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2 Highland Time s middot Autumn 2011

HPEC Officials 2011

Life President Penny Smith Nashend Stud Lower Nashend Farm Bisley Stroud Glos GL6 7AJ

Chair Person Jackie Muggleton Wynchwood The Street Alderton Nr Chippenham Wilts SN14 6NL EMail Jackie_muggleton hotmailcom Tel 01666840218

Vice Chair Catriona Carnegie 232 Ugg Mere Court Road Ramsey Heights Huntingdon Cambs PE26 2RS Email talisker_ highland_poniesyahoocoukTel 07786 321658

Treasurer Caroline Harwood 1 White Horse Cottages Frampton Mansell Stroud Glos GL6 8HU E mail carolinerharwoodbtinternetcom Tel 07801 839613

Secretary Rosemary Smith 16 Dovehouse Close Godmanchester Huntingdon Cambs PE29 2DY Email rosemarysnotes ntlworldcom Tel 01480350127

Activities Helen Boden The Barn Melior Hall Farm Church Road Melior Stockport Cheshire SK6 5CG Email helen boden2btinternetcom Tel 0161 4497137

Stallion Glenmuir Buzzard of Holmedow n Stud

CONTENTS 4 A message from the Chair 5-7 Heading South for Highlands 8-11 From Trekker to Treccer 12-17 Into Battle on a H ig hland 18 Trailtrow Eriskay shy

Ambassador Bursary 2010 19 Making a fuss of our ponies 20-23 Holmedown Stud Wendy

Bridges in Conversation with Highland Times

24-27 The Royal Highland Show 2011

28-29 Welsh Camp 31 -33 From the Archive 34-36 Being an Area Coord inator

- the inside story 37-38 First Steps towards

Endurance

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a message from the Chair

Well it has been a busy year full of lots of HPEC events A wide array of activit ies from shows to rides camps and stud vi sits have been enjoyed by members and friend s

Notably the Thames area held its first show in June and the new South West area has enjoyed a stud visit and social with a showing rally planned for the near future In addition established favourites like the beach barbeque at Kewstoke the Pennine area shows and Anglias areas rides and socials North Ea st and Welsh camps have been enjoyed Other areas are po ised for action with Central hoping to tour a leather works this au tumn and a ride organised for next spri ng

Our new web site has been designed to share HPEC news and let all members know about future events It is early days for us in learni ng how to manage the system but we hope to see the web site showcase the wide variety of activities happening across the count ry Members will also be able to down load electronic versions of past newsletters and Highland Times and membership renewal forms which we hope w ill be useful Many thanks to everyone who contributed photos - and new photos and news are always we lcome We have engaged the services of the wonderful Wayne to look after th e site and support us when things get confu sing Wayne w ill support our Web -ma ster Jackie Henderson and other committee members in keeping the site fresh and up to date

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As you will see I have been busy with my ponies and I hope my account of what I did in my gap year wi ll show that with enough time determination and supportive friends there is no limit to what one short fat middle aged woman and a highland pony can get up tol But most importantly the fr iends that helped me achieve my goa ls were friends I had met from the HPEC

Thi s is my last contribution to the High land Times as chairperson I wou ld li ke to thank Rebecca ORourke and Olivia Streatfei ldshyJames for their work on this issue and the many HPEC members w ho have written such varied and interesting artic les for us to enjoy On a personal note I would also like to thank all the lovely HPEC members who I have met through the club especially Rosemary Smith our wonderful secretary Ca rollnE Harwood who was a brill iant treasurer - Catriona Carneg ie Vice-Cha irpersor ~r

Kate well and hope she enjo s r~r 7~ 2 Chairperson I know tha t she ( ~ __e her you thful enth usiasm he- e- _ - and her love of hig hlaro C- r 5 - = and with those three ingrnl er r (_= willcontinueto valte e-~e5 I E

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Headng South middot middot middot middot middot middot middot for-Hi~ hlands

My husband and I decided that we would break our journey from North Yorkshire to holiday in France with a visit to the Southern Highland Pony Show held at the East of England Showground on August 21st We awoke to a grey damp morning and headed off early 50 as not to miss a single class The show field was already filled with a selection of lovely highlands We quickly bought a progra mme from the already busy secretary and got our bea rings as the first class started This was the gelding 5 years and over in-hand class won by the lovely Nashend Lord Avon second Carlung Kilbride and third Strath-

Mags Milsom North Yorkshire

more Jura Helen Whi te shou ld have been in the class with her pony Rignell Scapa but

due to an unfortunate encounter with a Shi re horse was sti ll sufshy

fering the effects of a broken leg I took the advantage to chat to with her as I was struggli ng to put faces to names - a common problem these days when we get to know each other

on line before actual ly meeting up She helped me

out with a few before heading off to help the Show Secretary

Rosemary Arnold with Stillmeadow Ptarmishygan a smart yellow dun were also in this class

And rew Potter and I Conway Harris

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Headng South middot middot middot middot middot middot middot for-Hi~ hlands

My husband and I decided that we would break our journey from North Yorkshire to holiday in France with a visit to the Southern Highland Pony Show held at the East of England Showground on August 21st We awoke to a grey damp morning and headed off early 50 as not to miss a single class The show field was already filled with a selection of lovely highlands We quickly bought a progra mme from the already busy secretary and got our bea rings as the first class started This was the gelding 5 years and over in-hand class won by the lovely Nashend Lord Avon second Carlung Kilbride and third Strath-

Mags Milsom North Yorkshire

more Jura Helen Whi te shou ld have been in the class with her pony Rignell Scapa but

due to an unfortunate encounter with a Shi re horse was sti ll sufshy

fering the effects of a broken leg I took the advantage to chat to with her as I was struggli ng to put faces to names - a common problem these days when we get to know each other

on line before actual ly meeting up She helped me

out with a few before heading off to help the Show Secretary

Rosemary Arnold with Stillmeadow Ptarmishygan a smart yellow dun were also in this class

And rew Potter and I Conway Harris