jinglejoys
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Post by jinglejoys on Jan 10, 2011 22:05:01 GMT 1
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Post by bertie666 on Jan 10, 2011 22:09:09 GMT 1
nuffinkness JJ  thanks for trying tho |
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Post by anastasia55555 on Jan 10, 2011 22:10:13 GMT 1
madness, i would have thought it would be good too!
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Post by lisap on Jan 10, 2011 22:18:39 GMT 1
It's not just bridleways that horseriders can use. You can ride on BOATS (Byway open to all traffic) and white roads. Often you can link from quiet lanes to bridleways. Cheshire only has 60 miles of bridleways in the entire county, but with a bit of exploration by car and on foot, and with a little ingenuity, you can make the most of your local riding. We set up our own bridleway group about 7 years ago now. If you go to www.northcheshireriders.webs.com you can see how we went about it, and how we made the best of our local riding.  |
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Post by anastasia55555 on Jan 10, 2011 22:24:30 GMT 1
think i need to get an actual OS map, bit hard to try and move around well on the online maps.
Im quite lucky in that we have the TROT route we pay to use, but it is shut some days, so would be good to find alternatives, or even just a different route to go off on part way round the TROT
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Post by bertie666 on Jan 10, 2011 22:25:13 GMT 1
Lisa thats brilliant - Mellymoo what do u reckon to a yorks one?!?!
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Post by Mellymoo on Jan 10, 2011 23:05:15 GMT 1
Sounds like a plan bertie!! You can be in charge though - I'll be your gobby deputy!!
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Post by bertie666 on Jan 10, 2011 23:16:00 GMT 1
pmsl - er Liissaaaaaaaa (singsong voice!) where do we start pwease?!
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Post by Dragonmaster on Jan 10, 2011 23:24:37 GMT 1
flipping heck mellymoo - here comes some illegal riding then!  The two or three ones there are miss me completely! I used to know and ride with a girl who, if she saw the gate to a field open when out riding, would go in and canter round. She had no shame! Not something I would really recommend if you want to stay on good terms with local farmers.... ....although there is a field near me that looks VERY tempting......  |
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Post by bertie666 on Jan 10, 2011 23:29:52 GMT 1
depends if ur prepared to go around afterwards, scrub out the hoofprints and bury the poo!
Seriously though Mellymoo I think that is worth a few of us getting on to its dire around here and really shouldnt be!
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Post by jinglejoys on Jan 10, 2011 23:35:02 GMT 1
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Post by rosemaryhannah on Jan 10, 2011 23:43:15 GMT 1
I used to find that a friendly chat with farmers, and a promise not to ride when ground was too wet or crops or stock in the field got me permission to gallop off over most fields. Mind you 'not wet' can be the hard one!
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Post by bertie666 on Jan 10, 2011 23:44:55 GMT 1
ooo good book find! I looked at the horse riding routes page on the equine ramblers but im east yorks and there was nothing for me |
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Post by jinglejoys on Jan 11, 2011 0:09:01 GMT 1
ooo good book find! I looked at the horse riding routes page on the equine ramblers but im east yorks and there was nothing for me If you ask on the forum someone might tell you a route |
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Post by barbararob on Jan 11, 2011 12:03:00 GMT 1
you can get an OS map printed with your yard/field/home/stable as the central point. A freind did one for me but we have so much off road that I don't often go exploring.
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thanks for trying tho
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