how far do you travel to your yard?

I've done 10 miles but prefer the 50m I have to walk these days. It's really going to depend if the yard ticks all the boxes, if you have other time pressures and commitments, is it a 20 min 20 mile drive or is it longer, etc etc
 
When I had mine at livery it was about 5 miles, now they are in the field right behind my house and the stables are next door,. Does mean I can just put my wellies on with my pyjamas to go and feed in the mornings.
 
Mine are about 17 miles away. Takes about 20 minutes normally but can take over 25 minutes when its busy. It is a long way to go and I use a lot of petrol however I love my yard so something had to compromise!
 
Sorry - mine are possibly 8 meters away turnout in PJs is a common thing for me too

20 miles could be an hours drive if the roads/ traffic is bad I couldn't have them a 2 hour round trip away - time is probably more relevant than distance
 
10 miles/30 minutes from home (terrible roads/traffic), but less than 10 minutes from work, I only have him during the week, and he's on full livery.

If I was going up twice a day, a yard 20 miles away would have to be truly exceptional.
 
Another with it about 5 meters away - sorry, not much help.

When he was on livery I had him about 10 miles away for the first 5 years, which was about 15mins drive as very rural. It was kind of on the way to and from work though, plus I only went up once a day during the week as assisted DIY. It was generally fine and I liked the yard, fellow livery's, staff etc. Floodlit arena which was vital. One problem was winter, they were snowed in for 2 weeks once so I couldn't get up at all. Owner was on site and had to look after all of them full livery, to be fair she did her best and didn't charge full livery but it wasn't ideal (ran out of dust free bedding).

For the last 2 years (after having my daughter) he was 1 mile away on DIY, about 5mins by car as no direct road and around 10mins walk as there was a direct bridlepath. It was on a farm that was adding livery facilities, including building an arena. Much better for me (and cheaper) though much less smart (rusting machinery etc about and had to push through cow yard to get to muck heap). With a young child it was essential to be close so I could abandon everything, go home, and then pop back up half an hour later to finish up.
 
Until last week they were 37 miles away; cost a fortune in diesel. As of last week at the end of my garden so 2 minute walk.
 
Polos Mum said:
Sorry - mine are possibly 8 meters away turnout in PJs is a common thing for me too

20 miles could be an hours drive if the roads/ traffic is bad I couldn't have them a 2 hour round trip away - time is probably more relevant than distance
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This, I stand at my back door and can see and hear what's going on in my barn, I look out the living room window and see my lot in the field, spoilt or what
When on livery, I used to travel 40 mins to get there, but the yard was perfect
 
3 mins up the village and opposite to the pub I work at so perfect, although there isn't a menage or any fancy wash areas etc. I miss my old yard which was 15 mins by car as the off road hacking was superb but tbh, the good by far out ways the bad especially in the winter. It's a 7 horse tidy little yard with good grazing and barn stabling which suits my mare and it's been fantastic to just be able to pop up as often as I like and still have a life.
 
Mine is 4 miles as the crow flies but add a mile due to road layout and takes 10 minute easy drive to get there. Used to keep him at one 20 miles away that took me 30minutes to get there. I hated it. I hated the drive after work and it really put me off going. The yard was not what I expected it to be either. I left after a year.

When he had what fortunately turned out to be mild colic one day that was what really made me think I wanted him much nearer in a crisis and especially as nobody cares about your horse like you do. Maybe if I could have trusted the YO it would have been OK but the journey was still a pain.
 
I've been very lucky as both yards have been on were 1) 3 miles away (and would have been less than that on foot along local footpaths) which was about 10 mins drive and now 2) current yard is 2.2 miles and that's just 7 mins. Both were assisted livery. Location has been a factor but for the right yard and if needs must I guess would travel up to about 10 miles if I had to (I have to take into account every penny of fuel and its ever rising cost which can be another major factor in my finances!) and also who I was sharing the yard with as if a very collaborative yard and one with good staff it's more reassuing if a lot of distance involved - I think those are things on a yard you can't put a distance/price on. If it helped OP if you have a lot of distance you could consider a sharer to help spread cost/time etc? Or once there see if you can chum up with someone to help each other out a bit in the non assisted delivery bits?
 
7 miles/15 mins from home. If I'm coming from work (i.e. on the way home) it's 9 miles/20 mins and then I drive on home from there. The yard is awesome - outstanding hacking so she has stayed there whilst I have moved a couple of times. However, we are all moving next weekend (my OH, myself and pony!). We will be a 5 min walk away - going to be crucial when I'm on maternity leave!
 
Mine are at home now but for about 6 years when I first moved to the NE I had to keep them on DIY. It was 18 miles away! YO was great and did hay, etc, but it was a nightmare when a new livery arrived and my very old girl caught strangles. Pretty tricky as I work full time. Definitely a good idea to buddy up with someone you trust for sharing jobs.
 
20 seconds, the field gate is just off my back garden and sitting here in the sun room I can see the stables and one of them munching the hay bale ;) I'm very lucky! Could do with more land though...
 
Mine is a 15 minute walk/5 minute drive.

old yard was a 20-30 minute drive, and not easily accessible with public transport however it worked for me and my horse at the time and was worth the travelling (he was on working livery, and I wasn't home until 5.30 every evening, so it worked for us as he was being ridden and cared for when I wasn't around)
 
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