On the first Monday of the holidays 28th of September Beth and her sister Greer were getting ready to go to Ake Ake horse farm to get ridding lessons.
When they got to Ake Ake farm they helped groom and tack up the horses for the other riders . Beth rode a mix of Clydesdale,welsh moutain pony,Arab and some stuff that they don't know .Pearl was the name of Beth's horse,she was a deep liver chestnut with a blaze and a half sock on her left foreleg .Greer rode a welsh mountain pony called Will , Will was a snowy white gray .
The first activity that they did was to watch the first group whilethe 3rd group did a scavenger hunt .The first group did trotting poles and an obstacle course.The obstacle course was they had to go around a barrel then through the trotting poles then a smaller set of trotting poles ,after they finished the two sets of trotting poles they go around or in between to barrels , then raced to a square and put there hands on their heads for four seconds then race to make the fastest time .
Then they had morning tea it was , apple, orange, chocolate log , and biscuits.After the girls had munched down their servings and gave the horses some apple it was time for the next activity this was riding they did a round around the area and then did the trotting poles and the obstacle course then they went to do the scavenger hunt .The scavenger hunt was in the bottom paddock ,they had to find a twig , a leave, some moss , a feather , a pebble,and and a stick .The scavenger hunt toke about a hour and when they finished they played with the goose and went to see what was going on at the arena . Nothing much was going on so they groomed Will because he wasn't in a lesson .
Wills hocks ,withers and tail where socked in mud .After they had groomed Will they played with the goose again then they had lunch ,Beth & Greer had a roll fruit and a musil bar after lunch they had games .The first game was musical chairs but on horse back path is is how you play you walk around the chairs then when the music stops you have to dismount and lead your horse to the middle and try win .The next game thay we played was rob the nest it is mainly rob the nest but when you drop a ball you have to dismount then mount again. When you won a game you won a chocolate bar .We played all afternoon ,then we hade to stop to groom the horses then go home.
