How close is your yard?

[Newtothegeegees]

The one I’m looking at is a 20 minute drive - this means I get good hacking.

 

[dixie]

Yes mine is also 20mins. I moved from a yard 5 minutes up the road in order to get better turnout - from 2 hrs restricted to non restricte. The bonus is the hacking is better but no school yet. I’ve not regretted the move.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

3.5 miles, takes anything from 6 minutes to an hour depending on time of day and traffic conditions.....

 

[vmac66]

2 mins or 15 mins walk. The distance was good when my car was off the road for 2 weeks recently. At least I could walk there and back.

 

[AUB]

15 mins drive.

 

[Desert_rider]

About an 8 minute drive away.

 

[milliepops]

About 10mins drive for me. I've usually been on yards around 10-15 mins away and they have been walkable in an emergency (snowed in etc).
I did go up to 20miles/30 mins for a bit when I couldn't find anything suitable that was closer, but I found then I needed services at one end of the day otherwise it was too much time and fuel expense ?

 

[SpringArising]

If traffic conditions are normal, 25 minute drive. If busy, can take up to 1.5 hours.

 

[dogatemysalad]

My yard is next door but in the past I've driven up to 50 miles whilst waiting for a house sale to go through.

 

[Newtothegeegees]

I mean if there was heavy snowfall I would have no chance of getting there it’s down winding country lanes. But like I say it’s got really varied hacking and good facilities too.

 

[sportsmansB]

Mine is about 6 miles / 10 mins, mostly the same no traffic woes
I've been up to 25 mins away and found that to be enough
I'm not DIY livery at the minute so if I can't get there he is fine without me anyway

 

[HappyHollyDays]

4.5 miles and if it snowed I could get there if the snow wasn’t to deep and drifting. It’s quite hilly, narrow country lanes and takes 10 minutes to drive there. There is a yard at the end of my lane but I wouldn’t go there and I was previously at one 2 miles away but the hacking wasn’t great so I have gone back to the yard I was on originally.

 

[chaps89]

Sounds worth it to me OP.
Current yard is 12 miles/usually 25 min journey away.
Previous yard was 28 miles, anything from 45 mins to an hour and a half away.

 

[Pippity]

Nine miles, and it takes anywhere between 20-90 minutes, depending on the time of day. I couldn't do it if she wasn't on full livery. However, the yard is well-maintained, I really trust the yard staff, and the turnout is among the best in area, so it's worth it for my horse to be happy.

 

[conkers]

Currently travelling 40 minutes to where my horse is kept. It is too far but there are no suitable yards closer to me. I wish there was a decent yard within 20 minutes. If there was, I wouldn't be giving up.

 

[skint1]

6 miles from home 10-15 min drive- with work I am across 2 offices in separate towns, takes about the same time to get to either place (40 mins), one is a lot closer but the traffic is terrible and it's a longer walk from car park

 

[Leo Walker]

Mines 14 miles and 20 to 25mins away. Its worth it to me as the turnout is normally unrestricted, my stables are enormous with everythingl set up to be easy for me, and its in a network of quiet lanes perfect for driving mine. The saving grace is thats its only 500yds off my route to and from work, so 4 days a week my travel time is 30 seconds, which helps to balance the days when its nearly an hour there and back! I also pay for assistance one end of the day on the days I'm not at work, so I'm only going once. Having been on some godawful yards and some lovely yards that just werent suitable for me, it would still be worth it if I had to travel that distance every day!

 

[Hormonal Filly]

About 100 yard walk currently.. its heaven not having to drive to the yard in the morning.

 

[SOS]

25-30 mins although majority is down one large busy bit of motorway so if there’s an incident there (a few times a year) it can be awful.
Horse is on full livery else it wouldn’t be doable.
However it also reduces journey time to competition/training venues as the majority of local ones as another 20 mins further from my house and from the yard. So when going out a lot it is very useful.

 

[rainni_day]

12-15 mins drive, but i am full livery so don't worry about access if it snows etc.

 

[dogatemysalad]

I mean if there was heavy snowfall I would have no chance of getting there it’s down winding country lanes. But like I say it’s got really varied hacking and good facilities too.

Owning a horse makes you superhuman. If we haven't arranged cover, we get there. During the snowy winters of 2009/2010, everyone on my yard got through miles of snowy lanes and took it in turns to stay all day in case they couldn't make the journey later on. People help each other out when the weather is extreme. I've ditched the car and walked the last 2 miles because of 3' floods.

 

[HashRouge]

Mine is 25 minutes. I couldn't do it twice a day and would prefer them to be closer, but it is one of the few places in the area where I can have 24/7 turnout all year round, complete control of my own grazing, summer and winter paddocks for just my two AND stables. Fortunately the lady offers services and it is a reasonable price, so I often don't do down during the week when I'm working (ponies are both retired).

 

[Auslander]

I'm going the long way round at the moment, so it takes me about 3 minutes. Roll on summer when the fields are dry and I can cut across and get to the yard in just over a minute. I don't like the longer commute

 

[scats]

1 mile to the top of the lane. Takes 2-3 minutes depending on traffic.

 

[milliepops]

Owning a horse makes you superhuman. If we haven't arranged cover, we get there. During the snowy winters of 2009/2010, everyone on my yard got through miles of snowy lanes and took it in turns to stay all day in case they couldn't make the journey later on. People help each other out when the weather is extreme. I've ditched the car and walked the last 2 miles because of 3' floods.

yup agree! that year I couldn't get to the yard in the car, car was snowed into car park at home, (and couldn't get up the steep hilly lanes anyway when I dug it out) and the horses were about 6 miles away as the crow flies. They ran out of hay. I carried haynets of horsehage every day on foot, having nicked some walking poles from my mother to help climbing the slopes which where thigh deep in places. it was uphill all the way, jeez I was fit that winter lugging kilos of haylage on my back everywhere I went

 

[Keith_Beef]

If I owned a horse, I'd have the choice of two yards across the street from my house, or half a dozen more within ten minutes' walk and a dozen more within 15 minutes' walk.

As it is, I walk a whole 400 metres to my lesson on Sunday...

 

[S.AAnderson]

Slightly different situation as I am based in Sydney & surrounded by concrete :-/ I travel an hour to get to the yard (75mile round trip) which sucks, but since moving here I am shocked to see so many owners travel 45mins+ (each way) for their horses. I guess it is similar to living in Central London.

I really miss riding in the UK & having my horse 20mins down the road!!

 

[Red-1]

Now it is outside the back door (yay), but in years gone by I lived in one city, worked in a nearby town, the horse was in another town altogether. I only had to go once a day and would do the trip in a triangle. I clocked up some motorway miles!

Thinking about it, before that yard, the horse was in a different county. At that time I went 5 days a week. On that one I did have a country park to ride in.

Worth travelling to the right yard, IMO.