I had three months time before I started trying..then the thought creeped into my mind that once I conceive life would not be the same...I would step into the world of responsibilities and duties, the carefree lifestyle would be a thing of the past.But then I wanted to give up carefree life very much...and yet I thought of all the things that I wanted to do..may be it was time to go over that forgotten wishlist before I said adieu to my carefree days!!
One of things that I always wanted to do and that needed a good physique was learning horse riding...
My first memories of a horse are that of a park ! Its a common thing in India to have horse back rides for small kids around children's amusement parks.Even after trying hard I cant recall why I didn't get on the horse but my younger brother did.
Many years later , when I went to Shimla with my sis , I rode a horse for the first time. Horses and pony rides are quite a respite when sighteseeing steep climbs .Among other things I remember a funny incident that happened there....I and my sister both took horses and my sis was trailing behind mine. The guide had explained well how to maintain body posture and the horse was well trained too.
All was fine , I was enjoying the beautiful landscapes when suddenly I heard a prolonged cry aaaaaahhhh ... I turned back to see that it was my own sister who was lamenting it and I actually saw her falling off the horse in a somewhat slow motion fashion.Thankfully she was lucky enough not to get hurt or roll of the cliff and we could enjoy the rest of the trip.How she had manged to fall from a walking horse is still a mystery! I still wonder and keep laughing to myself whenever I think of that incident.
My love for horses started with the Shimla trail !
Couple of years passed by. By then I had finished my college and had started working.
My friends and I went for a short trip to another hill station called Matheron a beautiful hill station situated 60 kms away from Mumbai on Shyadri hills.
One of the unique things about Matheron is that the only means of transport there is horses and hand pulled rickshaws.Vehicles are banned here and is a true "Pollution free town".Once again I had a chance to ride a horse, however this time I wanted more.I wanted to learn to gallop and not just sit on it.So in our 2 days tour , I managed to take 2 days crash course on riding a horse..the experience was exhilarating.
As much as I remember the beautiful experience I also remember the after effects of it.The next 2 days I had a very tender back and had to take off from work cause of the pain.
Couple of years passed and I had almost forgotten about how much I had enjoyed horse riding. I had changed cities and was married then.One day I saw an advertisement in the newspaper about a beginner's horse riding camp being held in the outskirts of the city. The classes were scheduled on early mornings weekdays.So impelling was my desire that even tough the place was very far and we also had office after , I still coaxed my husband to join the class.We went at the mentioned location just to find out that the classes were all full and were not taking any more students...I came back with dampened dreams.
But now in this city of London with such a wide choice of Equestrian schools I knew my dream of horse riding was going to come true.
I joined horse riding classes for couple of months..I thing off my wish list..clap..clap clap!!!
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