Ladymire Equestrian Centre

24/12/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!

We had a great day on the yard yesterday! Such a fun day of teaching with Christmas games for all! 😊😊 all of the riders and ponies were fantastic, the riders got into the spirit of Christmas with a little bit of competitive fun thrown in! The ponies and horses all had fun and looked after their riders perfectly, even they got a little bit competitive 🤣
It has been a rock and roll of a year here at ladymire but we have a great crew and an exciting group of riders coming up through the riding school which I think will make for a very exciting 2024!
It has been a pleasure to teach you all throughout the year and help you on your riding journeys. Let's keep chasing those dreams next year!

Have a great Christmas and New year all from Danielle and the team and ladymire 💕

17/12/2023

From Raymond and the Ladymire team.
Wow! What a fantastic week and weekends lessons.
This week and this weekend it was my pleasure to teach the many lessons at the centre.
Every rider has made it an absolute pleasure and privilege to teach here.
Your riding has been amazing and everyone a pleasure to be associated with.
At times I feel like I should be doing it for free. The fantastic efforts an high standard shown by all the stable team has also impressed me greatly. I know I ask for a high standard but this weekend you proved yourselves to be the best ever. You have all given me a fantastic experience and I cannot thank you enough.
A fantastic well done to everyone and once again thank you.
A very appreciative and impressed.
Raymond

09/12/2023

Good afternoon

On Saturday the 18th of November when the shop was very busy and the card machine for the Usborne books and body shop was needing a software update a customer took some books totalling £15.07 after trying the card machine 3 times at 11.20,11.21 and 11.22 Raymond gave the bank details for a transfer to be done instead unfortunately he can not remember which customer it was 🙈 but the payment still has not been received please do get intouch if you require the bank details re sent or the card machine is back working in the shop.

Regards

Nim

06/12/2023

A year ago Raymond and Myself sat at a Christmas event at Brew Dog and spoke to Ethan who’s younger sister goes to school with Sophia. We were both extremely impressed with Ethan and his attitude to life and things in general we both walked away saying he will go far in life a right little entrepreneur in the making.

Roll onto summer and Ethan came up all by himself with a brilliant idea 💡 and his mum Lorraine found him in the garage recycling bottles into lights , he decorates them with paint and puts lights inside they really are lovely.

He’s been busy over the past few months in the garage designing and making his bottles and last weekend had his first stall where he sold over 30 bottles across the 2 days and raising money and awareness for a very important charity JDRF raising £47.70 for this great cause and with their Christmas matched appeal £95.40 has gone towards funding vital research to find a cure for those living with type 1 diabetes and also helping Ethan getting that little bit closer to owning his own PS5
🩵♾️

I myself have 4 of the bottles in the house and they are lovely and make fantastic gifts.

If anyone would like one please do contact myself and I can collect them and have them at the centre ready for you.

Prices range from £6 -£8 each

26/11/2023

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY REMINDER

A quick reminder of our yard social media policy. We would like to remind all customers that we do not allow the taking of pictures or videos during riding lessons on the centre without express permission from management and must never be posted to any form of social media, including But not limited to Facebook, twitter tiktok or Snapchat.

Group lessons contain more than just your own child and we do not have permissions to have photos or videos taken of anybody children.

We do not allow pictures to be taken of any horse on our yard with the stable blocks or the fields. We do not personally own all of these horses and their owners have not given permission of their horses to be shared on social media.

Anyone who is willingly found to be posting any content related to the centre without permission will be spoken with by management.

14/11/2023

JHL heavyweight Stable Combo

6ft last one

£40

14/11/2023

Equitheme heavy weight turnout standard neck

6’9

Last one £55

14/11/2023

Equitheme medium weight standard neck turnout

Brown with pink spots

6’9

Last 1 £45

13/11/2023

🌟🌟🌟 Part time staff wanted!🌟🌟🌟

If you are an enthusiastic, hard working individual with a passion for horses then you could be the perfect addition to Team Ladymire. 😊

We are looking for part time staff to help with the basic care of the horses we have on our yard to a high standard. Riding available to the right candidate also a possibility.

If you think you might be the person for us please email Danielle at: [email protected]

21/10/2023

Good morning we hope you are all safe

Due to the red weather warning in place for today and advice is only to travel if essential we feel it is the best decision to close the centre for today,

Safety of our clients is paramount and travelling in these conditions we feel is not safe or necessary.

Raymond will be on the phones this morning soon to get you all re appointed.

Please share with anyone you know who is due to ride today.

08/10/2023

Good morning

Wow what an amount of rain we’ve had over the last few days.

All lessons are on as normal today roads into and around the centre are clear.

22/08/2023

Good morning,

Last night emails were issued individually to all current clients and some potential new ones😊 regarding lessons resuming this weekend the 26th and 27th.
I have had responses so far from about 80% of customers, which is great given the problems we have been having.
This notice is just to let you know emails were sent and to check your inboxes and your junk mail to get back to riding 😁

There are a couple of customers I appear to be missing emails for and I am hoping to call those customers today.

