Found my brave pants!!

[AuntieDee]

I have posted this already but I need to shout from the rooves! I have found a dip in my confidence lately and today I found my brave pants and left the ground for the first time in over a year - yay me :)

Well done you!

Now keep um on!

Love it when something goes well and you have the need to scream it!

Bonkey - now to improve :)

I love my little piece of heaven. I am lucky enough to have my horses at home. I was living in a 2 bed terrace and had two on assisted livery because I work shifts. I worked out, for what I was paying I could rent my house out, and then rent a yard with a house for the same amount. So I now have a 4 bed farmhouse with 16 acres, 5 stables and a school. It's amazing! Hay costs me nothing now either as a farmer cuts my fields for me and takes half in payment - I got 24 large bales last year and still have 8 left :)

The horses kinda multiplied though and I now have 4 eek ;)

Lovely picture! I hope the confidence keeps on growing.

Tanks velociraptor :) there are very few pictures of me riding as I tend to rip my position to shreds. It's far from perfect but I am happy with it. It's one of only 3 pictures in existence of me jumping - and I put it on the Internet lol

Well done you - onwards and upwards!

I'm with you on photographic evidence, there are loads of me around and about and either I'm unhappy with my position/face, or horse looks awful! I've found one recently which when I get a moment I'll scan and put up. My brave pants were very firmly hitched up as it was teamchasing this spring - my first foray into this and absolutely terrifying (but great fun once you'd done it).

Oh my instructor is talking about trying team chasing - sounds like great fun and good to make the horse and also rider braver as you can take a lead I guess.

Here it is!

Oh that's a cracking shot :) I want a go now :)

i love these pics! i also left the ground for the first time EVER today (albeit accidentally... - pony decided that after a canter we were going for the jump (not a massive one about a foot)) was v scared. but hung on. almost pooped my pants!

OOh goodness I have never jumped! Well done you!

I was about to start jumping as a teen when I left and went down the dance route!

Just starting back as an adult with trotting now.

eeek!

ememem84 Well done! The buzz of doing it well worth the fear eh??

giraffes - glad you have taken up riding again :) Keep us updated with how it goes :)

Yes!!! Can't wait until I actually get to do it properly - ie when I want to....!!

But it was amazing. Only a small wee jump about a ft. But still. I'd previously only done trotting poles.