Weekday Plans - w/c 1st December

Sorry to interrupt your plans, but you gave me a proper blast from the past when you mentioned Lusks! I worked there when I was 18 (a very long time ago!) It wasn't a competition centre then, apart from the eventing held there at the end of the season. I also worked in London for Harold's brother for most of my teenage years. It's nice to know it's still going.
 
daffy44 said:
Sorry to interrupt your plans, but you gave me a proper blast from the past when you mentioned Lusks! I worked there when I was 18 (a very long time ago!) It wasn't a competition centre then, apart from the eventing held there at the end of the season. I also worked in London for Harold's brother for most of my teenage years. It's nice to know it's still going.
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Aw wow! Yes, still going and hold regular competitions- I don’t think EI has run there for a few years now, but they do all sorts. Its a nice spot. I’m not sure if the riding school is still going, I think it possibly is but not 100% sure.
Nice to hear of another NI connection too, are you from here originally or were you just here for work?
 
sheep said:
Aw wow! Yes, still going and hold regular competitions- I don’t think EI has run there for a few years now, but they do all sorts. Its a nice spot. I’m not sure if the riding school is still going, I think it possibly is but not 100% sure.
Nice to hear of another NI connection too, are you from here originally or were you just here for work?
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I was just there for work, I started off working for Brian (Harold's brother) in London, and when I was 18 and left school I went to NI to work for Harold. When I was there we just had the one end of season event, and Harold ran a transport company sending horses all over Europe, and he had dealing horses of all ages that we rode and produced, no riding school and no competitions.
 
sheep said:
Aw wow! Yes, still going and hold regular competitions- I don’t think EI has run there for a few years now, but they do all sorts. Its a nice spot. I’m not sure if the riding school is still going, I think it possibly is but not 100% sure.
Nice to hear of another NI connection too, are you from here originally or were you just here for work?
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Riding school still going! Completely separate business from the livery and comp venue tho.

Lusk family still also run the transport business and semi-separate youngstock livery, but I don't think they produce anymore.
 
daffy44 said:
I was just there for work, I started off working for Brian (Harold's brother) in London, and when I was 18 and left school I went to NI to work for Harold. When I was there we just had the one end of season event, and Harold ran a transport company sending horses all over Europe, and he had dealing horses of all ages that we rode and produced, no riding school and no competitions.
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Very cool! As smolmaus says, transport business is still going. Always nice to hear some of the stories of local places, I’m a history nerd for all kinds of history 🤣
I am very lucky to have Lusks around the corner, Danescroft (you’d maybe know it too from your time here?) is only down the road as well plus a few other newer places. We are lucky in NI (at least in Down, Armagh & Antrim) to have so many good venues close by.
 
This week went v.sideways as came down with a heavy cold (my 4th (!) of the winter season so far)

So did nothing Wednesday-Friday :( Not ideal as he A. Has reversed EMS so needs to be kept busy and B. Is a much nicer character and I get less complaints about his field behaviour for being kept busy 🤣🙈

But what can you do?

I managed a 45 minute schooling session today before the need to breathe properly & not coughing up a lung became too much 🤣
 
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