Lexi_
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Today I took the plunge and booked a riding lesson. It'll be my first one in about 12 years and I was stupidly nervous about even making the phone call!
As a bit of background, I started riding when I was 7 and then worked weekends and summer hols at a good riding school until I was 18. I joined the uni riding club in first year but it was a bit cliquey so I didn't stay beyond the initial year. Then I was fat and poor for most of my 20s so riding didn't happen.
I'm now 30, a lot less fat (hurrah!) and still poor (working for a charity is awesome but won't ever make me rich). It's hit me over the last year or so just how much I miss my horsey days. I probably won't ever be able to afford my own horse but ideally I'd like to look at sharing at some point and I know I need to get myself fully back into it before I can even start to think about that.
So, has anyone else gone back to riding after a 10+ year break and if so, how did you find it? I'm expecting to be wobbly and rubbish for a while (hacked out on a friend's Fell pony fairly recently and had to cling onto the mane in canter - I felt very feeble, even though I know it was the sensible thing to do). I'm just hoping it won't take forever to get back to a decent standard...
Today I took the plunge and booked a riding lesson. It'll be my first one in about 12 years and I was stupidly nervous about even making the phone call!
As a bit of background, I started riding when I was 7 and then worked weekends and summer hols at a good riding school until I was 18. I joined the uni riding club in first year but it was a bit cliquey so I didn't stay beyond the initial year. Then I was fat and poor for most of my 20s so riding didn't happen.
I'm now 30, a lot less fat (hurrah!) and still poor (working for a charity is awesome but won't ever make me rich). It's hit me over the last year or so just how much I miss my horsey days. I probably won't ever be able to afford my own horse but ideally I'd like to look at sharing at some point and I know I need to get myself fully back into it before I can even start to think about that.
So, has anyone else gone back to riding after a 10+ year break and if so, how did you find it? I'm expecting to be wobbly and rubbish for a while (hacked out on a friend's Fell pony fairly recently and had to cling onto the mane in canter - I felt very feeble, even though I know it was the sensible thing to do). I'm just hoping it won't take forever to get back to a decent standard...