Pony Days
Tuesdays & Thursdays
10:00 – 16:00
Everyone welcome from the age of 14 to 5½ regardless of riding ability or knowledge of horses.
You’ll have fun and make new friends whilst enjoying what our yard has to offer. You’ll ride twice a day and learn how to take care of the ponies as if they were your own!
All you have to bring is a packed lunch and we will take care of the rest.
Price: £88 per child
Pony Weeks
For over 7 year olds, you also have the option of booking a Pony Week (4 days in a row, Tuesday to Friday) - riding twice a day on Tuesday and Thursday and once a day on Wednesday and Friday, you'll learn how to take care of the ponies as if they were your own!
Price: £345 per child
Pony Gallivanter Days
Wednesdays & Fridays
10:00 – 16:00
Everyone welcome from the age of 14 to 5½.
You’ll get to meet the ponies and ride them in groups during the day as well as learn how to take care of a pony as if it were your own. Plus you’ll take part in fun activities and games in our Gallivanters area.
All you have to bring is a packed lunch and we will take care of the rest.
Price: £85 per child
Book Your Pony Gallivanter Day
Gallivanters Pony Rides
Tuesdays & Thursdays
10:00, 12:00 and 14:30
A 15 -20 minute pony ride in the Little Arena or through Gallivanters Meadow & Grove led by a stable groom.
A gentle pony experience suitable for 3-5 year olds.
Price: £30 per child
Book Your Gallivanters Pony Ride
Gallivanters Meadow Camp (3 days)
10:00 - 16:00
All welcome from 14 to 4½ year old.
Price: £195 per child
plus you can add on at checkout a half hour group ride on Wednesday afternoon for £28 per child
Tuesdays-Thursdays
Three days of freedom enjoying everything the Riding Yard and Gallivanter Meadow has to offer. The walled site allows children a great sense of freedom with discreet supervision.
- Living in Teepee Village – planning and creating your own community settlement for the week.
- Learning self–sustaining living – fire-making, foraging, cooking water-drawing, and calico cotton robe making and laundry.
- Animal care - look after our ponies and riding if desired. You will also come across dogs, goats and chickens in our meadow which we keep as companions for our horses.
- Vintage horse-box painting and complete fitting out as a seasonal shelter for all.
- Bushcraft – wood whittling, fire-making, cooking on fire, bramble picking & jam making, log walking, bridge-making, tug-of-war, compass orienteering and survival & first aid skills.
Born to Be Wild! Day Camp
1 day only option - £75 per child
Golden Barn Wood Whack (half day)
10:00 - 12:30
Price: £39 per child
Fridays
Suitable for children from 6 up, boys and girls, who like to make things, want to do practical things with their hands, and be in a country outside environment. The opposite of screen time. Creative immersion, manual skills outdoors.
Gallivanters has a lot of wood (the owner is also a country tree surgeon) and last year when we started Gallivanters, we included wood whittling as part of the activities. So many wanted to spend longer there, and to come back to do it again we have developed what youngsters can do with wood and around wood.
Children should bring old gloves. We will supply the rest (knives, boards, saws, hammers, nails, screwdrivers, weaving hurdles, pliers, chisels and drills) and provide safety session on all tools.
Coaches are DBS carpenters and joiners who work with outdoor material.
Tree – hugging. Physical tree-climbing and a bit of arboreal theory. Plus how to live in trees.
Log-splitting demo from the experts. How to swing an axe. What different woods are good for – function and form. And how trees work.
Stage 1 - Starting with wood whittling. Entry Level. Advanced level.
Stage 2 - Elementary furniture –making and object creation Log seats and tables. Sailing boats
How to make a fire – the right wood, in the right order. With marshmallows!
Intermediate and Advanced Bootcamp Clinics
DATES TO FOLLOW
Social get together to motivate and upskill for fast track progression to the next level. A discussions on experience and pledges for the day will be followed by technical skills improvement both through theory and riding with video feedback. You will leave with an agreed personal mission statement.