With news that the Windermere Car Ferry was back up and running a plan was formed to ride a route that involved the ferry, this turned into why not put in an overnight stay too! Some of us (not me) have stayed a Holmeshead Farm before and quickly a date was booked here for our horses and humans B & B. The next question was could we get a horse uber in (AKA husband drop off) or do we know anyone we could ask to park our vehicles overnight. Luckily, we were able to park at a friends at High Borrans, which became the start and finish for our ride. All ready Day 1 – Starting from High Borrans we followed the Bridleway down to Moorhowe Road and then picked up the lanes down to The Common Farm. Unfortunately, there are no bridleways or quiet lanes into Windermere, which meant we had to cross the A591 and picked up the wide cycleway/footway that runs adjacent to the A591. For info horses have a legal right to use the verge next to a road and therefore now this has been tarmacked over, ...
Two years in a row I have had the pleasure of staying at Scales Farm, Helton for a few days of amazing riding. Last year we did a multi day trek to get there (see past blog), but this time we took it easy and drove there! This gave us the opportunity to explore new areas and rediscover old. When I first got Ryan my orange horse a friend kindly gave me the opportunity to join her on one of Rawfoot Farm Rides and this really gave me the spark to want to explore the fells more on horseback. With this ride fixed in my mind we all set off from Scale Farm to find the bridleway and fell from this amazing ride I had done some years ago. This ride can also be done from Askham village (parking in the free village car park) or ride in from Shap, Helton or Bampton. From Scales Farm go out the back and follow the bridleway through the fields to the fell gate. Once you have winded your way up the hill go across the common and head toward the gated road down to Bampton village. This...