Lower Hatton Liveries

09/11/2025

Another stunning 12 miles covered with the NSBA's Rememerance Ride from Sugnall! Simply spectacular scenery and fabulous company as always! 🤩🐎

07/11/2025

It has been brought to our attention that our neighbours at the top of Gorsty Lane, (Quintessential Quarters) have openly accused us on their FB page, amongst other places, of harassing their clients whilst driving (at speed) down the lane past our fields! Just to reiterate, they do not own this lane! To defend ourselves, yes, we do ask them to slow down and, yes quiet voraciously at times, to which we make no apologies! ! We have permissive use of Gorsty Lane as our fields run along the length of it! As such, we are perfectly entitled to use it, either on foot, horseback, cycle, car or tractor! And yes, to defend our safety, we will happily fiercly bo***ck anyone using it at speed! 😡

01/11/2025

Not quite Room 101! 🙈 Actually, the classes were very big and the standard was exceptional so I don't think we did too badly! A long day at Reaseheath. Good girl, Petal! You tried! 🥰

26/10/2025

What an awesome day with the Staffordshire Moorlands Bridleway Group for their Halloween Funride in beautiful Dimminsdale! A very testing 10 or more miles, with steep revines, deep dales and slippy slopes but the ponies coped incredibly well! Superb company, as always! 😍🥰

19/10/2025

Another 12 miles with the NSBA in the most beautiful countryside! Stunning bridleways and lovely quiet lanes around Fairoak! Perhaps on the best pony ever? 🥰

18/10/2025

Feckin Eejuut Petal!! Blinking 'gall-anter' let her down as predicted! Never mind! Not too bad for a pony who's soul aim in life is to liven up proceedings! 🤣

17/10/2025

Another day, another beautiful ride! However, trying to persuade this little lady that cows aren't about to consume her isn't as easy as you might think! She absolutely hates them with a passion! Which is unfortunate as 90% of our routes cross fields with the maurauding beasts! 🙈 Are there any kind farmers out there who would let me introduce her to them on a situation where we're not likely to be chased by the bloody things? Failing that; arena mirrors! 🐄🦬🐎🤣

14/10/2025

Do any of our Eccleshall friends know who owns the Bridleway in Garmelow? We've reported it but could do with contacting the land owner as this fallen tree is pretty big! TIA. 🤔

11/10/2025

Gosh! This is awesome! Maybe the rest of GB could do the same? Well done BHS Wales! 😍👏💕

🥂 Fantastic news for equestrians in Wales 🥂

We were thrilled to hear that on 29 September, Cabinet has approved an equine strategy in Camarthenshire, Wales. 🐉

Horse riders in Carmarthenshire could get more off-road access to the countryside under plans approved by council chiefs. The strategy followed a consultation which 502 people and groups responded to. Two-thirds of adult respondents said they often faced hazards while riding off and on the road. The most popular option to overcome barriers to participation was more off-road access. A desire for more equestrian facilities, circular routes and easier gates were also expressed among other things. 🌳

Some of the points on the equine strategy include:
🐴 Improving and enhancing routes beneficial to equestrians when resources allow
🐴 Assessing footpaths on council-owned land to see if they're suitable for a bridleway upgrade
🐴`Assessing council-owned land suitable for additional permissive equestrian access
🐴 Developing a volunteer equestrianism maintenance workforce
🐴 Inviting horse riders to respond to next year's consultation about updating the county's Active Travel network map.

Director of Access, Mark Weston, said "British Horse Society congratulates Carmarthenshire County Council for their vision in adopting an equestrian strategy for Carmarthenshire and recognising the importance of the horse industry to Carmarthenshire and the need for horse riders and carriage drivers to be able to have safe places and routes to ride and carriage drive on. British Horse Society hopes that this will encourage other councils to adopt similar equestrian strategies.’ 💚

A huge thank you to Caroline Ferguson from Cyngor Sir Gâr - Carmarthenshire County Council, who has been the driving force behind this equine strategy. 🙏🏻

03/10/2025

Getting thoroughly wet for a good cause! Researching previously unrecorded routes around Chatterley Whitfield and the Biddulph Valley! This is certainly going to be a challenging experience, especially THAT bridge! 😱 Who'd have thought there were so many lovely routes in the middle of a colliery? Yet another great ride planned for the NSBA next year! 😘

28/09/2025

The most perfect day spent with my good friend Karen and the legendary Sissulu! The best tour guides out there! Its been so long I was last at Cannock Chase I'd have definitely got lost! 🙈🦌🌳🥰