Ridgeway Ride RESULT!

We had a wonderful weekend riding the Ridgeway on our awe-inspiring horses. Over 3 days we covered 49 miles of incredible countryside, which despite being in one of the busiest parts of England felt remote and unspoiled and we were surrounded by history at every step as the Ridgeway has been a well-used trackway for 6,000 years. 

We had a fantastic time and the horses did us more than proud, looking as fresh and well at the end of day 3 as at the start of our ride. Their feet had no problems at all coping with the mileage or the sometimes very tough chalk and flint.
 

Best of all we have reached our target of raising £2900 for Wilberry's Wonder Pony, the bone cancer charity we were supporting. If anyone else wants to donate the link is here: https://www.justgiving.com/companyteams/RRRR

 Thanks so much to Annette who did the lion's share of the organisation, Cathy, her mum who catered for us and provided superb picnics every day. Thanks to Peter, Lucy, Helen, Annette and Fiona for great company and most of all to our noble steeds, Kira, Teak, Mrs Hoggitt, Pocholo, Prince and Felix.

There is footage here of us on the Barbury Castle gallops!

...and here are the feet at the end of all those miles...Hoggitt...

 ...Kira... 

 ...Felix...

 ...Pocholo...

...Prince...

....and Teak...

I love the fact that each horse's hooves look totally different but they were all equally competent. There's a lesson there somewhere...