Dottyg
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Hello everyone
I used to be a keen rider as a teenager. I surrounded myself in everything equine and my best mate was my pony, Smug. I went to college to do a BTEC but fell quite ill with glandular fever- I left college and never really got back in to the saddle.
I've got a young family myself now and my daughter had her first lesson last weekend. I'm seriously considering some lessons myself but I'm a bit concerned that I'm too fat and too arthritic.
Anyway, being back on the yard at the weekend brought back so many happy memories and I spent a good few hours wistfully daydreaming of owning a horse again as an adult. Which of course led me to ponderings over costs. I remember 16 years ago DIY livery cost £12, straw was 50p a bale and hay was £1.50 a bale. Shoes cost less than £40 for a full set. I don't really remember how much it cost each month to keep the old boy on the road but I know mum and dad worked blooming hard for me to keep him.
How do those prices compare these days? I'm in the Midlands (I suspect the cost varies through out the country?) what ball park figure would we be looking at each month? I doubt it is doable for a good while yet, my health isn't stable enough (no pun intended!) but I'd be interested to get back up to speed on a few things never the less.
I used to be a keen rider as a teenager. I surrounded myself in everything equine and my best mate was my pony, Smug. I went to college to do a BTEC but fell quite ill with glandular fever- I left college and never really got back in to the saddle.
I've got a young family myself now and my daughter had her first lesson last weekend. I'm seriously considering some lessons myself but I'm a bit concerned that I'm too fat and too arthritic.
Anyway, being back on the yard at the weekend brought back so many happy memories and I spent a good few hours wistfully daydreaming of owning a horse again as an adult. Which of course led me to ponderings over costs. I remember 16 years ago DIY livery cost £12, straw was 50p a bale and hay was £1.50 a bale. Shoes cost less than £40 for a full set. I don't really remember how much it cost each month to keep the old boy on the road but I know mum and dad worked blooming hard for me to keep him.
How do those prices compare these days? I'm in the Midlands (I suspect the cost varies through out the country?) what ball park figure would we be looking at each month? I doubt it is doable for a good while yet, my health isn't stable enough (no pun intended!) but I'd be interested to get back up to speed on a few things never the less.