These relaxing 4-day (3-night) mid week breaks offer pretty and varied riding country through delightful scenery with wild ponies (and the occasional donkeys, pigs and cows!); super pubs for lunch stops and evening meals; and friendly, comfortable B&Bs for relaxing and stocking up on a good breakfast for the day ahead (which includes getting down and dirty with your horse!).
Being small and exclusive (these trips generally consist of no more than 6 persons, including your guides), this is an ideal time to develop a relationship with the horse we have chosen for you and with us on the rides to offer advice or assistance, a time to develop or brush up on your riding skills.
It helps to be reasonably fit but as long as you are able to advise us accurately on your level of experience in advance of booking we should be able to ensure the horse we provide and the routes chosen suit your level of experience. We do however reserve the right to change the itinerary at any time if required to suit your ability, or prevailing weather conditions.
3 night/4 day option:
Tuesday
We travel down Tuesday morning and arrive just in time to settle the horses and enjoy a pleasurable lunch at a local
pub before returning to tack up the horses, and have an enjoyable, gentle introductory afternoon ride. Back at the B&B we settle the horses down for the evening before setting off for our evening meal.
Wednesday:
At 0730, after feeding the horses breakfast and mucking out, we'll be ready for our own breakfast. Then its all hands to the deck as we prepare the horses for the day and set off.
After a relaxing morning with maybe a gentle canter we'll stop at a pub for a lunchtime drink (and maybe a snack if hungry - not usually required given the size of breakfast!), before continuing our exploration of this delightful part of the world. On our return to base we'll groom and feed the horses before retiring for a well earned, albeit short rest, before going out to dinner.
Thursday:
As Wednesday apart from exploring a different route and pubs.
Friday:
Similar morning stables format, plus additional tidying up to leave the stables/yards spick and span. Then its off for a last ride before we return to the B&B and load the horses for the journey home.
The cost is £450 which includes:
Hire of the horse
Horse transport
Stabling for 3 nights - including bedding and feed
Bed and breakfast for 3 nights
Horse transport
Stabling for 3 nights - including bedding and feed
Bed and breakfast for 3 nights
Lunch time drinks etc plus evening drinks and meals are not included in the price.
Payment:
A £100 deposit is taken at the time of booking and one month prior to going, a further amount of £100 is payable. The final payment of £250 is taken 10 days before leaving. These amounts are paid in stages to allow us to pay related expenses to our New Forest colleagues and unfortunately, once these payments are made, we cannot refund your costs.