Thanks so much guys and we look forward to getting back into our weekend lessons.

Danielle

19/08/2023

Hi everybody,

Can I ask everybody to check their junk and spam boxes for ladymire emails. I have been through every address and they are all correct as per the paperwork I have. When I send an email I am not getting any rejected emails returned to me, so all emails are going somewhere.
There will be emails coming out next week with details of lesson now we are at the end of the summer so we would really like to make sure everyone can be contacted.

Thanks so much
Danielle

15/08/2023

Hi everyone, can you all please check your email inboxes. We have sent out a couple of emails with details of a showjumping training clinic for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.
There is also an email for lessons that are running this weekend. If you could have a look and get in touch if you would like to book.

Thanks
Danielle 😊

09/08/2023

Good evening
An email has gone out re lessons this weekend.

Lessons shall be running this Saturday if you would like a space please call the centre direct on (01358)729969 if there is no answer please leave a clear message with you phone number slowly as it can be difficult to make the number out sometimes.

If you would like added to the email list please ensure we have your up to date email address.

04/07/2023

Good evening, due to ongoing changes within the centre we have made the decision to close down our page.

It's very much business as usual at ladymire however with our now much smaller team coupled with the fact that some people have been using the Facebook messages to try and communicate with the centre incorrectly we feel that this is an additional workload we could do without.

We may bring the page back online in.the future but for now, the page and any messages received will not be answered online. If you have any queries please call the centre on 01358 729969

Thank you

07/06/2023

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Hearing tests
Wax removal
Hearing aid fitting and service

Can be done in the comfort of your own home

Please share

30/05/2023

Good afternoon everybody!

We have become aware that sadly another riding school in our area has decided to close its doors. This is an extremely sad turn of events for the sport and a disturbing reflection of the problems that many equestrian businesses are struggling with at the moment. As a fellow riding school this affects us.

As a result of this we have received a number of enquiries for lessons over the past 48 hours both on our telephone and our page. We are currently working with a smaller team and as such we may take a few days to return messages to everybody.

We will be assessing the situation and determining how we can help and what riding will be able to offer.

We wish the owners of the business closing it's doors all the best and hope for the future.

28/03/2023

Nims Sale table has been re stocked new products added

11/03/2023

Good morning

The centre is open as normal today we’d had a big shift in snow yesterday and only a tiny flurry overnight.

Centre Card machine Is still not working they have now sent us 2 brand new machine both faulty 🙈

Naomi has got her card machine set up as she has a BIG body shop sale on and for the time being lessons can be paid for by card via her machine just ask the girls.

24/02/2023

Jigsaw puzzles brand new in the shop
On offer.

Only £6.99 each

24/02/2023

Not bought eggs in a shop for a long time, couldn’t believe my eyes yesterday when I saw they are average of £2.20 per half dozen.

Sophia’s got lot of fresh eggs ready to go at £1 per half dozen

16/02/2023

Many people who come to the centre like to take treat’s for the horses and ponies, which is ok to do but we do ask that they are not fed from the hand as this can encourage bad behaviour and trains them to continually look for treats from humans which is not a good thing. A lot of the horses at the centre are competition horses who never get treats from the hand as if they were to look for treats from a judge when in the show ring this would be frowned upon and marked down hence it is important to us that treats are only given at certain times and from feed buckets, also for dietary reasons it’s always good to remember that some horses and ponies have special dietary requirements and also allergies so maybe can’t have certain treats at all.

This is a very interesting article.

https://thehorse.com/162741/horse-treats-handle-with-care/?fbclid=IwAR3CRBNQ67l8BZ6-0FyCfWYaCq8DXKsc1JBtcxgM-IOrUWVOXgOOb83sgsU

While we might enjoy sneaking our horses peppermints and other sweet treats, we need to understand how it can reinforce good or bad behavior and how it fits into your horse's dietary scheme.

22/12/2022

Good evening

If your looking for some last minute gifts Nim has put lots of lovely gift sets and products into shop greatly reduced.

Also all Usborne books on display now half RRP the RRP can be found on the back of each book 😊😊

04/12/2022

Good evening

It has unfortunately been brought to our attention again that children/teenagers and adults are taking photos around the yard of horses and ponies and posting them to various social media platforms. Sometimes these photos include children in the back ground who’s parents do not wish for them to be on social media for various reasons.

Photos of horses and ponies which are not riding school owned have also been being posted.

We would like to remind you that everyone attending the centre should not be sharing images or clips of other people's children on any social media platforms. This also includes images and clips of horses and ponies which are not physically owned by the centre as a number of the horses and ponies at the centre are privately owned and their owners do not wish for images and videos to be on social media.

We please do ask parents and guardians to ensure their children are following these rules at all times especially when they are at the centre all day.

Please do bear that in mind when using mobile phones that only YOUR child/children are permitted to be in your photos or clips. This is because you don't have permission to share images of other people's children.

