Taking horse on holiday (UK)???

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Has anyone ever taken their horse on holiday, in the UK?

We are thinking of going on holiday for a week or two, maybe in Wales or Scotland, renting a holiday cottage. I thought it might be fun to take the pony with us - somewhere with a field he can be dumped in (lives out anyway).

Has anyone ever done this, or know where I can look about doing it?
 
One of my good friends took her horse down Devon way for a week and she had a wonderful time, along with her friend.
Something I have always fancied doing, have fun if you do go and you must show us your lovely pics afterwards
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Canter Hallington in Lincs is really good. Plus there are several yards near to Holkham in Norfolk where the horses can live out. Hacking distance to the beach etc.
 
We went down to the New Forest years ago and camped in a friends field in the lorry. It was brilliant but some kind soul did call our friends to ask if they knew they had "travellers" staying in their field
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I'm considering doing one of those "Bridle Ways" things or whatever they're called next summer. If you have a horse that normally lives out, how do people deal with the adjustment in moving it suddenly onto different grazing? Does that cause digestive upsets?
 
I took my cob on holiday with four other liveries from my old yard. We went to the Forest of Dean and stayed in an old racing yard with lovely accomodation. We went for a week in June and all the horses had individual paddocks & stabling if required. We went hacking everyday for up to 5 hours a day on preplanned routes with directions from the yard & packed lunches. All horses behaved so well and seemed to really enjoy it. Best holiday I've had and would recomend doing it.
 
We took our horses on holiday with us to Angelesy - they were on full livery whislt we stayed in the B & B on site - you could go for a blast along the beach or around the field tracks which were all fenced in, which was ideal for my little one on his shetland.
Really nice holiday as spent as much time enjoying Angelsey as riding, so suited non-horsey members of family too.
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People often come and stay in our holiday cottage and bring their horses with them. Most of them do a mixture of lessons and hacking and a bit of sightseeing at the same time
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This spring a horse behaviourist is organising a holiday/clinic here for her clients, which is a bit different.
 
I went on a Bridlerides holiday last year and it was great. The best thing was that I knew that the routes had been ridden and picked out to be a nice ride with good instructions. The accommodation was excellent, and the horses had their own field and the trough had been cleaned out between visitors.

I think it might be a good idea to get our horses used to eating a bit of hay, so you can offer them hay as an introduction to the new grazing. Both ours are very good doers and there was good grazing, but not lush, and after all they were being ridden for 6 hours. We rode in April and I took rugs which were needed as the local climate was colder than at home.

I know some people have gone on DIY holidays, using advertised riding B & Bs but the riding turned out to be disappointing, the hosts didn't know the local routes very well and the visitors were just left to get on with it, so the best thing is probably is personal recommendation.

Bridlerides has been sold, (see BHS magazine) so I hope the new owners offer the same high standards.
 
One of my friends has been on 5 bridlerides holidays and we meant to go last year but first my friends horse got a hoof absess so we changed dates then mine got a respiratory infection and then my friends horse went lame again so we are posponed to this year!

With regard to grazing my pony and my friends cob who both live out are both good doers and we told the host that they were not used to lush grass and they kindly said they would graze the grass down using sheep before we come. So if you ask the hosts they might be able to restrict the grazing.
 
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I'm considering doing one of those "Bridle Ways" things or whatever they're called next summer. If you have a horse that normally lives out, how do people deal with the adjustment in moving it suddenly onto different grazing? Does that cause digestive upsets?

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Did this many years ago in the Cotswolds with my TB and three other friends with their horses. It was a great holiday and all the horses coped really well. Some places had just stabling, some grazing and some a choice.

Our lives were made easier as two of us had our non-riding husbands with us who drove to the trailers onto the next night stop and then met us in a pub for lunch.
 
Have taken horse on holidays and horse adapted well. Been to Mid-Wales, Gloucestershire (Bridle Rides), Exmoor and the Quantocks in Somerset and had a great time. The BHS do a book called Bed and Breakfast for Horse and Rider which is usefull for finding suitable accomodation, stabling and or grazing.
 
I am planning a walking/riding holiday with my Dad, who is desperate for a holiday in Yorkshire, where he grew up. I HATE walking so came up with the plan of taking the horse!

Anyone have any recommendations up Yorkshire way? We are hoping for self catering, horse can live in or out, near either the Dales or north York Moors.

I am really looking forward to it, first horsie holiday!

Isabelle
 
We took ours last year we went to Norfolk/Suffolk to a lovely lovely place called Little Lodge .. was FAB hacking right through Thetford Forset, we boxed to Holkham Beach was Amazing ..hope to go again this year... defo go somewhere if you can, the Horses had a great time too
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I have been to stay with Ravenwood for a week along with Piebaldsparkle
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It was a great week if you like rain
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But apart from the weather, it was the best holiday I have ever had
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