The way to heaven is on horseback

Yesterday I went to Skegness, we left early in the morning and it was a really long day. We left at 5:45 and got to Skegness for 9:00 in the morning it was earlier but it was good, I liked the fact that you could watch all the people setting up the rides, and that you could see them sending the Roller coasters round. To get them warmed up, it meant that I could see where they go before I decided whether or not I was going to go on any of the rides.  When everything was more likely to be open, this was about 10:30 we decided that we would go for a walk around the market, as I was walking around I kept mark of things that I liked so that I didn't buy things and then see something and think 'I wish I had bought that instead'. When we went all the way round while Dean got some drinks, Sue and I went to get the top that I decided was the one thing that I wanted, when I got there I realised that it said one size fits all and there was no where to try the top on so I decided ...

just a quick note! I got back from skegness at 9:00 tonight after leaving at 5:45 this morning! I've got lots of pictures for you all and will be posting a proper post tomorrow. Until Next Time A Girl With A Dream

Now that I have left school I am getting up earlier than I ever had done before, but early mornings mean a reduction in the amount of time that I get to spend sleeping. Don't get me wrong I love spending time doing the things that I am doing but I also love spending time sleeping. Tomorrow I have the third earlier start that I've had in just over a week, I will be getting up between 5:30 and 5:45 to leave my house at 6am with Dean and Sue to go for a trip to Skegness. Since the beginning of the year we have been planning this trip and my mum has planned to have the day out tomorrow so we decided that there was no time like the present! I am hoping that we are going to have some really nice weather!  As I knew that I was going to be up early tomorrow morning I have spent the day chilling and doing some reading. My mum and I decided that we were going to go swimming in the evening as we hadn't been in a while, but when we got there we were told that we couldn't swim ...

This is a quick post of something that I thought would make you all laugh. As you will all know we have a Shih Tzu puppy called Angel, we inherited her from my sister who didn't have the time to give Angel the attention she deserved, so while we never planned on having a Shih Tzu we did get one!  Shih Tzu's come with two different types of coats matt haired and silky haired. Here comes the difference with Angel, Angel has both meaning that she knots easily and quickly. When we first got her we tried taking her to a dog groomer, but she had a bad experience there and ever since that has hated being bathed, clipped or brushed meaning that trying to keep her knot free is hard work!  Recently my mum bought a new pair of clippers, in the morning she clipped the majority of Angel but was struggling with her ears, so left her alone for it then we came back to ear later. Because of Angel having two coat types it means that her ears get matted easily basically turning them in ...

On Sunday Fiona and I made the journey down to Keysoe, the College Equestrian Centre. The facilities there were stunning, they were honestly my dream equestrian centre, it had a massive out door school, enough for three dressage arena's that were being judged. There was a stunning indoor school, the great thing about this was you could sit eating (having our breakfast) and watch through the windows while the riders warmed their horses up. There was also a really nice equestrian shop that Fiona bought a stunning waistcoat from for the summer season. They also had a cross country course set up that I could see from a distance but I didn't see up close. The college goes on both sides of the road, it is truly massive, there show stables also looked amazing.  When we got there we had our breakfast as we had arrived earlier and we were not going to have a lunch break so we needed something that was going to last all day. Once we had eaten Fiona explained to me what my job was go...

This afternoon was Pony Club. I woke up this morning still feeling tired but also aching, I think I must have tossed and turned a lot last night because I was stiff and aching all over. I spent all day chilling until it was time to go to Pony Club in the hope that my hay fever would settle down quickly, it just settled down when we got there!  We all sat chatting for a while waiting to see what we would be doing this week, it turned out that we would be looking at hay nets, hay, haylage and why you feed different horses different things. So that kicked my hay fever off again but I didn't mind that to much. For Gatsby we had to fill his hay net with haylage to roughly 12-14 pounds so we went for 13, as it was in the middle. I loved being able to learn more about why you give different horses different things. I also love the smell of haylage.  While we had done that Elaine had set up the next task that we needed to work in two's or three's for. We had to go around f...

First of all I would like to say a huge thank you to  Marissa at a Horseshoes and Hearts Blog , I love reading her blog and if you aren't following her then head over and check her out! She has a good way of writing. I also got nominated for this earlier so you can go to  this page  to see my 11 random Facts and also the blogs that I nominated. Now on to the questions, I love answering these I find that they are a great way for everyone to learn more about me!  1) What is you biggest accomplishment with horses? For those of you that have been reading my blog for a while you will know that I had a bad fall off another horse and almost broke my shoulder and collar bone. After that I still enjoyed my riding but Iw as more nervous about it. My biggest accomplishment is the fact that on Gatsby I can now canter without worrying! I've even started jumping again!  2) Do you have any hobbies apart from horses that you love?  Good question! I used ...