisingly Mcfly continued on his way. He needed no encouragement from me. I think he was actually enjoying himself.
However for the first ouple of months Mcfly didn't have shoes on his feet, so he had to daintly tread everywhere so the bricks wouldn't hurt too much. He paced on though, treading quickly but very, very carefully. Bless him.

We finally reached the gate to the country park and i had to get off to unlock the non-horse friendly gate :( He stood perfectly still the whole time. I locked the gate back up and then re-mounted, all the time he was as good as gold.

WOOOOO! grass, endless paths, fields.It was like a maze, I honestly knew before we even started to walk again that i was going to get lost....
We trotted down the little yellow brick road (yeh, thats it's nickname...) and as soon as we hit grass i nervously nudged 'Fly into canter. It was the first time we had cantered and everything. I didn't know if he was going to bolt or go loopy or get really strong. But as usual he was absolutely perfect....

We got to the top of the hill and the misty fog just dropped on us. I could only see just past Mcfly's ears, everything else was clouded by this white sheet!! o know, we need to hurry back incase it got worse AND it had already started to go dark.. eek!

I couldn't sse where I had come from OR where i was going.
Luckily there was a man wlaking his dog closeby and he managed to direct me to the right path that led to the entrance.

Without that man I think I would of still been stuck there! haha

We had managed to get back to the stables in one piece and Mcfly had behaved impeccably. You would never have known he didn't ride out on his own.....

loves
xx