Articles Tagged 'Equestrian Vacation'

When in Scotland… I am not a whiskey drinker. I have tried a few sips of other people’s whiskey at one point or another and thought that it tasted like bad medicine, so I was surprised to find that I kind of liked a few of the whiskeys at Edradour Distillery, near Blair Castle, in Pit...

Discover Loch Ness with Adrian Shine, an expert on Nessie, and see if you can spot the elusive Loch Ness Monster  by Darley Newman We met Adrian Shine at his Loch Ness Exhibition Center in Drumnadrochit, where our crew learned about the history of Nessie sightings, as well as pla...

At Lochhill we are riding with Helen Maxwell, who has nice trekking horses. Helen breeds and trains her own horses, some of whom her daughter uses in competition. Her daughter is a professional rider, so there are a variety of horses suited for show and the trails at the farm. We visited the foals...

We arrived late last night to Lochill Riding Centre, which is on top of a hill near the towns of Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright and not too far from Dumfries. We drove in a heavy rain along a windy, narrow road lined on each side with high hedges. I have asked several people about the point of t...

In Scotland, I went searching for the Loch Ness monster on horseback as part of our Equitrekking Scotland episode. The sun was shining. I was on a spirited horse, normally used for endurance riding, and though we didn't see Nessie, I enjoyed this scenic area of Scotland. Check out this video...

It was time for my carriage driving clinic. The equipment was a bit intimidating at first. Once you find out the function for each piece of tack, it makes sense, but I wouldn't want to have to tack up Trotter again on my own--not just yet at least. I would be taking a carriage driving clini...

On the ferry ride over to South Carolina's Daufuskie Island I heard a bunch of people talking about where the island's name came from. There were conflicting stories. Some people talked about it being a Cusabo Indian word for "sharp feather," because of the shape of one of the island'...

Explore a hidden gem in Spain, Priego de Cordoba, in this Equitrekking travel video. On the drive from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Seville, I made a stop to explore a hidden gem in Andalucia, the town of Priego de Cordoba. This beautiful town is known for its high quality olive oil, which ...

Explore Spain's countryside on horseback in this Equitrekking travel video of horse riding in Spain.   Today I went riding with Gerry Corbett and Alfonso to old haciendas in Seville’s countryside. The blue skies were beautiful as we rode through fields of orange and olive tre...

Over Thanksgiving, I went to SICAB in Seville. During this multi-day exposition, owners bring their best Spanish horses from all over the world to compete in dressage, carriage driving and various other shows and disciplines. There were hundreds of beautiful horses showcased here. I walked through...