Random Small World Moment

So on Thurs I was chatting with one of the women I work with who I don’t know well but have met a few times.  I mentioned that I wasn’t going out with the team after work because I had tickets to the Royal and the fact that her eyes lit up rather than giving me a confused look lmk she was probably a horse person.   Sure enough, v much a re-rider, had ridden as a kid and started back up super-recently.   So we chatted for a bit and I didn’t immediately recognise the barn she was riding at, but said I’d poke around ;).  Also, she only knew her coach’s first name - Ally (there are a shocking number of riding coaches in the area named Ally) but by the description I had a strong feeling I might know who it was.

We were chatting about riding schools in general and I happened to mention Foxcroft (which is where I rode as a teen, and where I started teaching) — turns out that’s also where she rode as a kid and timing-wise there’s a very strong chance I taught her at summer camp at some point or another ;). 

Then fast-forward to today and Ally sends me a pic of “look who’s in my lesson!” — so this Ally, who I’d hoped but didn’t really believe it might be, is who I both rode and worked with at Pony Club when I was in uni.  In Fredericton. (For those not in the loop - it’s about a 15h drive from here).

So yeah - double small world loop with the same person.  Kinda made my day :)