Today we joined a group doing a 6 day ride with Willie Leahy, renowned Irish Connemara pony horseman. We were surprised it was such a large group - 25 - divided into those who only wanted to walk and trot, and the rest! I had a small bay named Murphy, who seemed to have two speeds: walk and run. Sally was on Willow, a lovely grey mare. We spent the day on Mannin Bay Beach, and were in the dare-devil group, cantering and galloping on the sand. Just before we had lunch those who wanted to, (yes we did) took the saddles off the horses and rode them into deep water until they were swimming! It was cold, but a lot of fun!
The photo is from Willie's website, and it's exactly what it was like; he's quite a character. It was cloudy and cool in the morning, but luckily when it was time to go in the water the sun had come out.
