Is it really two months since that wonderful wet Demo Day in Wales? Thank you for coming to Trealy Farm and making it a very special day. Despite the rain, it was fun & informative with Peggy Cummings and Jim Masterson covering:

• Basic principles of Connected Riding^® and finding Neutral Pelvis
• Balancing a rider in the saddle
• Overview & demonstration of the Masterson Method^®
• Effects of the Masterson Method^® on a horse’s movement
• Connected Riding^® from the saddle

Here’s a slideshow of the day … you may need to wait a little while for the music to start (depending on the speed of your internet). The password is trealymay2018.

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Trade Stands at the Demo Day … Scroll down through the posts and you will find contact details and links.

Feedback

Peggy & Jim were excellent, and on a personal note, information I’d had previously of their methods simply fell into place and made the whole day so worthwhile.

We also enjoyed the stallholders. The refreshments were excellent, especially the vegan lunch – the antipasti was amazing! All the helpers we met were really lovely and made the day more enjoyable.

So please pass on our thanks and congratulations on putting on such a lovely day – despite the weather!

Amanda

I found the day extremely well organised and the venue excellent. Peggy has changed the way I look at how I affect my horse’s ability to move freely and the bracing patterns we fall into unknowingly. I now feel I have some tools in my bag to help me and my horses. Big lesson is neutral pelvis and rotate!!!

Jim Masterson was so lovely and funny he was really approachable and showed me easily how I can find tension in my horse and gently release the areas to make him more comfortable. This was extremely valuable. As an audience we were close to Jim and we could really see the horse releasing and Jim’s lightness of touch. Love his levels of touch “egg yoke”.

Over all this was an enjoyable and memorable day with a huge amount gained for me personally. I am looking forward to the next one.

Sara

Hi Peggy! It was indeed wonderful to meet you AND to participate in your Demo Day!  What you teach fits in so well with what we’re doing with Masterson— it’s like taking the principles into ground work and the saddle!

Nikki

I was fortunate enough to attend both the demo and the clinic as a rider. It was awesome … so much to be learnt and lovely people who really want to help,you. The long weekend really inspired me. Peggy is a very generous clinician and gives much of herself and really makes everyone welcome and supported, it’s definitely the way I want to ride, train and help horses. I can’t wait for the next one.

Julie

Sorry it’s so fuzzy – email me if you want me to email you a clear version! Katherine

Gail is going to wear many hats at her Trade Stand on Friday …

She is offering her lotion at £7.50 per jar. It is Vegan with no chemicals made from Organic hemp Oil and Lavender Essential oil from Provence. Food for the skin and for use over the entire body.

The Trade Stand will have a number of other items for sale … hi-viz reflective vests, work gloves. Also some Pre-Vent Feeders imported from the US. PRE-VENT Feeder’s® patent pending design was specifically created to increase feed time by slowing down the rate at which a horse ingests its feed. The “compartments” or “cups” at the bottom of the feeder help prevent your horse from bolting pellet type feeds, this reduces the risk of choke.   An unusual selection of goodies from Gail & Katherine. Come to the stand for an interesting chat or a little shopping!

Finding Trealy Farm

Finding Trealy Farm is EASY if you follow the written directions (see below). Please do NOT follow SatNav which WILL lead you astray! Allow extra time for your journey and parking on the day.

On 25^th May we will put a sign (BEWARE … it may be removed) to Trealy Farm on the B4293, opposite the driveway to the farm. When you turn into the driveway at Red House Farm drive STRAIGHT (do NOT turn, do NOT ask for directions at Red House Farm or at any house near the road). It is ½ a mile to Trealy Farm and everything will be clearly sign-posted on arrival.

Most of the parking at Trealy Farm is “Field Parking” which is a 6-minute walk from covered arena. This “Field Parking” is immediately to your right after you cross the cattle-grid into Trealy Farm. Parking in the farmyard and along the orchard / drive is pre-allocated (let me know if you need to park near the arena).

The driveway to Trealy Farm has deteriorated over the winter and you need to drive VERY slowly. Low-slung vehicles are not best suited to the driveway or parking in the field. There are car-sharing / car-pooling apps like liftshare.com and https://www.blablacar.co.uk that could help you to link up with other participants, share the journey and reduce the numbers of vehicles. Some of you could park at the church in Mitchel Troy and share a car from there. You could also share lifts via the local Connected Riding Facebook Group: “Connected Riding training uk south”.

If you are coming along the B4293 from the west (i.e. Raglan / Abergavenny / Newport etc), the Trealy Farm driveway is to your right. If you are travelling from the east (ie Monmouth) you will turn left into Red House Farm / Trealy Farm driveway. Hanging on the fence, to the left side of the driveway entrance, is a poster for “First Milk”.

When you are on the B4293 driving from the west and are close to the turning it looks like THIS ….

From the west, if you are car-pooling at Mitchel Troy church, keep on going. If you are going to Trealy Farm, turn to the right, opposite the Red House Farm bus-stop …

Opposite this bus stop, turn to Trealy Farm. Go STRAIGHT (pass by Red House farmyard and farmhouse to your left) … straight onto the road through the fields and up the hill …

DIRECTIONS TO TREALY FARM

Getting to Trealy Farm

Post Code NP25 4BL

OS References SO47829 09313

Tel. Ruth Tudor (owner) 07495-645222 or Katherine (organiser) 0780-3720501.

