This winter I made the decision to change my horses’ feed to Connolly’s Red Mills. I wasn’t concerned about what I had been feeding them, however, this year there have been quite a few changes made with Giselle being in foal and the addition of Luca, my very large 3-year-old Irish Sport horse gelding. Now … Continue reading Changing to Connolly’s Red Mills Horse Feed
The first full family portrait - all three of the WAR Horses in one frame! 🥳 Today's WARider Challenge post is all about Juke Box Day. What song is going to shape your day or represents you and your horse(s)? Today the song "We are Family" is repeating in my head in celebration of Luca … Continue reading Wild Atlantic Wednesday – We are Family
Hello and welcome back to the Wild Atlantic Bake Off . It's week three, believe it or not! This week I put an Instagram poll up asking my followers to decide on what to bake and this week Key Lime Pie came out a winner. This recipe is simple and is very easy to follow. … Continue reading Wild Atlantic Bake Off – Key Lime Pie
Today's WARider Challenge is "Do a Good Deed Day." At the time I chose this as a theme, I didn't really think about it too much. I think it was inspired by an incident I had just experienced that day in a supermarket, which had huge impact on the quality of my day. It got … Continue reading The Science Behind Kindness
Hello and welcome to this week's WARider Challenge. This week's exercise is called Take the Plunge - Plunge meaning to jump or dive quickly and energetically, and of course, being a Wild Atlantic Rider, I had to have a little play on some water words! This exercise is designed to get you thinking on your … Continue reading Take the Plunge! WARider November Lockdown Riding Challenge
Once upon a time there was a mare called Miss G, She lived in a big yard that started with a C. When she was young she was more than renowned, Her sass and her attitude, she wore like a crown. Her tail it would swish and her ears would go back, A show jumping … Continue reading National Princess Day – Her Royal Highness Miss G
“𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.” ᴠᴏʟᴛᴀɪʀᴇ Appreciation - "The recognition & enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something.""A full understanding of a situation..."It's acknowledgment... gratitude.... recognition. It's giving thanks. Today for the #WARiderChallenge is a follower appreciation post. This can be dedicated to … Continue reading Sunday Smiles – Follower Appreciation Post
Well..... You'd swear I had planned it, but I can assure you, I hadn't! This week's episode of the GBBO opening with cheese cakes! Anyway.. I love cheesecake - especially New York style baked ones... Yum and Yum. And I'm gonna throw this out there right now - there is nothing healthy about this bad … Continue reading Wild Atlantic Bake Off – It’s Cheese Cake Week!
Hello and welcome to the second riding challenge for the WARider November Lockdown series. Seeing as this post is going live on Friday the 13th, I did suffer from a little bit of trepidation before settling on the idea - hence the name! All I'll say is falling off is not allowed! This week is … Continue reading Getting In Touch With Your Inner Child Riding Challenge
In the US it's known as Veteran's day and in the UK it's called Armistice Day. Either way, the 11th of November remembers the day that WW1 ended on the 11th Day, at the 11th hour, all those years ago but also offers the chance to honour and acknowledge all of those who have served … Continue reading Wild Atlantic Wednesday – Dedicated to Veteran’s Day
