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Post by trojanwarrior on May 2, 2008 21:44:19 GMT
Warrior & I have our first TREC training weekend starting tomorrow. First day is orienteering. They're giving us grid references to plot & then find our own way there. Thankfully the organiser has arranged for me to ride with a more experienced treccie as I'm new to it all & my map reading is rusty to say the least.
The Sunday is training over the PTV course. Hopefully we'll manage to do most of the obstacles without trashing anything!
Fingers crossed for a couple of dry days.
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Post by racaille on May 3, 2008 5:26:06 GMT
Sounds like huge fun, Warrior! Lucky you to have training weekends in the UK. Grid refs, eh? There's posh! They make me come out in a nervous sweat ....  |
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Post by Blonde Donkey on May 3, 2008 6:59:50 GMT
they do trec up a bishop burton so i might be able to have a go hile i'm there looks like such good fun
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Post by kateflashy on May 3, 2008 19:00:35 GMT
i was going to do one last year but it was cancelled
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Post by trojanwarrior on May 5, 2008 9:37:09 GMT
Well we're still alive & didn't get hopelessly lost on the Saturday even though we had to alter our route due to road closures. Plottting the grid refs took me back to the days of being a brownie - across the corridor & up the stairs  They were 8 fig references so were really accurate & we got most of our telegraph pole numbers the same as the organiser. But I think that was mostly to do with the person who I rode with  Warrior was full of it as usual & didn't look as though he'd been out for over 3 hours and returned the next day fresh & bursting with energy unlike me. Did some obstacles on the PTV course. Low branches were much easier than I thought probably cos I'm used to hanging off my horse as the Welsh bridleways are not the best for pruning the trees!!. The staircase was interesting. Took him a couple of goes to know where to put his big feet. Going up he tried to do the whole lot in one go just so he could get to the others quickly. The s-bend took a hammering as did the rein back corridor. Need to work on keeping his brain in the right place. Footbridge & ditch were no problem but the gate was a disaster due to his lack of patience! Really pleased with his COP. He would have scored full points for both paces & managed to walk the 150m in 64 secs  This morning I turned him out in the field & he's still buzzing! I'm pooped & need to find some energy as I'm showing him this afternoon!! |
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Post by racaille on May 5, 2008 9:46:30 GMT
Brilliant you! Sounds as though Warrior is going to be a Trec star if he was that good on a first outing! Fantastic COP results too!
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Post by finefilly on May 5, 2008 16:54:04 GMT
they do trec up a bishop burton so i might be able to have a go hile i'm there looks like such good fun what year are you doing? my friend's daughter is at Bishop Burton. she absolutely loves it. |
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Post by duckles on May 5, 2008 18:12:01 GMT
Sounds a great weekend - your horse is obviously a natural!
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They were 8 fig references so were really accurate & we got most of our telegraph pole numbers the same as the organiser. But I think that was mostly to do with the person who I rode with 
