After a six year break, I decided to
get back into horse riding. I've had a few Sunday lessons and have been making
excellent progress. Since I'm on school holidays, I decided to do treat myself
with an extra lesson on Monday.
Bad idea.
Have you ever experienced the
humiliation of going to an event or lesson, only to discover you're twice the
height and age (actually, I was four times the age of one girl) of everyone
else?
Turns out a lot of parents thought
that the holidays would be a good time for their little darling eight year old
(and younger) daughters to try horse riding.
It was humiliating. There was me on
Saffy (15hh Cremello Quarter Horse) and them on their little ponies. Saffy was
massive compared to their horses. Especially Charlie's (the four year old girl)
Shetland pony Sultan. Saffy was, like, twice the height of it!!!
Oh god, the humiliation!
I stuck out. I looked tall, awkward
and old. I didn't belong. People openly stared- and I swear to god it wasn't
just in my head.
But being the masochist (should I know what that word
means?) I am, I'm doing the same lesson again next week... I just don't learn
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