Inspiration Archives - Diary of a Wimpy Eventer

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: Miscarriage – Our Devastating Truth

Vic Brant November 5, 2020 11 Comments

I really am struggling to know where to begin this time, but I know that in order to deal with this, I need to write it all down, I need it to become a part of our lives and...

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2020 Inspiration Learn Life away from horses

Having a baby and that mum juggle… the things they don’t tell you!

Vic Brant September 29, 2020 0 Comment

Whether you have kids or not, the juggle of hobbies/work/social life/love life/showering/etc. is a challenge in itself. But I’ll tell you what, throwing a baby into the mix has you leaving behind certain parts of who you were whether...

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2020 Inspiration

The Wimpy Weekender – July 2020

Vic Brant July 22, 2020 0 Comment

Now, I’ve had the time of my life, and I owe it all to yooooouuuu…. As many of you will know, this was my third time organising my Wimpy Weekender camps. The first one was back in May last...

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

The Truth Behind: How to get your leg over

Vic Brant May 5, 2020 4 Comments

This is the first part in my ‘Truth behind’ series and what better than to mark the three year anniversary of my first book release than to share all the nitty gritty with you on here! So, I’ve been...

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2020 Inspiration Riding Tips

My Riding Confidence Post-Baby

Vic Brant April 20, 2020 10 Comments

It’s really hard to know where to start but I guess all the nitty gritty from the beginning is detailed in the books so I’ll briefly recap. A whistlestop tour I was a bold and fearless child rider, I...

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2020 Inspiration Life away from horses

Hello and welcome back

Vic Brant April 12, 2020 0 Comment

Have you missed me…?! Can you believe it’s been almost 6 month since I came on here with an update? I guess it all got a bit much what with the latter stages of pregnancy and squeezing a human...

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2018 Inspiration Learn Riding Tips

From 4 years to 4 star… What does it really take?

Vic Brant November 14, 2018 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 1 Comment

I was absolutely delighted to attend the 4th leg of the Ros Canter and Caroline Moore, 4 years to 4* tour at Vale View Equestrian last night. I have taken away so much from just 3 hours of learning and...

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2018 Inspiration Learn Riding Tips

Autumn Tip Tuesday: What’s wrong with you you pesky camel?

Vic Brant October 16, 2018 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 1 Comment

So, last night I laid in bed formulating a plan with military precision. I had ridden my new/old horse Pea on a hack earlier and whilst this little horse is fun, safe and brilliant in every way, she has...

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2018 Inspiration Learn Riding Tips

Paving out a plan…

Vic Brant January 9, 2018 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

Good day one and all. It is 2018 and I am one week into a very slow, sober, DRY January! It’s not as easy as I thought and my real motivation for doing it was to lose some weight. ...

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2017 Competition Reports Inspiration Learn

Teary eyes all round… 2017 round up – a video to last a lifetime.

Vic Brant October 30, 2017 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

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2017 Inspiration Learn

Is cross-stitch under rated?

Vic Brant October 12, 2017 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 2 Comments

So I want to talk about Retraining… I’ll add right now, I am NO expert. But I do have experience and I’m not afraid to use it!! So, You have a horse that has potentially learnt to go a...

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2017 Inspiration Learn

Story time with Wimpy Pt.2

Vic Brant August 24, 2017 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

Grab a tissue and a glass of wine and enjoy my second reading of some of my favourite parts of the book. Love this one a lot!...

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2017 Inspiration Learn Riding Tips

Tips for a Spot on Freewalk!

How I get the best out of my dressage test with a movement usually worth double points… Enjoy 🙂 xx...

2016 Inspiration Learn Life away from horses Riding Tips

Let me explain a few things now I’m older and more wisdom-ous?!

Vic Brant October 20, 2016 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

I am pretty sure that at some point in the lives of every single one of you reading this, you have felt rotten about your capabilities, downtrodden or had your chips totally p*$sed on by someone else. If you...

2016 Competition Reports Inspiration

I’ve only gone and done it!!!

Vic Brant September 16, 2016 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

Well that’s is… My feet are wet, I’ve jumped in with them both! In actual fact, it’s not my feet that are wet, it’s my palms and my forehead, I’m sat at my desk looking at last years course...

2016 Inspiration Riding Tips

Give me a hand out of this hole will you?!

Vic Brant September 13, 2016 Tagged Baby blogger, blogger, bravepants, breeches, British eventing, cross country, dressage, equestrian, Eventing, events, exracehorse, feeding, horse, horse care, horse riding, horse rug, horsebloggers, horsemanship, marketing, Mum Life, mummy blogger, polo, Pregnancy, pregnancy journey, self belief, self esteem, showjumping, stable management 0 Comment

So, a bit of a sorry state of affairs after my run of cast iron balls activities. First off, I was massively on the up after my ‘mock hunting’ experience so thought this would make day to day riding,...