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Thanks for the replies. Think I will give the lady a call tomorrow to get a bit more info. Hopefully it will be a good way to ease myself into horse ownership whilst knowing I have the owner for help if need be. You just hear so many horror stories about loans going wrong online and stuff...

I am considering responding to an advert about a horse for full loan. I've had weekly riding lessons for most my life and have shared a horse for about three years now but have sadly never owned a horse. The original idea of the share was for me to get more experience of horse care and stable...

Oh that's good news. Leaves plenty of time to shop :). Thanks guys

Hi, I'm off to the Olympia evening performance tomorrow and was hoping to do a bit of shopping before the show. I've checked the tickets and the Olympia website but it isn't clear what time the shopping village opens before the evening performance. Does anyone know what the earliest time they...

Thank you for all the replies, this is very helpful and good to know that other people have experienced the same issues. I like the toothpaste analogy, will keep that in mind when I have my lesson today

I'm really trying to improve my riding at the moment. I have been riding since a young age but was only ever really taught basic walk, trot, canter and small jumps. I'd never even heard of working in an outline or doing anything to improve the horses way of going. I have now found a decent...

So every year I go to Olympia and just love the christmassy atmosphere and the shopping! I've left it a bit late to get tickets this year, this was after paying full price last year only for the tickets to go on Groupon for half the price... However the performance I wanted to go to has sold out...

I love a good book but can never find any horsey fiction aimed at adults. I loved reading all the pony books as a child (in fact I recently re-read the Jinny and Shantih series and still loved it!) There seemed to be a never ending supply of these pony books but I can't seem to find much aimed...

Thank you very much for the responses, all very helpful. I've looked up Nine Acres Equestrian and it looks amazing and the lesson prices really reasonable. Think I will book a course of lessons there as a starting point

Just after some advice. I have recently got back into riding in the last year after a long break, I rode for many years as a child and in my teens but gave it up when I started working. I am currently sharing a lovely TB who I ride a few times a week. We mainly hack out but his owner occasionly...