Diary of an Amateur Equestrian on Maternity Leave
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 …
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 …
Today marks the first day of the Easter Holidays and I am super excited to get Bo fit for summer. I want to have a really fun summer with Bo this year and do some jumping just for fun (very low level as he is arthritic so we’ll only be jumping tiny fences), hack further …
Looking at arthritis Arthritis is the inflammation of a joint which causes stiffness and pain due to the breakdown of cartilage in the joint. As the cartilage breaks down, the synovial fluid which lubricates the joint loses it's ability to facilitate smooth movement in the joint. As a result, this creates pain and stiffness. It …
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