The way to heaven is on horseback

Apologies for it being a while guys but I am now back and fully updating again! I've missed writing a blog and getting to know about all your lives to. So I am back and will be posting everyday no matter how short the post is. As quite a lot is going on I'm going to use bullet points to highlight the main things that are going on in both my personal life and my riding life so here goes guys enjoy :). Lots of pictures too!  Well the most recent update in my riding Career is that I fell off Gatsby. Yep you read that right after 3-4 years of riding the wonderful Gatsby I finally came off him. We got a bit over excited coming up to a jump and he over jumped it and took off way to early. Because of this I lost my balance (so it wasn't his fault) and ended up landing on the floor but hey at least it was dry!  I've started doing a lot more work with out stirrups, it took me a big leap of faith and of course riding Gatsby to be able to get the courage to be able to cant...

Yesterday morning I had been at the stables and was finding it really calm and relaxing before my university trip. However when I got on facebook late last night I saw a friends status about two horses having to be put to sleep it turns out that during the afternoon Fiona had to make the decision to have one of the horses called Corrie put to sleep. Not only that but Daisy May's owner also had to make the hard decision to have her put to sleep as well. When I first found out it seemed so strange because it was only yesterday morning that I'd been giving Daisy some fuss and then turning her out.  I haven't got any pictures of Daisy or Corrie that I had taken but I do have two photo's that I got off West Hallam Riding Centre Facebook Page. All though I do not know these horses two well I did enjoy the time that I spent with the two of them, I didn't know them very well but they will be sadly missed.  This is Corrie and Rosie spending some time together Corri...