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Ideally Murrayfield/Ravelston/Wester Coates/Trinity - kids will likely be at ESMS.

Thank you! I’m really looking forward to it. Closer to family and old friends and it’s a stunning city. Been wanting to move back to Scotland for years. Have pretty much got schools sorted out now, just need a house and a place to ride! Not enjoying the Edinburgh property market ?‍?

That’s really useful to know, thanks

Thank you! I will check them out.

Ian Stark is close to my mother-in-laws (she actually was at school with him) and I reckon we could do lessons there maybe monthly or so which would probably do us the power of good! They have great hacking there as well, I went out on a hack there years and years ago. It’s just too far for...

Thanks for the suggestion - looks like they only give lessons on your own horse.

I’m short but would need to lose a good bit of weight to ride a pony again sadly. I’m working on it at the moment so maybe by the time we move!

I’m thinking maybe hacking at Harelaw and mixing it up with lessons down in the borders as we’ll be down there fairly often visiting family. There Ian Stark’s place down there.

Ah sorry I’ve just realised Harelaw = Longniddry

thank you -I’ll have a look at the ones you mention. how about East Lothian? I went out on a hack at Longniddry a few years back on holiday and enjoyed it but didn’t try out a lesson.

We will be moving to Edinburgh in the summer and will be looking for a riding school for my daughter (11) and I. We’ll probably be living in the west of the city. Daughter is hacking out in all paces but not jumping yet and has been riding since she was little - she’s quite competent with a nice...

I had tickets for today but have sadly decided not to go. Just don’t want to risk ruining Christmas by catching covid and giving it to the family and we all feel rotten and have to isolate.

https://greytsweaters.co.uk/ We have the tweed coats and the fleece house coats for our two greys. They are very warm, fit well and good quality.

So I totally get how you feel having started to learn to ride (apart from odd lessons as a child) aged 36. I’ve now been riding 8 years as an adult and still feel very much a novice. I had a nasty fall about 5 years ago and it took my years to regain confidence from it, so don’t feel bad that...

Most riding schools don’t let you carry a stick when you’re an absolute beginner. My daughter learned for years before she was given a stick. I find that the horses that seemed incredibly lazy when I started riding at my current riding school now go much better off my leg because I’ve learned...