cuddybuddy69
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Beam Me Up Scotty,There Is No Intelligent Life Here
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Post by cuddybuddy69 on Dec 31, 2007 13:32:55 GMT
Greetings and salutations and all that.I got a link to this website from a link that had been left by a member on the Scottish Carriage Driving Asssociation Website,discussion section.Although relatively new to Carriage Driving,but getting thrown in at the deep end lol;I am no stranger to the world of horses and competitions ,having experienced life as Competitor.Owner,Judge,Steward etc for many shows over the past 18-19 years or so.And like so many of the events that I have/am involved with it was a case of being in the right place at the right time..seeing an event advertised then mucking in and helping out where needed..it so happens that this year most of the events I had been involved with were all taking place at the same venue.At the two or 3 carriage events I have been at I must say that firstly I have learned a lot,and made a great number of new friends from far and wide.And of course it is not all about competing either,in November a group of us at the invite of The West Of Scotland Branch BDS,paid a visit to the Transport Museum in Glasgow where we had a guided tour of the horse drawn carriages contained therein.It also included a trip ''down below'' to the store room...an area not normally accessible to Joe Public.I hail from Largs,Ayrshire Scotland..Bobby is the name
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Post by happyhorsedriver on Dec 31, 2007 16:10:52 GMT
Hi and welcome to the forum ;D
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Post by pollyanna on Dec 31, 2007 16:21:14 GMT
Hello and welcome
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Post by wally on Dec 31, 2007 17:20:46 GMT
Whato!
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Post by rabatsa on Dec 31, 2007 20:43:10 GMT
Hello and welcome, I promise not to comment about another person from over the border
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cuddybuddy69
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Post by cuddybuddy69 on Jan 3, 2008 9:32:04 GMT
Psst Rabatsa it is okay,besides which my girlfriend is from down your way..Bridlington..and thanks to everyone else for the warm welcome
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Post by rabatsa on Jan 3, 2008 13:47:09 GMT
Thats alright then
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cuddybuddy69
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Post by cuddybuddy69 on Jan 3, 2008 14:20:08 GMT
I had a feeling you would say something like that lol...and besides which I'm not here as another driving peeps,but looking at things from the official's side of the fence lol
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Post by wally on Jan 3, 2008 16:13:57 GMT
Bridlington is practically Scotland....they speak a different language there anyway! (scuttled off to find tin hat and fox hole;) )
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Blossom
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Post by Blossom on Jan 3, 2008 16:56:41 GMT
Welcome aboard Bobby!!! I keep thinking of how wonderful it would have been to see the hidden treasures of the Glasgow Museum. I bet you saw all sorts of wonderful things
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Post by rabatsa on Jan 3, 2008 21:42:44 GMT
Wally, there is only a few hours extra driving and then some water to cross before Brid and the Northern Isles meet
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cuddybuddy69
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Post by cuddybuddy69 on Jan 4, 2008 8:39:51 GMT
Well Blossom,I think our visit was one of the last to the old building,as they are in process of building a brand new modern building,which will be properly environmentally controlled which unfortunately the old building was not designed to do,the result of which ;especially given the weather in Glasgow is that a lot of the older carriages,the wood is badly warping,the new building will be temperatureand humidity controlled.The plans for it look superb.
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Blossom
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Kilmannan Blossom, dales pony
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Post by Blossom on Jan 4, 2008 9:47:38 GMT
Yikes!! I do fully understand how the older buildings weren't meant to keep the damp out. I hope the carriages can hold on til they get their spiffy new climate controlled environment. Will they still maintain the older building? I rather hope it won't go the wayside...I'm very fond of older buildings.
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jazz
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Faradale Jasmine
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Post by jazz on Jan 4, 2008 17:52:10 GMT
Hi
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cuddybuddy69
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Post by cuddybuddy69 on Jan 8, 2008 8:46:22 GMT
hi to you too jazz
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