Enjoyed a half hour trail ride in a beautiful setting led by friendly and experienced staff. We…read morewent as a family of complete beginners.

Formally 'Ty coch farm', we rang them on Tuesday and managed to book 3 places for the next day!…read more(which we later found out was amazingly lucky because basically the whole of August was booked up by mid June!) We were told that the sat nav wouldnt know the way so they gave us directions - we didnt get lost, so good directions! When we pulled up we were greeted by a tiny 6 year old girl who was covered in mud, she told us where to go and who we needed to talk to. We each filled out a form with our details (at the bottom of the form theres a tick list, and you just tick all the things you want to do on your ridewalking, trotting, jumping etc.) after that a lady sorted us all out with helmets and we watched a little demo of how to get on and off while we waited for our horses to come out. My sisters horse came out first, tall and white, male, called Paddy. He's 33 years old. Next was my horse, female, called Maisy, and she's a beautiful dark brown! I dont remember what my mums horse is called, but thats because I didnt see them for more than half an hour in a half day of riding! My horse was so keen to stay right at the front and my mums horse was happy to just plod along and stop to eat any greenery any chance it got! The ride was amazing, the weather wasnt the best so we couldnt see the tops of the mountains but the views were still brilliant. The lady that joined us on the ride (oops! Ive forgotten her name too!) she was lovely too. Really friendly and chatty. She told us all about our horses, aparently they have been used as extra's in films and TV productions (most recently in some BBC programme about Queen Elizabeth). I'd highly recommend this place to anybody who fancies a horse ride. They cater for everybody! From a total novice to experienced riders they will have a suitable horse, a friendly intructor and the appropriate trails and tracks for you to follow.

Wonderful place to ride. Flexible lessons and friendly, experienced staff. Lovely spot with beach…read morenearby, great hacking and good faciltites / arenas. Also have a tack shop and café on site, which is really handy. I went with my niece who hadn't ridden before, and they gladly accommodated us both in the same lesson. The only negative thing I would say was that they put me on something quite advanced which understandably began to mess about and took off with me. I ended up changing horses halfway through. I didn't want her to see someone fall off on her first lesson! But that is in no way a slur on the establishment, you get horses like that - but I do think they should have put me on something calmer that wouldn't mind a beginner type lesson.

itd be great to have an option for 0 ratings.. where do I start?…read more.. when you arrive you see nothing but dog mess everywhere and days or weeks old horse poo and fag butts EVERYWHERE where is the health and safety?not to mention the muck heap, it doesn't take a genius to tell that the yard is never looked after as the muck heap is all over the yard itself. as you arrive in the office/ shop you are greeted by the stench of dirty dog beds and dogs everywhere and the shop itself is a mess hats everywhere even on the floor in piles! when you finally find a member of staff you're met with awful attitudes that seem like they don't want to be there! you're thrown on any horse regardless of your height or weight and then just left unsupervised whilst the staff walk off to either get more ponies or to have a chinwag to decide who will be dealing with what horse..also said "staff" is a majority of children who seem to be "volunteers" (seems more like child slavery) god forbid an accident happens as a child leading an animal of that size and strength with beginners and other children onboard is an serious injury waiting to happen!. As for the poor poor horses to start off with half of them are lame and shouldn't be worked! they also look ever so drained! the majority of the time these horses and ponies are physically dragged around the ring or path! also by looking online you can see the old horses that are still used daily are the same horses from 10+ years ago- as for the horses tack it's absolutely filthy And I'm no expert but nothing looks to be fitted correctly, the stalls the horses are kept In are absolutely disgusting the horses are standing in their own poo/ wee as they have no bedding just stones all while most of the time the horses go without hay or water. as for the "views" if you pay for a bridlepath like stated above your leader is more than likely going to be a child but you're walked round a dirty path surrounded by fields.. now the fields Atleast 80% if the fields are absolutely covered in horse poo and a there is actually more weeds than there is grass at the end of the bridlepath you are then led the wrong way along a road with absolutely zero hifiz it is only a short distance but it should require some form of reflective clothing! I have a lot more to say on this matter but there is a books worth of writing to do.. all I can suggest is you avoid this place at all costs, if you want a safe riding school near by simply search the surroundoing riding schools and you'll have a much safer experience!

FABULOUS riding school. Owner is a wonderful friendly person and the staff at the school are…read morefriendly. Horses are friendly and patient too for newcomers. Best riding school there is. Would give more than 5stars!

Old School House Farm offers childrens riding lessons on weekends with a very patient and…read moreexceptionally talented teacher at incredibly reasonable price. Children are taught in groups of 2 or 3 at similar ability levels. The variety of techniques used to teach make the lessons very enjoyable and at times parental participation is encouraged it is not required although the children don't always let you get away with standing watching when you could be running around pretending to be an escaped cow which needs rounding up. You have been warned! During school holidays a weekly Pony Fun Day is run from 9am until 5pm whcih enables children to spend a fully supervised day learning all about horse as well as mucking out, tacking up and participating in races, treasure hunts and lots lots more.

The Trans Pennine trail is a series of paved walking trails throughout England that use the old…read morerailroad track routes. They are well marked with signs indicating distances and destinations, and make a very pretty place to walk outside the city. They stretch for miles and miles, as far as Leeds in one direction, York in another, and various other cities. You can find entrances to the trail in various places in Liverpool. Bikers sometimes also use these trails, as they make up part of the National Cycle Network, but you won't find cars here, and motorbikes, quads, and mopeds are also illegal to use on the trails. Only certain sections are available for horseback riding. However, a policeman acquaintance of mine informed me that even during the day some sections of the trail are not safe to walk alone, especially for women and children. Sometimes gangs and druggies hang out here, so it's probably preferable to walk with a group, or take your dog.