Recent content by HuggyBear

Ordered some riding leggings off them not too long ago, via Amazon. Lovely customer service, was incredibly helpful when I realised I had ordered the wrong size and needed to return. Would use them again just for that.

Thank you. I am lucky that the place I am riding at now is very good. Not cheap though, but good quality horses and very good instruction. Definitely calls a whip a whip! Agree about the tack shops! Mentally, I’ve put aside £10k for purchase, though I’ve seen plenty under that which tick my...

Just had a lesson and another tomorrow morning. Everything without stirrups. Loving being back in the saddle.

I do just want to add something to above though…a little controversial to some reading this, maybe, but I think I need to say it to ensure evenness of my arguments. £140 isn’t actually that bad. For dressage, SJ and XC in one day, at a recognised event with run under safety first rules and...

So…I’ve just finished reading back through 46 pages of this thread, having rejoined the forum this week. Woah boy, that was a bit of a ride! As an “outsider looking in”, having been out of the horse world for the last decade and just rejoining again, this is what I see and feel… Losing the...

Really glad for this post…I’m back in the saddle after a few years away and I nearly keeled over when I saw some of the prices for horses right now. I won’t be buying this year, so I’m hoping that prices will become a bit more reasonable and realistic by next year and onwards.

i Full livery is a must for me for the travel/work situation. As work and home are usually two very different locals, the horse will either be local to me during the week or local to me during long weekends (split life). So I will be incredibly thorough on where I choose as, one way or...

Haha. Definitely open to the option and already started to nosey at what is available local to me. My only issue, definitely at this very moment in time, is that I am currently on a front line draft till next year. So I can, and will be, deploying for sometimes a couple of weeks to a couple...

One of the most jarring things for me is the price rise in what people are selling and buying horses at now. Having read a few articles, it seems to be put down to the effects of supply and demand during covid. Horsequest is my go-to place to view (sorry Horse and Hound). My issues is that...

Thank you, I’ll keep an eye out. That’s another Hope Valley mention. The place I ride at in the NW starts at £140 for full livery, so that sounds like it’s on track with the area then. Not that I am aware of, but I will investigate further. I’ve made use of Tedworth Park (formally...

I live between the NW and the SW, due to work, so I actually have a choice where I would ultimately want to stable. So happy to take peoples lived experiences of costs from around the UK. I’m military, get drafted to different locations, so I’ll never put my nose up at knowledge from different...

I think that will be my logic too. I am not intending for it to be anything other than a structured way to learn/dust off the old knowledge. The place I’ve started riding at now is a training and BHS exam centre, so it’ll be on my doorstep at least.

Getting back into “proper” riding after a good few years break, due to military deployments and general life, and I would love some tips and advice and just general knowledge from how things might have changed. For instance, I’ve already died of sticker shock from the prices of horses at the...

Everyone gets in someones way warming up eventually. Good luck with Chatsworth. :)

Well done!!!