Ten participants joined us for a morning of lessons in show jumping, flatwork and stable management. We had some new faces this time and we welcomed Sophie with Babycham, Char with Breeze and Charlotte with Beauty.
After lunch we debriefed everyone on the rules of the treasure hunt and split everyone into teams. There was the two littleones on leadrein who had their own mini-hunt and two older teams. Each team headed off in different directions in search of the clues which were hidden around the yard and up and down the lane, ranging from bananas to lanterns! The hunters had to locate the clues which had numbers hidden inside them. These numbers corresponded to words on a word chart back at the barn and these words made up a sentence telling them where the treasure was buried. Tension rose as the two older teams arrived back in the barn neck and neck to start deciphering the numbers to words and all scrambled off to locate the treasure together! Congratulations to Rachel, Jamie, Sophie and Charlotte who were the winning team overall.
We hope everyone enjoyed the day, there were certainly lots of smiles around the table as we finished off with tea and cake. (Cake features a lot at Banwell Equestrian Centre!)
Ruth and Steve will have a break through April as they get married and go off on honeymoon but the next event is the March Medley (22.04.08) which is a fun day out for the adults. This will consist of combined training in the morning followed by a very creative treasure hunt in the afternoon!
More pony fun days will be scheduled in when Ruth and Steve are back in May, keep an eye on the website for more details.