Youngsters ride ‘Caravan of Hope’ from France to GB
Several immature disadvantaged people direct hold simply completed an 1800 kilometre ride from the Camargue inward southern French Republic to London.
This year’s was the tertiary such journey.
The charity SLL, which was founded past times Long Rider Jakki Cunningham, selects horses from the Camargue inward southern French Republic from where they are ridden across French Republic in addition to England past times a team. At the terminate of this half dozen calendar month journey, which involves countless overnight stops, the horses are donated to Riding for the Disabled centres inward England in addition to France.
One event of the organisations helped past times SLL is the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre inward West London, run past times Sister Mary Joy Langdon.
“Not exclusively does she assist disabled people ride, but too the disadvantaged immature people inward her area,” Cunningham told the Long Riders Guild, “she is in addition to then taken alongside the Camargue horses that she has that she wants some other 5 to enable the immature people inward her expanse to render ‘spectacles’. This would non exclusively convey inward much needed coin to the WSPC but too enrich beyond belief these immature people’s lives.”
During the journey, these troubled immature English linguistic communication in addition to French people discovered each other’s civilisation in addition to language, in addition to they learnt how to laid upwards in addition to harness the horses. Far away from their inner-city homes, they learnt how to integrate socially in addition to contribute to community life. They learned to honor other people, animals and, to a greater extent than generally, the environment.
These intelligent horses in addition to inspired immature people rode correct across French Republic in addition to ended upwards travelling through cardinal London, arriving to a hero’s welcome at the French Embassy at the terminate of September.
The Long Riders’ Guild has e'er championed inexpensive equestrian go versus expensive competition. To brand a journey, almost whatsoever breed of Equus caballus volition do, in addition to rescue horses fill upwards the mouth nicely. There are no entry fees, in addition to it costs no to a greater extent than to feed a Equus caballus spell travelling than it does at home.
Long Riders believe that every kid in addition to immature individual ought to direct hold the chance to choke familiar alongside horses in addition to direct hold fun. In these days of “Health in addition to Safety”, when children look positively discouraged from going outside, horses in addition to ponies stand upwards for a salubrious liberty which children volition never notice inward front end of their TV or calculator screens.
The RDA has been helping disabled people for to a greater extent than than twoscore years, in addition to is justly proud of its achievements.
But Jakki Cunningham is 1 of an increasing issue of people concerned that the disadvantaged inner-city children are missing out on the wonderful relationships nosotros humans tin post away direct hold alongside horses.
The SLL journeying was based on problem for others, in addition to was remarkable for its lack of competitiveness in addition to nationalism – if exclusively in that place were to a greater extent than examples similar this inward the world.
The 2010 journeying resulted inward a novel fellow member of The Long Riders’ Guild, Luke Tucker, who was too riding inward this year’s “Caravan of Hope”.
One of the immature people on this year’s journeying was Bethany Jameson. Beth had no equestrian background earlier the start, but she was speedily converted past times the horses. She wrote: “After a few falls off my friend’s Equus caballus I felt horses weren’t for me, but that all changed when I got involved alongside the Caravan of Hope. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend of mine Luke (Tucker) got me into the charity, in addition to what a life-changing sense it has been for me.
“Waking upwards to beautiful horses every morn was a pleasure, living alongside them for so, in addition to then long; nosotros were similar a menage unit of measurement in addition to the horses were similar brothers in addition to sisters. I acknowledge it was scary at first, but every bit fourth dimension went past times it became in addition to then natural to endure or in addition to then them.
“It has been past times far the best sense of my life, from caring to the horses’ needs, riding inward all weathers – it is fifty-fifty proficient fun riding inward the rain! Cantering along grassy tracks, what an peril nosotros direct hold all had. I desire to maintain riding, learning to a greater extent than well-nigh these magnificent creatures, that deep downwards if you lot acquire to know them everyone loves: they are my novel best friends; the journeying changed my life. Thank-you SLL!”
Welcome to the Guild, Beth!
This article was commencement published inward the French equestrian magazine, Randonner à Cheval.
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