Case Studies

I think if you ride, handle or train horses you have a duty to yourself and others to do everything as safely as possible. I might be a bit cavalier about use-by dates on food, and we’ve extended the 2 second…

The thing with Willow happened quite some years ago, but it’s an anecdote I visit often, as I think it illustrates a good point about being firm on boundaries and how it can really help you out. I have another…

May I speak frankly? May I say something that perhaps shouldn't be said in front of the husband, or parents? May I be completely honest? Ok, here goes. There are safer things you can do with your time then riding…

This was our trailer, which got a tad muddy bringing hay out to the horses in the field... Getting this through a muddy gateway with about 16 peckish horses meant there was no need for coffee in the morning: the…

  There was a time when, I have to admit, I saw the work we did training horses, especially "problem horses" as more....not glamourous, perhaps, but more worthwhile and skilled than, say, running a livery yard. We were sensible enough…

So, we do "self-directed" or "autonomous" learning.  Our children learn what interests them, when it interests them. My son has a learning style that involves complete immersion in a subject and then leaving it completely alone for a while. Some interests…

If you know us at all you probably know our children don't go to school. I'm not quite sure what to call what we do. For a lot of people within the movement, "home-schooling" implies schooling at home, so sort…

The long-lining workshop last Saturday was great fun, and the weather was extremely kind to us. The BBC forecast changed it's mind every hour, but in the end it was dry and mild, and the sun even made an appearance…

May, 2012 Now I'm regretting those flippant comments in the last installment about how we could start worrying about the lack of rain and how it would affect the hay crop, after that very dry March. Remember that? I think…