Looking Back Over the Last 12 Months

This is a long post, so make sure you've got your cuppa, a tray of biscuits, and enjoy our journey back through 2017 with us!

First up, I’ve had an absolute blast throughout 2017...I’ve achieved things I never thought I would, learnt a lot along the way & best of all, feel the strongest partnership I ever have with Louie!

So with that I hope you enjoy hearing EVERYTHING we've been up to over the last year, whether with Louie or on the blog itself, literally everything is in here!! Hopefully, you'll enjoy each month's lessons too!

"On the back of a horse, you will find paradise"

- Stella A Walker

Blogger's Corner: Make your images more than just a pretty picture

This instalment of Blogger's Corner is all about image optimisation and making your images more than just visual additions to your blog's content. I'll take you through three quick and easy steps to make your images even more useful for every single post!

How many of us use images within our blog posts? Probably all of us...I for sure find it weird posting without anything visual.

Next question... Why do we feel the need to use images? Most of us will probably answer to help break up our content, demonstrate the point we make in our post, make it look visually more appealing to the reader...

Dressage Competition Report - 02/12/2017

Earlier this week, I took the plunge to re-affiliate my membership to British Dressage and joined Louie up for the first time. I'd managed to find time in my work schedule to take a long weekend, so thought a Saturday dressage competition was a great way to spend one of the days!!

After all of the wet weather we have had over the last week, I wasn't looking forward to bathing, and working back from our first test time, I was due to start washing at about 8am. So I thought I'd try something a bit different - washing his tail and legs the evening before. With the icy conditions outside, I opted for the "warmth" of the barn, using buckets of warm water and a sponge brush. Thankfully, Andrew was on hand to keep us topped up on clean water. After a quick towel dry, I bandaged all four legs for the night. I knew that the fronts would be fine, but wasn't sure whether I'd find some stains on his back legs where he had pooped through the night.

November Round Up

I don't think I ever sit down to write one of these reports and struggle for content... Ever month seems to be jam packed with activity and days out.

November was full of training sessions, both on the flat and jumping, as well as a dressage competition at a local venue. We've shared our favourite Instagram accounts, why we think Premier Equine make the best winter rugs and our riding ambitions as part of November's blog hop!

So read on to take a flick through the month in full...