Carefreegirl
Well-Known Member
Seeing as we have her first event in two weeks (everything crossed) we thought best jump some stuff that doesn't fall down when you hit it. Options were Swalcliffe or Aston Le Walls.I decided on ALW as on a surface. The last thing i needed was to ride like a pleb due to being worried about ground. Off we toddled and only went the wrong way once :biggrin3: Every time I go , I go a different way....
Got there and it was mobbed, at least 7 other horses there. Luckily by the time J had stopped being a llama on speed they'd all gone. 45 minutes to myself. Luckily with our 'pre season' steering not being 100% this was just as well.
What a fab facility. For those that haven't been, the new arena is attached to the original SJ arena by two ramps or ditches, logs and a trakehnar. There were a couple of little jumps but the rest were 90, 100 and novice with a couple of intermediates. The water had a log and barrel at either end, a house in the middle and at one end a ski jump that had the landing in the water.
There's some show jumps up and a few iddy biddy rustics for you to warm up over before hitting the big arena.
J's mum took loads of pics, she's a work in progress with a camera and could be heard swearing quite often at the camera :wink3: She did manage to get a few good ones, mostly with my head cut off (not complaining)
Had a fab session although I feel I could of ridden much more forward. It's only an hour away so plenty of opportunity to go back now the nights are getting lighter.
A few random pics. Bit of an overload but hopefully it will give an idea of whats there :smile3:
Taking an arrow head brush at the wrong angle....
Quite meaty steps.
Taking a flier at a 90
Log down the ramp (didn't do the big one) :wink3:
Skinny house BE 100
And finally for full on comedy value.... NEVER under estimate how many horse eating trolls live in a barrel :eek3:
So ignore me and look at the back ground at the variety of jumps available.
Got there and it was mobbed, at least 7 other horses there. Luckily by the time J had stopped being a llama on speed they'd all gone. 45 minutes to myself. Luckily with our 'pre season' steering not being 100% this was just as well.
What a fab facility. For those that haven't been, the new arena is attached to the original SJ arena by two ramps or ditches, logs and a trakehnar. There were a couple of little jumps but the rest were 90, 100 and novice with a couple of intermediates. The water had a log and barrel at either end, a house in the middle and at one end a ski jump that had the landing in the water.
There's some show jumps up and a few iddy biddy rustics for you to warm up over before hitting the big arena.
J's mum took loads of pics, she's a work in progress with a camera and could be heard swearing quite often at the camera :wink3: She did manage to get a few good ones, mostly with my head cut off (not complaining)
Had a fab session although I feel I could of ridden much more forward. It's only an hour away so plenty of opportunity to go back now the nights are getting lighter.
A few random pics. Bit of an overload but hopefully it will give an idea of whats there :smile3:
Taking an arrow head brush at the wrong angle....
Quite meaty steps.
Taking a flier at a 90
Log down the ramp (didn't do the big one) :wink3:
Skinny house BE 100
And finally for full on comedy value.... NEVER under estimate how many horse eating trolls live in a barrel :eek3:
So ignore me and look at the back ground at the variety of jumps available.
