Horseriding Zara

My grandaughters (5 and 7) have been riding since they could sit up. To see them ( very confidently) jumping fences is enough to scare the living daylights out of me.

My DIL has only just recovered from a nasty accident she had when she was trampled when bringing two (rival) horses in from the field.

When my daughter was small we bought a bike for her from Lord Falmouth's Estate Manager. Shortly afterwards his daughter, who had owned the bike, was killed turning her pony out into the field. It just kicked up its heels as she let it go and caught her on the head. I accidently reversed the car over the bike one afternoon and was quite pleased as I was never quite happy having it around after the accident. The moral is always keep a pony facing you and back it through the gate and move smartly out of range as soon as you let it loose.

Deedaa My DIL was leading her own and a friends horse out of the field and back into the stable. She thinks her horse was jealous and basically they both reared up and trampled on her leg and face. She was "lucky" that she only ended up with a broken leg, cheek bone and a face like she had done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson. She managed to curl into a ball which probably saved her from a much more serious injury. Girls and their horses eh???? I can understand your feelings about the bike, I would have felt the same.

Gosh GILLY your poor DIL, how is she faring now ? Does she feel at all nervous round the horse ? Or has she put it down to a "One off"?

Oh Nonushe hobbled to the bloomin' stables on crutches every day and was worried that her horse might feel worried that he had hurt her! She was back in the saddle as soon as she could be. I think it would take more than a few breaks and bumps to put her off!

GILLIE < DIL"s eh ??

By the by were did you actually go on holiday ??

Probably breaking some kind of sacred rule here , about changing subject SO, if you don"t want to be implicated , don"t answer .

LOL

It's really no secret Nonu . I am not one for exotic holidays. In fact I don't often have holidays at all, but I went to Ibiza. It has the reputation of being a party island dedicated to the young but that is far from the real Ibiza which is a beautiful island with lovely scenery, walks, food etc. I had a lovely, peaceful, relaxing holiday. Sadly now back down to earth with a BUMP.

Surely any sport has its inherent dangers and young mums-to-be have to be sensible. I wasn't too thrilled when I discovered that DD had done The Great North Run when barely 8 weeks pregnant - but she didn't tell either her sister who had gone to watch or myself until (safely) afterwards.

Isn't it the top right hand corner of Ibiza that's supposed to be really beautiful?

We visited the far eastern side of Ibiza Tegan (Santa Eulalia) which is (in my opinion) the nicest part of the island. It boasts the only river in the Balearics and is very family/ couples orientated rather than young singles. We enjoyed travelling around by water taxi and the beautiful marina where you can people watch while you sip your Sangria.

Shall we just rename this thread "Ibiza" or let it bite the dust?

Sorry Gracesmum I didn't think the "slight" diversion was doing any harm.

No it's not. Just wondering why Nonu didn't merely pm you. And seeing (apparent) new posts had been expecting more on exercise in pregnancy or "dangerous" sports.

Gilly - Nonu keeps doing this for whatever reason - I find it's best not to come out to play but that doesn't mean you shouldn't - I ( and some others) would just welcome the odd constructive relevant comment from her amidst all this irrelevancy which I personally find quite negative in motive. Never been to Ibiza or on a horse BTW

My eldest daughter put me to shame in the swimming pool when she was eight months pregnant with her sixth child. She did 80 lengths to my 40. She also cycled until the day before the birth. Her sister loathed any form of exercise and used her four pregnancies as an excuse to do even less than usual.
Since she emigrated to New Zealand, my older daughter has found again the great pleasure she had in riding when she was a teenager. She started by volunteering at Riding for the Disabled, but is now getting part of her large garden ready as a paddock so she can keep her own horse at home.
I used to look away when my girls were taking part in gymkhanas in their teens - even the 4' fences terrified me.
I did have some lessons myself but I prefer transport which I can control completely!

I must be very slow on the uptake as I still cannot see what was wrong in Nonu's comment or even my reply???????? I made a comment about my DIL being trampled by her horse. I mentioned I had just returned from holiday, Nonu asked where I had been........and here we are. What does it matter?
Surely that is how conversations naturally progress? Anyway we are back on track now.

I know what you mean Greatnan It terrifies me (as a non rider) to see my two little ones jumping those (huge) fences in the many gymkhanas they attend.

Our children didn't give a hoot about minor tumbles. Plaster casts (thankfully we didn't need any) were signed and horror stories swapped. DD2 had a broken toe when her pony stood on her and DS was dragged across some gravel (painful.) Other than that we survived many very happy years of a sport which taught them to love and care for their animals. The outdoor life kept them fit and healthy, gave them a competitive spirit but also sympathy and encouragement for others. Yes, there were some nasty accidents amongst our horsey 'set' but I can't think of a better way for our chldren to have grown up.

Bluebell threads just do wander. It's allowed. It's called "chatting". A thread can be quite easily brought back to the original subject.

gilly I love Santa Eulalia it was beautiful 37 yrs ago, we visited when we were in Ibiza for our honeymoon.

Still is very beautiful Glass but I don't want to get you into trouble for moving on the subject!

GILLY ,

Iam glad you enjoyed yourself , holidays are refreshing .

I thought though you were off to the States ?

Perhaps you should do both bluebell , might loosen you up !!!

Eh? #losttheplothere

Good on you Zara - what a refreshing change, with pregnancy increasingly seen as an 'illness'. She is an excellent rider and will know how to alter her riding habit to suit as her pregnancy progresses.

graces, why shouldn't someone run at only eight weeks pregnant? Presumably she'd been training for it long before she got pregnant? It wouldn't have been something she was unfit for. I continued Scottish dancing until 39 weeks pregnant. My muscles were used to it. I couldn't do quite as much as I had been used to or with quite as much energy but I felt no need to stop completely.