It has made me unbelievably happy to find this gem of a place! It’s got long grassy canters, gentle uphills, tiwsts and turns, tracks through wood and little log jumps to give a go (or avoid if you want). The whole course is about 8km long and it only costs £12 to park and ride for 3 hours. To me it is the perfect endurance training loop.
You can book through this link: Tong Parm Farm – Park & Ride
I made the hour journey from our yard with Estrid and she loved it! We did 3 laps, mostly walk but 11.7km of trot and 6.3km of canter thrown in too. I would love to get a group of endurance riders together to train there as Estrid definitely needs the practice of riding in a group and it’s the perfect set up for vet gate practice.
Estrid’s canter is starting to settle down now it’s not so much of a novelty and we’re now at a 20kph average speed which is much more acceptable than the 26kph from our gallops trip. Eventually I’d like to have a few gears in every gait that I can ask for and she’ll stick to but for now we’re just working on relaxing.
Beth Endurance 