Carriage Driving For Our Community

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30/10/2025

Ooooh exciting !!

30/10/2025

What a fantastic idea. It’s a lot harder than you would expect. However, making the transition to an electric wheelchair has made tasks possible at the yard that I couldn’t do from my scooter. Although not quite as stable !!

29/10/2025

This week I’m interviewing for staff for our carriage driving club to assist me looking after the 17 horses and ponies at Plumtree Farm. 5 of those are liveries, mainly on part livery.
We currently have 3 Directors, but unfortunately all 3 of us are having issues with our mobility and health conditions, resulting in no one being able to step in when staff are sick or on holidays.
My own disabilities have progressed so that I’m in a wheelchair just about full time. Our yard, based in the 1800s was definitely not designed with wheelchairs being used, even the simplistic task, such as, collecting feed buckets from the stables, includes a step up into most of our stables. Most of the horses adapted years ago to me handling them from a scooter, so no issues with them using a wheelchair.
The biggest surprise has been just how wonderful and accepting the interviewees have been this week. Their words of support and encouragement has been overwhelming. They’ve treated me with respect and only asked if and when they thought I needed help. Not taken over because they think I can’t do it. They’ve made me realise that I do have value and after all there’s 48 years of equine knowledge in my head. I love lunging and the groundwork needed for training the driving horses and ponies, but I can no longer do it. The people I have met this week have made me excited to pass on my knowledge, to teach them how to do this groundwork.
I’ve gone from thinking that maybe it’s time to sell up, to being totally inspired for the future. So bring it on !!

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27/10/2025

https://www.skool.com/carriage-driving-community-5415/about?ref=a45ab2e116cc4121a9aa45e431363a0b

We are using this app on a 14 day trial to develop our community. Please get involved and share your thoughts.

We are a non profit community providing carriage driving tuition and carriage rides for people with invisible disabilities and health conditions.

25/10/2025

Great day at Carriage Driving For Our Community. Thank you to everyone for their help and support. It really is truly appreciated.

Thankfully the weather did behave, although it looked like we would get wet through at times.

As you can see from the photos I use both a scooter and an electric wheelchair. I’m finding my chair much easier to adjust harness from and generally move around the yards. Plus the battery is lasting FOREVER !!
The scooter does handle the surface easier, my chair wheel spins in the softer parts of the arena.
Funny moments with my wheelchair. One coming out of my Dads house after using the loo, pulled a fab wheelie. Then went from reception to the yard a little too fast and was nearly bucked off !!!

There wasn’t time for me to drive today, but I’ve plans for next week.