Stay safe
Whilst the wild and free galloping image in your head is wonderful, so is having the use of your arms and legs and no unplanned dismounts on hard sand or chilly waters! My own horse is a clairvoyant and can see dead people and monsters that no one else can. He also despises puddles and his trademark shoulder drop and spin is fast as lightning. His ‘pet’ names are Monkey brain Cheetah toes and the Ginja Ninja. So the first time I went to the beach I did take some precautions which helped us all to stay alive. The place we stay at in Lincoln offers accompanied beach rides and even if you have a sane horse I’d advise taking this option up if it’s your first time on the beach. We were accompanied by a really lovely cob who had a great calming influence and the guide rider of course knew every inch of the beach and hack down. I also made sure my horse was lunged before heading down and having additional facilities such as a school on site can be very useful especially if you’re unlucky with the weather.
Capture the memories forever
Another reason to bring the other half or a friend on foot is to make sure you capture lots of photos of the happiness you’ll no doubt feel on your beach adventure. If you and a friend are going alone then most places will know of local photographers who will come down and do a proper photoshoot. Either way, ride’em like you stole him and enjoy every single sunkissed moment.
7 have fun at the beach! By cover star, Rebecca Kirby
I’ve just got back from a lovely break away with my horse Gaby, six of my friends (Ann, Ian, Abs, Ali, Nicole and Michele) and their horses. It’s the third time we have been to stay at the B&B, Home Farm Stables, at Holme next the Sea on the north Norfolk coast. Angela and Drew Attew always make us and our horses very welcome there and Drew - a professional photographer - came along and took some amazing pictures for all of us.
The sun shone for the entire holiday, we were so lucky. After a delicious cooked breakfast, we rode out twice a day along the beach, sometimes stopping for an ice cream at Old Hunstan- ton, splashing through the sea as much as possible and making the most of the beautiful unspoilt stretches of sand. The horses all loved going in the sea although some weren’t as keen on the bigger waves, snorting at them and backing away, and then (suddenly brave!) following them as they receded.
One of our group, Ann Bostock, is a BE accredited coach and she gave the rest of us a jumping lesson on a couple of mornings, which was great fun - it was like being at Pony Club camp. We sat out in the sun cleaning tack after our rides, drinking Pimms (maybe that wasn’t very Pony Club) and played badminton and boules. On the last morning we played gymkhana games on the beach – it seems that this isn’t mine and Gaby’s forte and we’d better stick to show jumping and dressage!
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There are so many lovely pubs and restaurants around that area that we had great meals out every day. It’s a good job we rode so much otherwise we would have been letting the waistbands out a few holes!
We have booked to go back next Smmer and we are looking forward to it already - spending so much time with our horses, relaxing and having fun together is just bliss!
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