The Fuzzy Furry
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Looking v nice GG, huge transformation from the original pics you posted :cool3:
Derelict farm to dressage yard *UPDATE*
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Sallyfinn
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You'll have to make sure everyone knows about the cameras. Don't want to inadvertently catch any nooky in the hay going on 😉
MardyMare
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Gosh you have worked hard and worked wonders - it looks fabulous!
ROMANY 1959
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Super transformation...can't wait to come down and see it for myself... Bet you won't have a problem filling them lovely stables... Xx
Embo
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I second this motion - although it would have to be moved to Kent, please!
Great job - looks fabulous.
madlady
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Just - WOW 
Sleipnir
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What an amazing transformation! I love the design of stalls and the aisle. Can't wait to see the final result!
stencilface
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That looks stunning, what beautiful stables!
Re the tackroom - a friend has remote stables, no one on site. His tack room has a lobby to it that people break into first, now when they get in there they have another steel door to go through to get to the goodies, whilst the lobby fills up with smoke and strobe lights go off. Presumably the horses enjoy the disco!
Re the tackroom - a friend has remote stables, no one on site. His tack room has a lobby to it that people break into first, now when they get in there they have another steel door to go through to get to the goodies, whilst the lobby fills up with smoke and strobe lights go off. Presumably the horses enjoy the disco!
Annagain
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Definitely have to visit Bert and Ernie (and you!) now to have a good nose! Will you still be doing the retirement / rehab livery too?
Wagtail
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It's going to be really stunning, GG. I really love the shape of the stables and the angle of the doors. Are you going to put 'talk' bars in? I find this makes a significant difference to the contentment of stabled horses.
bubsqueaks
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Oh how lucky are you but having read your blog & all the obvious hard work you have done, it seems very well deserved ! I have never heard of "wildcams" but would be very interested in knowing where you got them from - I too am about to fulfil a dream of having our ponies at home & would love to know they are safe & what they are getting up to.
Tash88
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How exciting! Being a rather sporadic HHO member I have missed all of this!! Will you be offering livery and is there a lovely house there for you to live in as well?
Looks lovely so far
Looks lovely so far
Bernster
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I love those open sided barn stables. But I see no squirrel !?
twiggy2
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I missed the previous thread but that looks amazing.
When is the grand opening?
When is the grand opening?
_GG_
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No idea. The whole project was done on a healthy but realistic budget, but I don't know the exact figures of anything as it's not been me paying it. Regarding concreting though, this will, as it's type 1 hardcore, break down to a be a very firm surface, it's already fine for shod horses to walk on...but yes, if we have it concreted in future, it can just go straight on.
*whistles jingle bells innocently* just one thing, did I get the right dvd????? It was the only one with that name and I got the impression you were rather fond of it so hope I got it right!
*mini festive hijack over
Yes you did and I squealed when I opened it...thank you xxx
Yep, that was my main concern. Took a bit of figuring out regarding the design as the original pig bays were all on different height floors, so there was a lot of work removing excessive concrete.
It is lovely. Any would be nasty peoples would have to get past Superman first!
He's being super cheeky at the moment! Can't go in there without being jumped on, lol
This barn will be for full/part liveries when the rest of the yard is fnished, but I'll also use it for day stabling for the retirement herd to come into for their trims/worming/checks.
Haha, good point!
That looks stunning, what beautiful stables!
Re the tackroom - a friend has remote stables, no one on site. His tack room has a lobby to it that people break into first, now when they get in there they have another steel door to go through to get to the goodies, whilst the lobby fills up with smoke and strobe lights go off. Presumably the horses enjoy the disco!
What a fantastic idea. We have an initial system being done at the moment which should have anyone running at the first attempt, lol.
We'll keep a small herd here, but the numbers will go down from where they are currently.
We have the ability to if we ever need to, but for now we are sticking with this. I've found in the past that not all horses like that, so it's a possibility, but as the stables are so open anyway, it should work for all horses.
I got the wildcams from Aldi last year. They were only £60 each but you can do film and photo, film only, photo only or even timelapse.
