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Why A Saddler?
My reason for choosing to become a saddler...
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First Week Comes To An End.
Today has been a day of mixed emotions. I was a little sad to be leaving the B&B where John and Ronnie have taken good care of me. I had the amazing full English breakfast for the last time (until the next time I go down lol 🙂 ), and after checking out I got a hug from Ronnie with her goodbye. They are truly a lovely couple and I will miss our little conversations. It was my final day spent in the workshop with Mark. I prepared all the straps that I had cut for my snaffle bridle yesterday by marking the skiving, billet platforms and returns as…
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I Made A Headcollar!!!
Today has been amazing, I mean totally amazing! 😀 Being the 4th day, most trainees on the Level 2 Bridle Making course are usually at the point of finishing off their leather headcollar or having to complete it at home (or the next training week); some of the trainee’s on my current course have already done their headcollar but have had to either make a second or a third one in order for it to be assessment ready. Not me, somehow I have managed to finish my headcollar a whole day early and it be of assessment submission quality. To say I am over the moon is putting it lightly.…
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Putting It All Together…
Firstly, I send my apologies for bringing you this blog entry late. I got back to the B&B last night after having chips for tea and I crashed out on the bed and only woke up cold at 3.53am this morning. What a muppet I am! 😀 So, yesterday was day 3 of my training. It was a tough day for my right thumb and wrist (bearing in mind I’m still harboring a wrist injury from Sunday’s fall off the horse), nevertheless I got on with it, there’s no time to complain and when I do become fully self employed I either work or don’t get paid so no rest…
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It’s All In The Preparation…
Today has been a really good day. Firstly, I have to mention the breakfast at the B&B is to die for. Fruit juices, grapefruits, prunes, peaches, cereals, full English breakfast if you want it. A vegetarian option, if preferred, or there are beans on toast, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, or kippers…lovely! My new buddy very kindly offered to drive us both to the Training Centre today, so off we set just before 9am. When we got there we settled in and resumed where we finished off yesterday evening. Yesterday, I had cut all the pieces to size except for the throat piece, so once I had stitched the jowls…
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What Is A Saddler?
The definition of a Saddler is 'a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery'.
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Learning A New Skill…
Hey! I made it. I drove 120 miles all by myself; it wasn’t without a challenge though. I Had A Tumble To start with I had quite a tumble off the horse yesterday. We were on our way out for a hack when she spooked, spun on her heels, bucked and caught me off guard. I fell head first onto my forehead, smashed my hat, bashed my shoulders and the base of my neck and badly sprained my right wrist where I must have put my hand out to break the fall. As you can imagine 10½ stone falling onto one’s wrist is asking for a break but thankfully I have walked…
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Learning To Ride…
In the beginning, I was an 8-year-old with a school friend called Victoria, who had a pony. She asked me to go with her to see her pony after school one day and the rest we say is history.
