Dd12 and her friend, have just gone for a hack on their own. Friend has downgraded to a slightly safer pony, dd is on her not very bright new forest. The safe pony will keep Newfie sensible, and she is by no means dangerous, but quite frankly I'm bricking it!! 
Oooh,well done to them both,and you for letting them.DD1 and I were talking about this on a hack this morning and I was debating when she could go off with a friend.She is only 8 so we've got a while to wait yet.
Well they are back, and in one piece! <<huge sigh of relief>> I'm not sure I can go through that again!
Glad all is well. I sat in the car at the yard for 2 hours when DD first went out with friends "adult free".....just in case, you know?
I solved the problem of worrying about dd! Second trip of the day, I sent her with my iPhone! I spent the whole time worrying about that instead! 
Pixel
Mon 02-Jan-12 16:46:10
Those of you who have iphones, have you seen this? horse rider S.O.S. It would put a lot of minds at rest 
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The weird thing is that these days i can't physically bring myself to hack out without a mobile, yet I remember going out hacking with friends for hours around the age of 10-12years with no adults in sight (once right in the middle of a phesant shoot!) - don't know how my Mum coped!
Dappleton, we used to hack down the inside lane of the A12 when I was a kid! It sends me into palpitations just thinking about it! <<faints>>
CalamityKate
Mon 09-Jan-12 17:50:38
That horse rider SOS thing has got 3 reviews and they're all crap LOL!
Pixel
Mon 09-Jan-12 20:27:01
Oh dear! 
well I don't have an iphone so I know nothing about apps.
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CalamityKate
Tue 10-Jan-12 10:41:20
It would have been a brilliant idea Pixel <pat>
Butkin
Tue 10-Jan-12 10:55:27
We know how you feel - our DD (8) went hacking for 1 1/2 hours in a local forest with a little friend for the first time in December.
We were on foot but of course within a couple of mins they were out of sight.
We were very pleased when they came back safely but not so happy when they announced that they had swapped ponies after about an hour "just to see how they felt" !
MitchierInge
Tue 10-Jan-12 12:05:11
it's a weird feeling isn't it - mine (usually so nervous) hates hacking but somehow when I was in hospital she was happy to hack along a main road and up the high street to the co-op for sweets, leaving her pony in the car park with some random and tell me all about it, safe from my intervention
I could have done with a tracking device on DD1 [8] last week.She went hunting with a friend and her daughter-first time out for her and didn't come home for 4.5 hours. I wasn't worried as both she and pony are sensible,but would have liked to have known where she was.
My dd sometimes goes out on her own!!!!!!!!
She loves it- and comes back so relaxed and happy. I, on the other hand.......!
