Wow. Was Merlin by any chance a dark brown cob with a slightly plain head but an angelic nature and very willing? Do you remember any of the South London horses? Blackie who would take pieces out of you in the box and had a horrendous rubber neck but was fantastic on a good day? A massive weight...
Thanks for the replies and the link. I'll get in touch with Mainpower. The South London Equitation Centre was such a good place to learn to ride. It had a riding club run in conjunction with the stables which used to organise grade tests and gymkhanas for adults and we had a show every summer on...
This is a bit of a trip down memory lane, but, I realise that there are some forum members who used to ride in South London back in the 1970s. It's somewhere I haven't visited for 40 years but I learnt to ride in the area at the South London School of Equitation in Streatham and also at a little...