We have them set to take 2 photo's them film 30 seconds when they are triggered. It's fab.
You can hook them up to a connection and use them as webcams as well, but we don't have a million miles of wiring to make that happen, lol!
How exciting! Being a rather sporadic HHO member I have missed all of this!! Will you be offering livery and is there a lovely house there for you to live in as well?
Looks lovely so far
Yes, full, part and competition livery (dressage). We already live on site in the farm bungalow so all good. I get to the fields through my back garden...it's bliss
The squirrel was an adoption present for my secret santa from the lovely elleskywalker
. So, no squirrel in the barn, but a very happy adopted red squirrel on Brownsea Island
twiggy2
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Will you be needing 'staff'? I feel a mass arrival of people fighting to work for you _GG_
Alec Swan
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I particularly like the way that the stable doors are 'angled'. It makes for such sense. With a one way in and out, then why shouldn't the doors be set to allow for easy access and exit? None at all, I'd say!
When I win the 'roll-over', and have a Stud Farm to match others, then that is exactly what I shall do! :wink3:
Alec.
When I win the 'roll-over', and have a Stud Farm to match others, then that is exactly what I shall do! :wink3:
Alec.
_GG_
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Sorry for now quoting everyone, but thank you all. xxx
xxx
ILuvCowparsely
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What an amazing job you have done, we always take improvement photos, I think you have really put a lot of thought and the outcome has really payed off and we need to see some GG's in there now.
Sorry I missed the first thread of yours.
Sorry I missed the first thread of yours.
ILuvCowparsely
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Concrete is expensive yes ours cost many thousands about £ 9 I think in our case but we had a soak away and drains with grills built in as well.. It is amazing how concrete albeit expensive makes a difference.................
Keep the photos coming GG, We have an improvements page on our website for people to see what we have done and improves the yard
meesha
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Oooh I have concrete envy !!!!!
Alec Swan
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amandaco2
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Lovely, so exciting. Cant wait for next installment
meesha
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Will have to start saving , mustnt grumble my yard is hardcore which I am about to have refreshed with road plainings (properly levelled and compacted) when it's dry enough along with gateway Into field sorting.
silv
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Looks fantastic, very well thought out, all the best for the venture.
Booboos
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That looks great! The design of the stables is very clever and I envy you the concrete. We are half way through the current project (never ending) and this time we've gone for cobble stones in the yard - they look very nice but are a nightmare to sweep.
Clannad48
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Between your new yard OP and Farmer Chalk's horsebox build I am now feeling very jealous and a tad depressed. Must go and buy some lottery tickets. Please keep the updates coming
Merlod
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Wow, love the idea for the stables - my barn has a narrow walkway like yours originally and it's a bit of a pain if your horse overshoots and you have either to bend them in half, back them down the hall or open an empty stable to turn them!
Can I ask how the webcams work? Would love that for my liveries but as I don't live on site I think I would have to get wifi at the yard.. which wouldn't be a bad thing!
Can I ask how the webcams work? Would love that for my liveries but as I don't live on site I think I would have to get wifi at the yard.. which wouldn't be a bad thing!
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_GG_
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Wow, love the idea for the stables - my barn has a narrow walkway like yours originally and it's a bit of a pain if your horse overshoots and you have either to bend them in half, back them down the hall or open an empty stable to turn them!
Can I ask how the webcams work? Would love that for my liveries but as I don't live on site I think I would have to get wifi at the yard.. which wouldn't be a bad thing!
Yes, it will work with Wifi as the owner is putting in a yard office, so it will run from that. Quite easily done to be fair, but I can say that as it won't be me setting it up, lol.
George and Pie (mine and Dans horses) moved into the barn last night and are loving it in there. Doorways work really well so very pleased with them x
Kezzabell2
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you have far more vision than me!! when I saw the first lot of pics, I thought "how will that ever be a nice dressage yard"
now i can see the work in progress, I'm thinking "when can we move in" hehe
Well done, looks like you've worked very hard! well done to all involved
now i can see the work in progress, I'm thinking "when can we move in" hehe
Well done, looks like you've worked very hard! well done to all involved