PLEASE NOTE – SatNav will NOT get you to Trealy Farm (even if you have been there before and put the location into your favourites!) – you MUST follow these written directions!

DIRECTIONS:

Trealy Farm is reached via Red House Farm which is on the Groesonen Road.

By Train & Taxi / Bus:

By train go to Abergavenny station and take a taxi to Trealy Farm or a bus to Monmouth getting off before Monmouth at the Red House Farm bus stop. This is 0.8 mile from Trealy Farm and if you make prior arrangements & call us en-route we can collect you from the bus stop. Abergavenny station is about 15 miles away from Trealy Farm.

M4 (from South, East and South-East) – Motorway route

Follow M4 to Newport Caldre roundabout then take A449 towards Midlands / Monmouth. Take 2^nd exit off signposted Raglan / Abergavenny onto A40.

Cross over immediately in order to take 1^st right towards Dingestow. You are now on the B4293 or Groesonen Road.

After about 4 miles pass Dingestow turn on left and Somerset Arms on right & then pass Cwmcarvan turn on right.

Take next right turn into Red House farm on the brow of the hill. See poplar trees lining the driveway & a bridleway sign. There is a little road to the left, opposite the entrance & a bus stop called Red House Stop. There is also a poster for First Milk hanging on the fence just after the turning. If you pass ComeonIn 2^nd hand cars on left and Square Farm on right, you have gone too far.

After turning into Red House Farm – Follow the track “straight” through the farm yard (Please do NOT turn left into the house almost immediately (about 80 meters) after the Red House farm yard – no sign for this house exists). Continue “straight” and up through two fields until the track forks. This is a distance of about 0.5 miles – At the end of the second field, where the track forks, take the left fork, over the cattle grid. This has a sign ‘Trealy Farm’ and this is our (tarmac) driveway. This driveway goes up hill and Trealy Farm is at the top.

M4 then via Chepstow (if travelling with a trailer from the South East you maybe best to take the M4/A449 route)

Follow M4 to South Wales. Before you come to the Severn River, take M48 to Chepstow taking you over the old, not the new, Severn Bridge. After bridge turn left *immediately* signposted Chepstow (A466).

At the first roundabout follow signs to Chepstow. At the next roundabout *ignore* signs to Chepstow (you are just outside the town now) and follow signs to Monmouth (A466). This will take you around Chepstow and will bring you to a roundabout outside Chepstow race course. Now *ignore* signs to Monmouth (straight on), instead take left turn signposted ‘Trellech, Devauden’ (B4293). Follow road to and through Trellech. Go on for several miles, signposted Monmouth. At bottom of a long downward slope you come to a T junction, with a sharp left turn signposted to Mitchel Troy.

Turn left and follow this road through Mitchel Troy village. After the village, the A40 is ahead but take the left turn off just before you reach it, signposted ‘Dingestow’ (important!). Go past Square Farm on the left and the ‘Comonin’ 2^nd hand cars on the right.

Take next left turn into Red House Farm, which is a driveway without any sign that can be seen from the road (other than a public footpath sign and a poster for First Milk hanging on the fence just before the turning). Once you have turned into the driveway, there is a sign saying Red House Farm. (If you get to a B Road on the left, signposted Cwmcarvan, you’ve missed it!). The entrance to Red House Farm is on the crest of a low hill and has a row of poplar trees lining the driveway. There is a little road to the right, opposite the entrance & a bus stop called Red House Stop.

After turning into Red House Farm – Follow the track “straight” through the farm yard (Please do NOT turn left into the house almost immediately (about 80 meters) after the Red House farm yard – no sign for this house exists). Continue “straight” and up through two fields until the track forks. This is a distance of about 0.5 miles – At the end of the second field, where the track forks, take the left fork, over the cattle grid. This has a sign ‘Trealy Farm’ and this is our (tarmac) driveway. This driveway goes up hill and Trealy Farm is at the top.

From the West – the A40 (from South Wales including Abergavenny)

Pass Raglan village on your right & castle on your left. Take the left turn off the A40 immediately after the castle signposted Dingestow / Mitchel Troy. Pass John Deere tractors, turning to Kingcoed on right etc. After about 4 miles pass Dingestow turn on left and Somerset Arms on right & then pass Cwmcarvan turn on right.

Take next right turn into Red House farm on the brow of the hill. See poplar trees lining the driveway & a bridleway sign. There is a poster for First Milk hanging on the fence just after the turning. There is a little road to the left, opposite the entrance & a bus stop called Red House Stop. If you come to ComeonIn 2^nd hand cars on left and Square Farm on right you have gone too far.

After turning into Red House Farm – Follow the track “straight” through the farm yard (Please do NOT turn left into the house almost immediately (about 80 meters) after the Red House farm yard – no sign for this house exists). Continue “straight” and up through two fields until the track forks. This is a distance of about 0.5 miles – At the end of the second field, where the track forks, take the left fork, over the cattle grid. This has a sign ‘Trealy Farm’ and this is our (tarmac) driveway. This driveway goes up hill and Trealy Farm is at the top.

