After leaving Andy’s place I was advised to try and do at least 4-6 lunge lessons before I returned so that Andy could get a better idea of my riding potential.

To this end I contacted a couple of riding centres and ended up at Burstow Park riding Centre who were really understanding of what I was looking for and were more than happy to help out.  I had my first 30 mins lessons and realised again what a long and hard journey this was going to be.