Out & About
Out & About This month we’re celebrating partnership - in all its forms – relationships that make a real difference to groups all over the UK.
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My present interest, or possibly obsession, within RDA is carriage driving. I got involved with it quite by chance and have come to love it. I have been so fortunate in the two driving ponies I’ve owned, first Bob the Fell and now Monty. To sit in a carriage behind a driving pony, take a contact on the reins and say
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“Monty walk on” and have him walk willingly and smoothly forward still gladdens my heart – even after 20 years of driving. How wonderful to have such a generous partner, and not just for me. He does his absolute best for all his RDA drivers. He listens carefully, his ears twitching, for someone to say his name which is his signal to walk or trot on. He walks or trots on willingly for all of us.
Working with us are our Westmorland Driving Group helpers, ready to help the drivers in and out of the carriage, to lend a hand with the games, call a dressage test, clean the harness and the carriage, pick up the poos, our super team, our partners! Jenny Harris, Westmorland RDA CD Coach
