Recent content by E. Bainbridge

Absolutely. Also, I've got quite fond of living, and walking. :-) But you're right, it's a personal, "informed" decision I have to make.

Good to know, thanks.

Seems saving up for a Hit Air gives me ample time to make up my mind. (I'm thinking positive, as you can see…)

Thanks again, everybody! It's not much of a phobia or a horror of ever sitting in a saddle again, but the cold, rational knowledge that I couldn't have done anything about it and so won't be able to should this happen again, however good-natured the horse is and however confident I am. (From...

(Just to say a quick thank-you; I'll probably have time tomorrow to read and answer properly.)

I fell and broke a vertrebra. Now, the fracture has somehow grown together, and even though it might look funny on the X-ray, my back seems to be fine again. I don't know if I fell well or badly, concerning the "technique", but I can say with a good conscience that it wasn't my fault the horse...

Thanks to all!

Thanks to both!

My head size is exactly between two centimetres. For a CO hat, should I go for the smaller or the bigger? (I'll try to find some place to try them on, of course, but just in case I can't.)

Somebody recommended CO skull caps to me, and I saw there are quite a number. Are the differences simply in quality, or are there other issues, too? In other words, are there reasons I shouldn't take the cheapest?

I'm of average weight and proportions. Now I had a look at some half chaps online (Dublin, MT, Equi Theme…), and measured my calf, which came out at a width of 15" (bare) or 16" (corduroy trousers), and the height from the crease line at the back of the knee to the floor was 17", and from knee...

Haven't got an answer to e-mails, just getting an answering machine on the phone - should I be worried?

As of now (September 2012), I'm not getting any answer to e-mails, and if I try to ring them up, I get "number is currently not in use".

So, it boils a bit down to: What's the best online source for brown Heritage III Lace boots with matching chaps (which?), right?

If I may revive this thread - are there any good riding trousers for men, other than jeans? Preferably not too low-waisted, and not too much plastic. :)