Recent content by orangetails

My sharer pays the same - £100/month for three days a week (usually 2 weekdays, one weekend day, sometimes she does three weekdays) We have a floodlit school, a jumping paddock, not the best hacking but I have a lorry and so ocassionally she boxes out to better hacking with me and my other horse...

I feed big bale hay in my field (small bale in the stables as there's nowhere to store big bales down at the yard - I have rigged up a partial shelter/tarp for the big bales next to my field shelter and can have two at a time stored there) I pay £40 for a big bale, £3.50 for small bales...

I have been on a 4-day camp with an RC as well - and echo everything Jules said. It was a good 4hr trip for me, but absolutely worth it, and I do hope to go again some day.

I did lots of walking in-hand with mine - also a Sec A, and grossly obese when I was given her as a yearling, so I had to exercise her as much as could taking into account her age in order to get her to a healthy weight! I led her out both on foot, and alongside my ridden mare. I also did...

Those of you with horseboxes - especially little 3.5t ones with minimal/no living - what do you like, what would you change if you had the option? Thinking about designing my dream lorry!

I'm getting to the point of locking up my polyjumps for my use (and a select few people I trust..) only! My poles in particular are not cheap - as everyone who has bought polyjumps knows...! We're a solely DIY yard, part of a working farm. YO gets a bit involved, but is fairly relaxed. A...