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Cycling Across Europe with 2 Ponies & my Dog in tow!
My crazy pony cycling adventure! - I am so excited to announce that our cycling across Europe adventure is a finalist in this years national JustGiving awards in the “Creative Fundraiser of the year” category!
Stan, Percy, Inca and I cycled in a purpose built tricycle from Switzerland, through France, Germany and finishing in the Netherlands some 1034km later! This video is a few highlights from our trip.
If you enjoyed following our journey on social media or have enjoyed watching this video then please take a second to vote for us! (Thank you very much in advance! 😀)
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If you would like to help us make a difference to horses and donkeys that have to work hard then please see our JustGiving page and support The Brooke. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/emma-massingale
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Europe One Smile at a Time!
This summer I am heading off on a unique adventure crossing Europe with my two miniatures in tow...Literally! I have designed and had made a purpose build trike to carry the two horses, my little dog and myself oh and a tent! Our adventure has one simple mission to make people smile! My horses make me smile every single day, it's going to be fun to share our adventure across social media and my website www.emmamassingale.com for more information do check it out! Emx
The power of a smile.
Three years of full time adventure and ten years of creating media content, I have learnt that one of the most rewarding things is to be able to make other people smile! If we can also back this up with some fun horsemanship and an epic adventure then it’s something worth getting pretty excited about!
I knew this year I wanted to do an adventure that included my miniatures…but where to start as they are too small to ride and have very short legs, not ideal for travelling long distances! I knew it had to be something personally challenging for me but fun and easy for the ponies.
Throughout history we have needed horses to pull or carry us but what now if in the 21st Century these little horses could have one simple role, to make people smile! My horses make me smile everyday, this is not only incredible therapy but has helped me become the horsewomen I am today. Horses recognise facial expressions, I have said for many years that as crazy as it sounds just smiling at your horse can help form greater friendships and if they like us more they are going to perform better for us in any situation.
I am going to take my two untrained miniatures, one Miniature Horse (Percy – Appaloosa) and one Miniature Shetland Pony (Stanley) 1000 km across Europe on an epic adventure. I shall be cycling along with my minis in a purpose built tricycle across 4 countries through Europe with two main objectives in mind, to give everyone we meet and those may like to follow us online their daily smile…(it’s impossible not to!) and to have an epic adventure that challenges me both physically and mentally as I can assure you that cycling along with two horses on board isn’t easy! Stanley, Percy and I shall camp each night under the stars.
I have chosen two untrained ponies for this adventure as I wanted to be able to share my style of training as we go, I wanted to be able to share how getting out of the arena and putting yourself a little out of your comfort zone is a great way of working with horses.
