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So in July I sold Billy and packed up my life in NZ and moved to London. The first few months were fine and I was busy working and settling in but I'm now finding it harder and harder being away from the horses.

I have absolutely no money to spend on lessons (esp with London prices!) so I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on how or where I can have some pony time - grooming maybe? I'm just not sure where to even start really!
 
You could try local Facebook horse groups as occasionally people are looking for someone to just spend time with their horses. There are also some free shares or shares in return for chores so if you have time but no money that might work. They do tend to need transport though as not many yards are easily reachable via public transport I've found, in north London,Herts area anyway. Or volunteer at a rescue centre?
 
Are you north, south, east or west of London?
There are quite a number out there who (like AA above) would appreciate a hand, worth looking on local FB pages, or even popping an ad there to ask if anyone wants occasional/regular (depending on your free time) help? :)
 
Have you tried looking on pre-loved - lots of people put adverts on there when they want help or you could even put something up on here on the area boards.
 
Try your local RDA. The are crying out for volunteers and you usually get to ride too. I'm south London so if you need contacts etc PM me.
 
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Oh awesome thank you all! I actually hadn't even thought of Facebook groups or preloved so I will have a good browse. I am limited in that I don't have a car so it's needs to be public transport accessible.

A riding club is a good idea too as even if I can't ride, just being involved in clinics etc can be really useful

I'm based in SW London.
 
You could offer to lend people a hand at competitions and such. There are discipline-specific Facebook groups (for eventing, DR, SJ, for example) so you could join those and see where people are going and whether they need some help. You could also volunteer at competitions, do some stewarding or organising.
 
My experience is if someone keeps a horse as retired because it needs a slower life and buys another to compete, they usually leave the retired one in a field somewhere and do hardly anything with it. If you advertised for a retired or semi retired share horse just because you want some horse time, but without a financial contribution, there would most probably be people queuing up to have you give their retired ones some tlc.
 
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