We do know and understand that you enjoy sharing what your family is doing so that friends and family can have the pleasure of seeing how well your child/children are doing but it is essential you DO stick to this guidance, please.

Regards

Management

03/10/2022

If any of our customers would like to donate any advent calendars & selection boxes please read on, every donation greatly appreciated to help with this worthy cause.

🤶🍫🤶🍫ANNUAL Jim Jamieson Quarries ADVENT/SELECTION BOX APPEAL 2022 🤶🍫🤶🍫

Sorry for the early appeal…needs must 🤦‍♀️

As part of our annual appeal we shout out to our community & surrounding areas for a huge amount of support, we need advent calendars & selection boxes again this year (approx 2700 - demand slightly higher than previous) so we can support our local children’s hospital in Aberdeen, our local old folks homes & sheltered housing here in Ellon, Friends of Anchor, ICU & HDU Aberdeen, Charlie house, Befriend a Child, Abernessecities, Ellon Resource Centre and
Lots of other good causes too (just waiting to be confirmed) 💖

This may seem small but the meaning really is big, over the years this kind gesture by Jim Jamieson Quarries has made many patients/people feel loved and happy at a time where they are maybe lonely, poorly and struggling.

You will appreciate this is a mammoth task to organise, they have to collect, count, label, distribute etc so therefore have a strict cut off date which is
⏰⚠️‼️⚠️‼️November 18th 2022 ‼️⚠️‼️⚠️⏰

If any of our customers wish to donate please ensure they are at the centre by the 16th of November 2022 please.

26/09/2022

Good morning, just a wee reminder re the notes changing this week

💷 Friday is last day for paper notes 💷

Paper £20 & £50 notes will be withdrawn from circulation from Friday 30th September.

Retailers will have the right to refuse them as payment from 1st October. We won’t be able to accept any …

Please check you don't have any lying around, if you do use them up this week or deposit/exchange them at the bank or post office.

11/08/2022

The centre is closed today to all apart from liveries please ensure you are not coming into the centre between 9 am and 10.30 am.

We appreciate your assistance and understanding.

08/07/2022

We hope your all having a great summer holidays so far.

Huge well done to all those who took part in the weeks camp at the start of the week and to those adults who got stuck into our 2 day adult camp you all did amazing.

The final touches are now being put in place ready for next weeks camp 😃

31/05/2022

Good afternoon

Are any of you budding gardeners ?

If so here’s an amazing Tip, we have a young lad with plenty of fleeces available £3 each can be pre ordered and collected from the centre just drop us a PM they will be in black bags ready to go.
Nims started her Polly tunnel a few days ago and it looks great and no slugs or snails near her veg plants check the comments for photos 🤩🤩

🐑GARDENER'S did you know..🐑
Using sheep's fleece in your gardens/pots/greenhouses has so many natural benefits!!
ITS GREAT.. I've used it for a few years now and never had so much fruit and veg!
🐑 Stops slugs and snails as they won't go over it so no need to use slug pellets...
🐑 Stops the weeds coming up through so no time wasted weeding...
🐑Helps contain moisture in the soil and stops it from drying out...
🐑All the natural nutrients in the fleece are a natural fertiliser so no need for growth chemicals either...
🐑It naturally rots down over the winter, ready to turn over in the soil the following year..I could go on... im quite passionate about the use of fleece and how more people should use natural products!
WE DO HAVE FLEECE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT A GO... 🐑
£3 a fleece.

07/04/2022

🌟🌟🎉
Congratulations to all our senior camp attendees! They all successfully passed level 2 training!

26/03/2022

This weekend all Usborne Books in the shop 😍😍

25/03/2022

Great Mothers Day Gift Ideas at the centre

26/02/2022

Sophia has LOTS of fresh eggs available in the shop

Also children can use the World Book Day tokens with Naomi and Sophia against any Usborne book in stock or to order tokens must be handed/posted into the centre.

LOTS of fantastic titles in stock

18/02/2022

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Please note that for the rest of today Friday 18th February that the stables are closed due to the weather conditions.
We are open as normal on Saturday 19th February.

Please do not travel to the centre.
If you had a lesson booked for this afternoon you will already have been contacted to change this.

Many thanks
Team Ladymire.

30/01/2022

Good morning

Technology seems to be proving difficult atm we did put an announcement here yesterday afternoon saying that the centre is closed due to the storm yesterday and the damage it has caused here we felt this was the best decision to allow us to assess and hopefully repair the damage but unfortunately this announcement seems to have disappeared , Danielle did also send out an email to as many people as she could but none of us have any power or internet access yesterday.

For rebooking of todays lessons please call the centre direct and all riders shall be automatically booked in for next weekend. Please contact us if you/your rider is unable to attend next weekend

Regards
Management

29/01/2022

CENTRE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WIND!

Due to the very high winds we have made the decision to close the centre today. Emails have been issues this morning to members.
PLEASE CALL THE CENTRE TODAY TO REBOOK.
Many thanks team Ladymire.