bex1984
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Pembrokeshire, Wales - more specifically the Preseli Hills. My favourite place on earth
Last time I looked there was a GORGEOUS house for sale in the perfect location...
Most glorious area of the UK for safe hacking and living?
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snaffle
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not cambridgeshire - bridleways dont join up and the roads are a nightmare and there's houses going up all over the place.
ellamanamou
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chicomio whereabouts are you ? i have looked up and down this country and i just dont believe what i want and archiesmummy actually exists in this country anymore ! a friend who lives in france tells me the countryside is like england 50 years ago which suits me fine and that areas away from tourists in spain are just magical. i have that dream. i have to say this country is far too overcrowded for me !!!!!
Hippona
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Yorkshire.
Was out riding last night accross the fields and through the woods. Met a dogwalker. That was it.
Was out riding last night accross the fields and through the woods. Met a dogwalker. That was it.
smirnoff_ice07
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We are in dumfries and galloway and there are huge areas of forest for hacking, and it's pretty quiet up here on the roads anyway. Also everything seems to be much cheaper than down south!!
Slinkyunicorn
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We have loads of lovely safe hacking including a 15 mile off road toll route. But you couldn't call anywhere round here affordable/reasonable/cheap.....
251libby
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I'm glad someone mentioned Worthing!!!
Worthing has some lovely small towns and villages surounding it like - angmering, east preston, patching, rustington, goring, ferring.
All quite rural but then you have worthing a 15 min drive away!
Lovely downs, beach and a really nice place to live, there is enought nightlife in worthing town centre to entertain me and at the same time you can walk on the southdowns for miles and miles.
London is a 1hr15 min train ride and Brighton is 25min car journey
Worthing has some lovely small towns and villages surounding it like - angmering, east preston, patching, rustington, goring, ferring.
All quite rural but then you have worthing a 15 min drive away!
Lovely downs, beach and a really nice place to live, there is enought nightlife in worthing town centre to entertain me and at the same time you can walk on the southdowns for miles and miles.
London is a 1hr15 min train ride and Brighton is 25min car journey
Tiger2
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Meon Valley
Only downside is the price of property
Ashgrove
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Forget North Cumbria.
But I used to live in Guildford, Surrey and in Hartley Wintney, Hampshie.
When I was in Guildford I had Ash Ranges, Whitmoor Common there was also Wood Street to explore.
In Hartley Wintney we had Bramshill Forest, a river to play in and a big common with some ranges.
Unfortunately neither was by the beach and I had no transport.
Also the roads in the south, although busier were used to seeing horses and acted accordingly, up here, there aren't as many horses and cars, vans etc don't know what to do when they do meet us.
Or maybe all of that is just rose tinted glasses.
But I used to live in Guildford, Surrey and in Hartley Wintney, Hampshie.
When I was in Guildford I had Ash Ranges, Whitmoor Common there was also Wood Street to explore.
In Hartley Wintney we had Bramshill Forest, a river to play in and a big common with some ranges.
Unfortunately neither was by the beach and I had no transport.
Also the roads in the south, although busier were used to seeing horses and acted accordingly, up here, there aren't as many horses and cars, vans etc don't know what to do when they do meet us.
Or maybe all of that is just rose tinted glasses.
Enfys
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Forgot Plymouth, anywhere near the moors used to be good. I had horses up in Yelverton and Roborough.
Ha. I lived in Worthing once, never discovered the riding though as I was horseless at the time.
Northants, Grafton/Ashton/Roade, pretty countryside, fairly good bridleways but hemmed in by major roads where I lived.
Berkhamstead had good riding up near Frithsden where I lived, but seriously expensive of course.
Ha. I lived in Worthing once, never discovered the riding though as I was horseless at the time.
Northants, Grafton/Ashton/Roade, pretty countryside, fairly good bridleways but hemmed in by major roads where I lived.
Berkhamstead had good riding up near Frithsden where I lived, but seriously expensive of course.
Paint it Lucky
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I've just come back from a holiday in Northumbria and it is gorgeous up there, if I could I would pack up and move there right now! There are loads of bridleways, fields and forests and it is near the coast. It is not built up at all up there and not too touristy either, plus it's a lot cooler than down south which is good as I'm boiling today!
christi
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im dumfries and galloway area, i can ride for hours on end and not see a soul or go on a road, i live in the middle of an 18,000 acre grouse moor.
Faithkat
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New Forest - 90,000 acres of hacking, beaches close by . . . . BUT. . . property prices are mind-warpingly high . . . .
MagicMelon
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Aberdeenshire is pretty good. There is excellent hacking through forestry etc. to be found - you can go for miles and not see anyone. There are decent beaches near too. Personally I dont hack, but there's loads of competitions up here
Enfys
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Christi - I hate you!
No, really, I am just very jealous, that countryside looks absolutely fabulous.
I live in the second largest country in the world, with tracts of open land the size of small countries...unfortunately the precise bit I live in is absolutely useless for riding out on, every inch of it is farmed and the forests are a no go area in summer unless you want all the blood sucked out of you.
Still, come 2012 after Graduation we are running as fast as we can for the mountains on the other side!
No, really, I am just very jealous, that countryside looks absolutely fabulous.
I live in the second largest country in the world, with tracts of open land the size of small countries...unfortunately the precise bit I live in is absolutely useless for riding out on, every inch of it is farmed and the forests are a no go area in summer unless you want all the blood sucked out of you.
Still, come 2012 after Graduation we are running as fast as we can for the mountains on the other side!
Ashgrove
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Oh wow Christi, that can't be that far from me, I'm loading my horse up as we speak
gg68
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Glorious East Sussex, with the South Downs, near Eastbourne. The best riding country that I have ever come across. The beach at Eastbourne used to have lots of sand but the beach and sea defences have been built up in recent years, so would need to go to Pevensey Bay after six o'clock. Sigh no horses now
tiggerette
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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soooooo jealous. Love that last picture
spotty_pony
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Leicestershire/Rutland border - renowned for having the best hacking and hunting country in the world!
harveyscott
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Sherwood Forest. Endless bridle paths thru incredible countryside. Combines forests with fields for miles and miles. Little or no road work. Just stunning.
RolyPolyPony
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Cornwall!! Mainly around carn brea area! The bridleways round there are endless, and sometimes you can go out and not meet a soul, occasionally dog walkers or other riders.