Sun, rain, riding,  horses,  ponies, riding ,  good food, great campfire stories,  discussion and debate, oh and riding, relaxation great scenery laughter, oh and riding ,playing in  the river, being entertained by the dogs, and riding.

Those of you who didn’t come, missed a great weekend. Would have been your last opportunity for a while as the organisers are taking a break next year. Its been 10 years now and the ride has changed from a one day forest ride into the 3 dayer it has now become. We have raised around £1800 for charities over the years and around  100 people participate in the event. Time for a year off and lets see what 2011 brings!

Happy trails

To view photos of the weekend, go to NRH Photography's website by clicking here

Chris Kent     

Santon Downham Summer Camp 2009

By Claire Evans aged 11

This July my family and I took part in the 3 day horse camp at Santon Downham in Thetford forest. I took my pony William and his girlfriend Forest, a little grey mare. She gave some other children rides as well as me. The weather was really warm, which helps when you’re sleeping in a tent. On Saturday it was so warm some people even jumped in to the river and played with the boat, but we had to be careful of the swans and there babies. The dogs really enjoyed this bit.

There were some really nice people and horses there to ride with. We all enjoyed getting to know each other. We rode mainly in the forest but at one point we crossed a rail way line, a noisy train had just raced past, then we went under a scary low bridge, most people had to duck right down  right down but I didn’t on my small pony! In the evenings we all sat around the camp fire and chatted whilst we ate are lovely food, us children especially enjoyed cooking the marshmallows (some of the grownups did too).

By the end of the weekend we had ridden for hours we were all fairly tired but happy and ready for a bath.

Thank you Chris for organising it, it was great fun.