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| Posted on Nov 06 2009 |
Kielder Forest Ride 2009
NORTHUMBERLAND & TYNESIDE GROUP
PRESS RELEASE
Kielder Forest Pleasure Ride Sunday 25th October 2009
As we all know locally, Kielder has the largest man-made lake in Western Europe, 30 miles of shoreline and 1000 acres of forest. It is an experience for the whole family with cycling and walking routes, bird watching sites, sailing and fishing. Its also ideal for horse riding, although with most horses having the occasional unpredictable moment, long distance rides are safer and better when organised by Endurance GB.
On Sunday 25th October, Northumberland & Tyneside hosted the Kielder Forest Pleasure ride. The venue was at the Sandy Syke Coach Park with kind permission of the Forestry Commission. This is behind the Anglers Arms in Kielder Village. The routes included some of the Lakeside Way and offered distances of 32 km (19 miles), 19 km (12 miles) and 12 km (7 miles). Mobile phone coverage is poor for this area so Raynet looked after communications and St. John’s Ambulance where in attendance.
Due to parking space at Kielder, entries are limited to 50 horses allocated on a first come first served basis and unfortunately numerous applications had to be refused.
In true traditional Kielder weather, it was very wet and windy on the day. This did not deter horses or riders and, although slippery in some places, good times were recorded, in fact, several riders could be seen walking up and down before presenting to the time keeper as they had gone too fast!
All riders and horses had a great day, wet at the end, but all went away with smiling faces, rosettes and bars of chocolate.
At the time of writing we have two new pleasure rides for 2010 and are actively looking for more ride organisers to meet demand. We intend to run an evening at Dissington Hall for potential ride organisers along the theme that organising can be enjoyable when done with the help of the EGB Group. It’ll be open to all and anyone with an idea of a new route will be especially welcome.
Information about forthcoming events are published on our website as dates are fixed: www.egbnorthumberlandandtyneside.co.uk.
Last changed: Nov 06 2009
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