tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824113650836829685.post5031141748230215523..comments2023-06-11T20:40:30.199-04:00Comments on Here there be dragons...: Better :) Not that it could've been much worse...Lauren Cude Horsfallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15713938333921978342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824113650836829685.post-60057111463785677082008-10-11T08:19:00.000-04:002008-10-11T08:19:00.000-04:00Hey Barb,Foot's ok -- nothing broken, just bruised...Hey Barb,<BR/><BR/>Foot's ok -- nothing broken, just bruised. I rode in paddock boots so to avoid trying to fit into my field boots, and avoided climbing fences for toady, but otherwise all good.<BR/><BR/>There are sort of three levels of trails on the property (discounting the XC course where you can go anywhere). The first trails - which Cayman's been mostly sticking to till today - are wide and flattened enough that a truck/tractor/gaitor/etc can go through -- some of these are gravel, others grass, and there are basically 3 of them running parallel at different altitudes (they all end @ the XC course). They twist and turn but very gently and while there are hills (it IS a mountain) they're not brutal.<BR/><BR/>The 2nd level has still obviously been cleared but not wide enough for vehicles. These connect the various big trails and sometimes can be quite steep. They're also, at the moment, covered in leaves so I don't *always* know where they actually go! These twist a little but seem to be mostly to get from one trail to the other.<BR/><BR/>The 3rd level is basically bushwacking -- may or may not have been a trail there @ some point in history, enuff space to squeze a horse through the trees if you're creative. I wouldn't do these alone cause I mostly can't discern what's 'trail' and what's not :) These were the more interesting parts of yesterday's ride :) *Very* twisty. Very fun :) Good for the whole 'teach your horse to think' thing -- "ooohhhhh shit; this isn't good, you figure it out!" hahahaLauren Cude Horsfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713938333921978342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824113650836829685.post-76624068191175842372008-10-11T00:34:00.000-04:002008-10-11T00:34:00.000-04:00Hey!?? How's your squoze (that would be the past t...Hey!?? How's your squoze (that would be the past tense of 'squashed') foot? <BR/>Sound like "not broken" (whew!) or straight up-down and intermittent bushwhacking wouldn't have been possible.<BR/>Do you (the horses and riders on this property) literally wander into the woods anywhere at random? or are there multitudes of vaguely semi-cleared pathways meandering hither and yon which a person can ramble around on without placing horse and rider accidently in a precarious situation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com