From the North, North-East and East (from M50, M5/Midlands Hereford via A49, Ross on Wye A40)

Take the A40 towards Monmouth. As you approach Monmouth you will come to a roundabout with Monmouth signposted right, continue straight on here, signposted Abergavenny. Very soon you come to traffic lights, go straight through signposted to Abergavenny (the bridge over River Wye will be on your left and Monmouth Boys School on your right). Then *very shortly * take the first left off the A40 (important!. Do NOT go through the tunnel that you will see ahead). This turning is signposted ‘Monmouth, Rockfield, Trellech’ (sometimes called Trelleck or even Treleck. The slip road comes to a T-Junction. Turn left, signposted ‘Trellech, Mitchel Troy’. Follow this road through Mitchel Troy village.

After the village, the A40 is ahead but take the left turn off just before you reach it, signposted ‘Dingestow’ (important!). Pass Square Farm on the left and the ‘Comonin’ timber yard and small 2^nd hand Car Dealership on the right. Take next left turn into Red House Farm, which is a driveway without any sign that can be seen from the road (other than a public footpath sign and a poster for First Milk hanging on the fence just before the turning). Once you have turned into the driveway, there is a sign saying Red House Farm. (If you get to a B Road on the left, signposted Cwmcarvan, you’ve missed it!). The entrance to Red House Farm is on the crest of a low hill and has a row of poplar trees lining the driveway. There is a little road to the right, opposite the entrance & a bus stop called Red House Stop.

After turning into Red House Farm – Follow the track “straight” through the farm yard (Please do NOT turn left into the house almost immediately (about 80 meters) after the Red House farm yard – no sign for this house exists). Continue “straight” and up through two fields until the track forks. This is a distance of about 0.5 miles – At the end of the second field, where the track forks, take the left fork, over the cattle grid. This has a sign ‘Trealy Farm’ and this is our (tarmac) driveway. This driveway goes up hill and Trealy Farm is at the top.

A40 (from London/East)

M40 to Oxford, then A40 west (via Gloucester, NOT Cheltenham – it is quickest to loop south for a while on the A436 sign-posted Gloucester, rejoining the A40 at Gloucester). Then continue on the A40 with signs to Ross-On-Wye until the A4136 turning off to the left, signposted Monmouth.

Follow this all the way through the Forest of Dean. You end up rolling down into the Wye valley until you come to a big bridge over the river with traffic lights at the end. Monmouth is ahead of you and the A40 is in front … to the left and right. Turn left at the traffic lights onto the A40, signposted ‘Abergavenny‘. Then *very shortly* take the first left off the A40 (important!). This turning is signposted ‘Monmouth, Rockfield, Trellech’ (sometimes called Trelleck or even Treleck). The slip road comes to a T-Junction. Turn left, signposted ‘Trellech, Mitchel Troy’. Follow this road through Mitchel Troy village.

After the village, the A40 is ahead but take the left turn off just before you reach it, signposted ‘Dingestow’ (important!). Pass Square Farm on the left and the ‘Comonin’ timber yard and small 2^nd hand Car Dealership on the right. Take next left turn into Red House Farm, which is a driveway without any sign that can be seen from the road (other than a public footpath sign and a poster for First Milk hanging on the fence just before the turning). Once you have turned into the driveway, there is a sign saying Red House Farm. (If you get to a B Road on the left, signposted Cwmcarvan, you’ve missed it!). The entrance to Red House Farm is on the crest of a low hill and has a row of poplar trees lining the driveway. There is a little road to the right, opposite the entrance & a bus stop called Red House Stop.

After turning into Red House Farm – Follow the track “straight” through the farm yard (Please do NOT turn left into the house almost immediately (about 80 meters) after the Red House farm yard – no sign for this house exists). Continue “straight” and up through two fields until the track forks. This is a distance of about 0.5 miles – At the end of the second field, where the track forks, take the left fork, over the cattle grid. This has a sign ‘Trealy Farm’ and this is our (tarmac) driveway. This driveway goes up hill and Trealy Farm is at the top.

Sally A Tottle MSTAT and Sarah Merriam Pierce, Feldenkrais Wales, have been practicing from Monmouth Natural Health Centre for the past 30 years.

Sally is author of Bodysense, Revolutionize your riding with the Alexander Technique published by Trafalgar Square in 1998, and has run Bodysense Courses throughout Europe, Australia and America.

Sally and Sarah will be offering a limited number of 15 mins taster session bookable on the day for £10 (or book beforehand through Monmouth Natural Health tel 01600 772622).

Horses have played a massive part in Sally’s life since she was a child. She has developed her own unique way of working with them combining her skills as an Alexander teacher and a Reiki Master. She runs courses to help riders develop their own healing reiki powers so they can help their own horses.

Sarah and Sally are happy to chat on 25th May and you can contact them via Monmouth Natural Health. Come to find them at their Trade Stand next Friday before and after the demonstrations (or book your 15 minute taster session).