tinatrim
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Dont know if anyones interested in this but as an ex horse rider who advocates horses and bikes should get along better, i immediately said yes when i was asked to help out with my bike at a horse sport endurance day.
I met my ex riding partner (with horses that is) at Rhug on the A5 near corwen, to start with marking out the routes a couple of days before the event. 11/16/23 mile rides.
We then headed off around Mynydd Mynyllod area putting the markers up and clearing the bridleways as they were over grown a bit
You all know where this is as many of us have got stuck in the bogs!
This one used to be for the bikers but is now just a bridleway...shame as its beautiful
This bridleway runs in to this lane which many of us know
Jenni showing me how to cross water properly
And not forgetting why we are here
We stopped in on a friend in Llandrillo who came out with a cuppa in her hand saying shes just made hers so wont be offering us one!!!
On with the job at hand
I then met up with Hugh who im sure alot of you know
and proceeded to ride the course making sure everything was in place (must admit i was a bit nervous at first as never ridden with him before but was a spot on bloke
up:
After completeing and on our way home we passed the entrance to Corwen Wash, he smiled at me and i smiled back....it had to be done
The day arrived and i was up early with the larks ready to met hugh and ride the course again to make sure everything was in place. Hugh was late so i set off by myself as these horses can travel fast and i needed to be ahead of them. When i was nearly done, just coming off the wayfearers section i met these guys in a pickle
One had a puncture and not one of them had a repair kit or inner tube... numpties
. But because one of them had recognised me as a 'Dirty Girl' i offered my stuff and politely told them how to mend the puncture. This guy had snapped at his mate whilst mending so i got on my knees, camera infront of him and asked "You always this grumpy in the morning Dear?" fortunately he replied with a smile not a fist
The horse event went very well and no-one got lost but the best part of the day for me was that one of my clients won, barefoot (for those that dont know, i trim horses feet for a living)
She did the 23 mile ride in 3hrs 23mins with a heart rate of 42 (thats the horses) Excellent
Ooooh nearly forgot the couple who joined hugh that morning, forget their names.... my age is kicking in! But lovely to meet you and hope to ride with you again sometime
This was a fun couple of days and if anyone would have said i'd spend the day with Jenni on bikes instead of horses, i would have laughed my socks off.......... so horses and bikes can get on together.
BIG thank you to Hugh who has gone round the course afterwards and cleared the signs. Hope to ride with you again soon as it was fun X
I met my ex riding partner (with horses that is) at Rhug on the A5 near corwen, to start with marking out the routes a couple of days before the event. 11/16/23 mile rides.
We then headed off around Mynydd Mynyllod area putting the markers up and clearing the bridleways as they were over grown a bit
You all know where this is as many of us have got stuck in the bogs!
This one used to be for the bikers but is now just a bridleway...shame as its beautiful
This bridleway runs in to this lane which many of us know
Jenni showing me how to cross water properly
And not forgetting why we are here
We stopped in on a friend in Llandrillo who came out with a cuppa in her hand saying shes just made hers so wont be offering us one!!!
On with the job at hand
I then met up with Hugh who im sure alot of you know
and proceeded to ride the course making sure everything was in place (must admit i was a bit nervous at first as never ridden with him before but was a spot on bloke
up:
After completeing and on our way home we passed the entrance to Corwen Wash, he smiled at me and i smiled back....it had to be done
The day arrived and i was up early with the larks ready to met hugh and ride the course again to make sure everything was in place. Hugh was late so i set off by myself as these horses can travel fast and i needed to be ahead of them. When i was nearly done, just coming off the wayfearers section i met these guys in a pickle
One had a puncture and not one of them had a repair kit or inner tube... numpties
. But because one of them had recognised me as a 'Dirty Girl' i offered my stuff and politely told them how to mend the puncture. This guy had snapped at his mate whilst mending so i got on my knees, camera infront of him and asked "You always this grumpy in the morning Dear?" fortunately he replied with a smile not a fist
The horse event went very well and no-one got lost but the best part of the day for me was that one of my clients won, barefoot (for those that dont know, i trim horses feet for a living)
She did the 23 mile ride in 3hrs 23mins with a heart rate of 42 (thats the horses) Excellent
Ooooh nearly forgot the couple who joined hugh that morning, forget their names.... my age is kicking in! But lovely to meet you and hope to ride with you again sometime
This was a fun couple of days and if anyone would have said i'd spend the day with Jenni on bikes instead of horses, i would have laughed my socks off.......... so horses and bikes can get on together.
BIG thank you to Hugh who has gone round the course afterwards and cleared the signs. Hope to ride with you again soon as it was fun X
, The owners done well, im very proud.
looks like you've got to ride some beautiful tracks there 
Jez, you try doing that in this country and think you might get beaten up and thats before the police catch you!!!!!
