Diary of an Amateur Equestrian on Maternity Leave
Hello, and welcome back to the blog. Since my last post, “Becoming a Sidelines Equestrian,” I’ve often wondered in what way horses might find their way back into my life. To be honest, I didn’t have an answer. At the time, I thought that writing about them was all I could manage— and even that …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog. It’s been a while since I’ve written- far longer than I intended. I guess I just haven’t known what to say. My baby is now almost 9 weeks old and while he keeps me very busy, I still think about and miss horses, riding and writing on my …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog. It’s been a little while since I last wrote and I’ve sat down so many times trying to figure out what to say, pondering if there was even a point in this blog anymore. Since it’s inception, BBequines was where I shared the highs, lows, and everything in …
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Hello, and welcome back to the blog. Every year I sit down to write a post about my intentions for the new year. It is something that I normally look forward to; I’m usually full of motivation and aspiration, excited for the fresh start that comes with the new year. However, this year as I …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog. It’s been a sad time of late and also a time of much change. Today, I’m going to share a few words about Harry. I lost my beautiful horse, Harry, about a month ago to a complicated episode of colic. What initially was considered a reaction to a …
THE MONTHLY MUSTERJanuary Newsletter Hello, and welcome back to the blog for the January Monthly Muster; the first Muster of the year! It's been a month full of changes again for me but I am hoping fervently that this will start to calm down; I'd love to be in more of a flow state in …
THE MONTHLY MUSTEROctober Newsletter Hello, and welcome back to the blog! It has been another couple of months since I last wrote and I am very much out of the habit. In addition to that, every time I open up a new post page I find my mind being uncharacteristically silent as I stare into …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog. It has been a while... yet again! Wow, how life gets in the way. I have recently been watching 'Free Rein' on Netflix and listening to Joanna Thurman-Baker and Evelina Shrieve's new podcast 'That's Lame' and it has made me reflect on where I am currently in respect …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! Today I would like to share my intentions for 2023. I like to create intentions for all areas of my life; mind and spirit, physical, environmental, social, financial and vocational. However, for the purpose of this blog, I am going to focus on my equestrian goals. 2022 has …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! Today I am sharing a little about the plans for the month of December with my young horse Bryni. Click here to see last month's plan. As I mentioned in The Monthly Muster: November post, things have been going well. I have been considering my own training as …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! This week I am sharing my thoughts on building a strong bond with your horse through building a meaningful connection. I have recently bought a new horse and I have found myself questioning the connection I have with her and considering on a core level 'how do I …
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Hello, and welcome back to the blog! Today I would like to share some training tips about how to deal with tension when working with your horse. Unfortunately, many horses are tense when they are being ridden and it is not good for their minds or bodies to be carrying themselves in this way. It …
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Hello, and welcome back to the blog! I have an exciting post to share today... I got my new horse! She is just beautiful, inside and out and I can't wait for our journey together. I have wanted to buy another horse for quite a few years now but I was never in the position …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! Once again, things got busy and my blogging went out of the window, but that's ok. This move has been a huge transition for me and I am only starting to find my feet now. Things have moved along a little since I last posted. I still haven't …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! It's been a minute since I wrote for BBequines but there has been so much going on in my life that I guess I didn't know what to say. Bo is retired now so I never had much to write about in that aspect, and because I knew …
Hello, and welcome back to the blog! I'm sat in bed with covid at the moment which is really not ideal given I am in the process of both planning my wedding and preparing to move to Australia. Really, my life in Scotland is down to a number of weeks remaining and I want to …
I remember seeing the No Stirrups November challenge last year but I didn't take part. This year, I remembered on time and so I have decided I would like to give it a go. I have decided to challenge myself to ride 10 times (at least) throughout November with no stirrups. The main reason I …
When I took on a Highland pony a few months back, the opportunity to share Bo came up. I thought at the time it would be a useful thing to do both because I had another horse to ride and because my fiancé and I are planning to emigrate and so having someone set up …
I’ve taken a little break from blogging and pretty much everything to do with social media recently. I can’t even put a finger on why. I guess when I returned back to school for my NQT (newly qualified teacher) year, things have just been busy and a little all over the place. I gave Ghillie …
Yesterday was such a fun- filled day because Bo and I went to our first ever cross country training hire! It sounds funny saying that since I have had Bo for around 9 years and this is just us doing our first one, but there is reason for that. Anyway, my friend and I had …
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