Ellesmere Riding Centre - Trail Ride Holidays in the UK.

Black Mountains Trail Rides
If you are looking for the ultimate exclusive exploratory trail riding holiday then head for Wales and explore the truly magnificent remote Black Mountains on horseback with Myfanwy Mitchell. Come with friends or on your own, and join a small group travelling at a good pace through stunningly rugged scenery, travelling along carefully researched routes which provide the best views of the dramatic scenery.
Riding one of Myfanwy's fit, well-schooled, pure bred Welsh and Irish cobs or throughbred crosses, renowned for their natural sense of balance and toughness that is essential for riding over the rough terrain, you ride for up to six hours a day in comfortable saddles, covering up to 20 miles a day along quiet lanes and across open moorland, where the springy turf is excellent for long. fast canters.
The horses cope easily with the rugged terrain, leading you effortlessly up to panoramic high spots, crossing the slopes of the famous Sugar Loaf mountain (2000 feet) below the soaring red kites and buzzards, and along high ridges, through quiet forests and ancient oak woods, then down into secluded valleys covered with bracken and heather. You pause at midday for either a picnic either in the woods or by an ancient church, or else a pub lunch at the oldest inn in Wales with a next to a roaring open fire on cooler days before riding a few more hours to the night's stop at a country inn or friendly Welsh farmhouse. Riding all day and staying at different accommodation along the route each night is wonderfully rewarding and you have the real satisfaction of achievement.
The accommodation and restaurants you visit are all hand-picked by Myfanwy to provide the very best in comfortable characterful settings in which to relax with your riding companions and to reminisce after the day's exertions. The excellent restaurants all offer the finest food, wine and real ales to be enjopyed at your leisure, and are the perfect conclusion to the day. By the end of the trial ride, not only will you have explored some of Wales' most undiscovered countryside, but our "made for the job" horses will have taught you a thing or two about riding over the Welsh terrain!!! If you would like to experience the ultimate riding holiday but you are concerned about your riding ability, please do not hesitate to contact Myfanwy. I'm sure we will have horse suitable for your ability.

Holidays Available 2008:
Black Mountains Exploratory Trail Ride Holidays - £984 Weekly (5 days - 6 nights) Approximately 80 miles. Black Mountains Short Break Trail Ride Holidays - £398 Long weekends (3 days - 3 nights) Approximately 50 miles. Also available as a mid-week break subject to availability Weekend Black Mountains Trail Ride Holidays - £295 Weekend (2 days - 2 nights) Approximately 35 miles. *Please telephone for details* Want to bring your own horse on one of our trail rides? No problem, you are most welcome to do so, subject to a few fitness and safety considerations. Dates 2008 - Now Available!! Accommodation Reviews - here are just a few reviews of our Trail Riding Holidays Booking Form *The holidays are fully inclusive* of all riding, accommodation and meals (except evening drinks), guide's services, luggage transfers, horses, grazing and backup.**