Lodestar Eventing

Mabe Rain stopped the planned group hack this morning so Mabel had to put up with schooling.

Sloes. Meet gin. Mabel sliced the inside of her leg a few weeks back, probably in an incident involving Monster, so has just had three weeks off work. She’s been fit to go out hacking and it has been nice on a Saturday or Sunday morning to head out for a few miles. We’ve been [...]

The little minx! Bad girl

Getting Ready To Throw A Tantrum The time has come for Monster to repay her dues. I remember when she was the newbie to the mean streets, being shepherded round by the Naughty Pony. She soon went on to solo outings, and apart from a few tantrums on the Ribble restraining wall brought on by [...]

Two Wheels I recently had a day of mountain bike skills training with Ed Oxley of Great Rock. [Image copyright and courtesy Ed Oxley] A lot of what I had to learn was about fore/aft balance and how, for too long I’ve been leaning too far off the back of the bike. I had to [...]