spider
Well-Known Member
Just an update to all the kind people who gave me advice and sympathy when I fell off and lost my confidence. Found I couldn't even go in the school without panicking and bursting into tears. Had a couple of weeks off riding to let my arm recover, and then had a couple of half hour private lessons where I insisted the instructor walked with me round the spooky end of the school! She made me concentrate on keeping his attention on me rather than things happening outside which helped a lot. So I have being riding in the school for a week.Yesterday I decided I had to force myself to go for a hack. No-one was available to go with me so I co-erced hubby to walk with me. Then today I went out for a short hack on my own. We only walked and had two scary moments but he didn't spin and we got back in one piece. I will try joining in my normal group lesson tomorrow. So now I feel I have made some progress whereas before I was beginning to feel I would give up riding. Thanks everyone.
