1. Previous minutes – see print out.
2. Treetops Hospice Fundraiser (The Ripple Appeal)- £4635.00 for Treetops Hospice Trust so far. 20th December The Sinners are doing a gig at The Imperial Rooms, Matlock to raise the remainder £365+ to bring the total amount to £5000 before the end of the year – Pam’s goal.
3. Bridleways
Dobbs/Pounder Lane – Liz Stoppard has organised all the paper work now, landowner signatures etc have been completed for Dobbs Lane. She has organised for Andy Land to go up to the top of the lane where it is narrow and over grown, to take a mini digger and scrape it back to its original width. This will be so much better for larger horses to get through 15hh + I have organised a free metal water pipe to be dug into the muddy area by the gates on Pounder Lane and hard core to be put on top. Hopefully this will take the stream underground.
We need some more advice about appropriate gates for the terrain on this route. Jain will ask Karen Hinckley the BHS Access Officer for the area. Quotes are still required for the gates at the top of the bridleway and this will be possible with some more advice.
The news on the green lane by Blakemere Pit (quarry) is good. It has been formally deemed that no motorbikes or 4x4's should be driving in the quarry as they will be trespassing. The Police are still actively monitoring the situation here. Hopefully this will mean a quieter and safer ride.
The group will endeavour to get an update on Tearsall Quarry and the bridleway. Liz Stoppard reported the gate on this bridleway needs replacing. Need to inform Phil Berry at Derbyshire Dales.
Sandra has BHS Coastal Access Postcards for you to send off if you want to maintain and improve access to the coast for horses and riders. Contact Sandra.
Jane Williams has the latest BHS Bridleways newsletter if anyone wants to see it.
4. Pam's Gate - Liz Stoppard has researched horsey quotes and has found the perfect one . Imagine galloping full blast over Masson hill all the way up to the top of Dobbs lane ( as we do!!) You come to the new gate at the top and on it reads " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom". We think Pam would like that one.
5. Christmas holiday ride to Grange Mill and back is being organised by Jane Williams.
Details to follow
Details to follow
6. Blog page – Sending out new invites. Hopefully you will get the invites otherwise I am writing this for my benefit only!!!
7. Website – Most pages could do with updating especially the “about us”; “news”; “Events” pages. Please, please, please we need more help with updating the website. This is how we show what we re up to, it helps us get money for bridleway gates etc. I need 3 people to help with this. You do not need to do anything on a computer - just write out what should be on the website page and Liz Stoppard and I will do the rest ;-)
8. AOB - We discussed the possibility of a group weekend/ few days away with horses and a couple of suggestions were made:
a) Somerford Park, Cheshire
b) George Caldicott's place
I know there are quite a few other places around too. So my suggestion is to start a new "post" on the blog and tell each other about the places, giving website links where possible and contacts details so people can look at what is available. Here are a couple of websites to get us going...
New Rider website with a holiday search page
Equine Tourism website
9. Date of next meeting Tuesday March 10th 2009, 7.30 p.m. Kings Head pub.
Please post agenda items on this blog but remember the whole world can see us!
P.S. horsey picture from http://www.detailart.com/Horses.html Christiane Fagan.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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