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Pregnant mare rescued from slaughter – video
While I was browsing YouTube, I found a cute video about a US charity saving a pregnant mare from the auction that mainly leads to slaughter. Soon after her rescue, the mare gave birth to this cute, cute, cute foal! My heart melts!
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The benefits of volunteering
Recently I wrote a post with the title ‘The price of volunteering”, describing my injury during a volunteering day at my new equestrian club. Now I’m writing the opposite; what you get from volunteering. My CV is full of all kinds of voluntary work both in my professional and leisure sectors. I have spent thousands of hours working for free in NGOs, equestrian clubs, research projects. I could spend those hours doing some paid work, that’s true. Paid work is necessary to live. But unpaid work will fill the gaps in your life. You get all kinds of rewards; contacts, opportunities, expertise, capabilities, experience and things that you would normally pay…
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The price of volunteering
And now that the… democratic show has officially ended in Greece, it’s time to return to my daily routine, including regular blogging. I failed to blog so often, as I spent many hours watching live on news websites discussions and updates from the Greek and the rest of the political world. This is so irrelevant to this post, but, anyway, I would like to share it with somebody. Two days ago I volunteered with the new equestrian club. Before I even got up in the morning, the day had been proved a disaster. There was a thunderstorm outside, I had to go on foot to the next bus stop (as…
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A new equestrian club for Christina
My goals this summer include more involvement with equestrianism, including taking lessons to improve my techniques, plus volunteering to learn about how to loo after horses. But Trent Valley is too far and just going there and returning takes me one day, plus it’s costly. Therefore, I contacted another riding school, called “Saint Leonard’s”, which is 15′ from my students’ hall by bus, on the boarders of Nottinghamshire. And there we go, at 9:45 am I was at α soaked bus stop, waiting anxiously. I had seen some pictures on their website, but I didn’t have a clear picture of the environment, the atmosphere, the facilities. So, I didn’t know…
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Ten things that most novice equestrians have done already
Being introduced to equestrianism is not just about starting your journey in the sphere of a demanding sport, it is about changing your way of living. Once you start riding, you are introduced to new things, moves that your brain is not used to and needs to learn from scratch, words you have not heard, equipment you have not seen. Clothes you have not worn. So here is a list of what you might have… accomplished so far if you are a novice equestrian: 1.You know how to walk, trot and canter. With confidence or not, you have already worked on the basics of riding. You might have a balance…
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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 the bus and, after getting wrong instructions, I got off quite earlier, thus having to run through the premises of the university’s hospital (huge hospital, by the way), I finally met the girls. And, of course, we were late. The route from Nottingham city centre is quite long, about one hour by car. So, while Rowena was driving us to the place, I had plenty of time to gaze around the all-green scenery. The weather was just…