OK, I am worried you're going to think I'm crazy, but here goes.
I have never ridden properly - last even sat on a horse approximately 30 years ago (and it was sidesaddle and I was wearing medieval clothes....) and I really want to learn more about riding and horses because I write historical fiction and I feel like not understanding horses and riding is a huge gap in my knowledge, the sort of thing you can only really understand through doing it.
I live in a rural area with lots of horses and I keep seeing them go past my house and thinking more and more that I really want to give it a go.
I'm 41, reasonably fit, not particularly well co-ordinated (so I can't imagine ever being seriously good at it) but also not unusually bad.
So I'm thinking about finding a local riding school and seeing if they do beginners' classes. Would I need lots of expensive clothes (boots and hat and jodhpurs)? Am I too old? Will everyone laugh at me if I'm rubbish?
Any advice? Thanks!
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TunipTheUnconquerable · 13/11/2013 17:25
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