Supposedly a good way to start to pin down a habit rather than going for a big commitment straightaway, little and often seems a good way to get back to the blog. It’s so easy to doubt the value of what you when you have no feedback, or when you’re at the intermediate stage thatContinue reading “Little and often”
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About time
Excuses, excuses… it’s quite fashionable to write off genuine challenges as excuses, saying that ‘if you really wanted to do X you’d find a way’ – maybe, but sometimes it just can’t happen. The upshot? Disillusionment, negative thoughts, a self-energising spiral that either stays circling on the flat or descends into nothing. Max moved homesContinue reading “About time”
B is for…
Today was a struggle – Max seemed to have hidden his manners somewhere… still, everything is a learning experience and there were things to take away and no time was wasted: if we were going back to basics then no-stirrups it was! Although it was frustrating when all I’d hoped to work on was someContinue reading “B is for…”
I am native, rooted here…
The opera-lovers may recognise the quotation (from Montagu Slater’s libretto for Peter Grimes, music by Benjamin Britten) and this post is slightly off-beam but a short reflection from horseback this morning. Max and I have had a quiet few months, punctuated by some really inspiring lessons, putting homework into practice and then the odd naffContinue reading “I am native, rooted here…”
Confidence: trick or treat?
In my day job as a choir trainer I’m often trying to get people to unlock their talents with more confidence and self-belief: I know they can do it, so they should have the same level of confidence and so on. Of course it doesn’t work like that for everyone and when you’ve had somethingContinue reading “Confidence: trick or treat?”
Get up there!
Showing up is a big part of success, apparently, and I have found it difficult to find my motivation over the last month. However, today was a good day: Max and I had a good play over some small jumps to get our eyes back in before we go off for training in a weekContinue reading “Get up there!”
One foot in front of another (and no mention of the bad drivers)
I enjoyed a good afternoon with Max today – I needed to remove the pressure of a timetable and ended up having a few laughs with people on the yard and then a good hack. After a quiet and slightly frustrated feeling at the start of the year, I got some energy back with anContinue reading “One foot in front of another (and no mention of the bad drivers)”
Ring out the old, ring in the new
What a year… I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front and it’s certainly something I intend to attend to in the new year, but it’s quite representative of the year as a whole! After a slow reopening to Eventing in 2020, 2021 had some of the same issues and also the added complicationContinue reading “Ring out the old, ring in the new”
So much to do
So little done? It certainly seems that way in some respects: it’s May already and the Eventing season is now underway. Max and I are booked in to a local Hunter Trial at the end of this month and aim to be at our first BE event in June. How have we been filling theContinue reading “So much to do”
“And now the magic will happen…”
It’s been a tough old winter one way or another, but thanks to flexible colleagues and a yard approach that’s kept horse and rider together as often as possible, Max and I have survived and are looking forward to making the most of the opportunities coming our way. We’ve made the best of it byContinue reading ““And now the magic will happen…””
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