My adventures
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My first vaulting lesson
Last Friday I took my first vaulting lesson with the university’s riding club. The equestrian club we had booked the lesson with specialises in vaulting and it is quite far from Nottingham, in…
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Preparing for vaulting
One and a half year ago, on a skiing centre, when my sisters returned from the slopes were stunned to find out that I was gone, having rented equipment and hired a trainer,…
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Volunteering with RDA at Dukeries Leisure Centre
Last Saturday was a quite interesting day, as we volunteered at the RDA centre in Dukeries, Nottinghamshire. The day would be interesting, with a lot of running; I ran like crazy to catch…
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A post with no purpose
Hello everybody! It’s been a long absence, as I have been fighting with a 5,000 word postgrad essay monster. A big one, I have to say. So big, that, 24 hours after its…
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My new riding whip
To reward myself for going through successfully a quite harsh year, and to celebrate my first year as an equestrian, I ordered a great whip from Amazon. I had expected it for days…
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One year of equestrianism
I was so excited about cantering yesterday, that I forgot about my first equestrian anniversary. It was 1 May when I called Yannis to ask him about the lessons and the next day…