shame about the rider's incompetence today ....
i was wondering for ages why i felt uncomfortable etc, and then when we went to trot i couldn't ge her moving and felt as though i was tipping....
realised a stirrup was the wrong way round (quite important with HM stirrups...) then a little while later realised i didn't have the leathers the same length ....duh. i was thinking the saddle had slipped, all sorts .... what a nit.
but we saw some new born lambs - molly nearly stood on the afterbirth whilst we were standing watching the mother lick the later one dry ... they were so new they still had the umbilical hanging down, we must have just missed the birth itself by seconds... and i had the camera with me, with what i thought were new batteries in ... dead as a doornail. heyho.
and i really don't like hills at the moment.... niether of us are balanced enough for them. we went down a different way, all grass no rocky tracks, so it was easier, but still not totally clever. never mind, we'll get there, and i'd have been a lot better had my stirrups been right....
Keeping My Fingers Crossed
8 years ago
2 comments:
Takes a while sometimes to get all the tack details sorted out. The saddle should be better with the stirrup length matching. I'd bet you are riding straighter and perhaps just discovered the difference because your seat is more correct.
Hills are great for building balance. Do you have any gentle ones to work on? That way you can build up your courage and work on your balance at the same time. Molly will need to learn how to put her hind legs under her body.
You are doing just fine. Take each step as it comes and you are going to surprise yourself.
nice idea jean and i am in fact riding straighter... it was my own fault it was wrong this morning, didn't half stretch my right thigh!!! won't do that again - it was a case of more haste less speed.
there aren't too many gentle hills, i have to say - and there is one really bad one that i am only ever doing again going up, not down!
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