The Very Worst Riding School in the World by Lucinda E Clarke
The Very Worst Riding School in the World
Books 1 & 2
Lucinda E Clarke
4 Stars
Pages: Kindle Approx 28 (Book
1) & 50 (Book 2)
Publisher: Umhlanga Press;
Published: 17 Jun. 2017
Publisher’s Blurb
Who would be stupid enough
to open and run a riding school when they are terrified of horses, can't ride,
without insurance or capital, and with not the faintest idea of how to care for
horses. Add to that, two of the four horses are not fit for the knacker's yard.
Yes, that's exactly what I did - like so many of my adventures I 'fell' into
this one as well with hilarious results.
Review
When Lucinda’s husband buys
her a couple of horses it sets in motion a course of events that leads to her
running, in her words, the worst riding school in the world.
What follows is a
laugh-out-loud tale of the ups and mostly downs of owning your own equine based
teaching business in the wild African countryside.
This is a really fun read as
you root for Lucinda in her misguided attempts to teach the neighbouring
children to ride, whilst keeping her business afloat, amid all the mishaps and
disasters waiting to strike.
With a likeable lead and a
cast of interesting secondary characters this one is well worth a read in between
longer more serious reads.
Published as two volumes
Author
Born in Dublin, matured in
England, wanted to follow grandfather into Fleet Street, family not wildly
enthusiastic - unfeminine, unreliable and dangerous.
Went to dockland Liverpool
- safe, respectable and pensionable. Returned south with teaching
qualifications, extremely good at self defence. Went crofting in Scotland, bred
Cairn Terriers among other things.
Moved to Kenya with 7 week
old daughter, abandoned in the bush. On to Libya, surviving riots, public
hangings, imprisoned husband and eventual deportation. Queued with the
unemployed millions in UK. Moved to Botswana - still teaching - opened and ran
the worst riding school in the world,- with ‘How to...’ book in hand.
Moved south to South
Africa taught for four years, then in 1986 became a full time freelance writer,
for major corporations, UNESCO, UNICEF and the South African Broadcasting
Corporation for both radio and television.
Moving into video
production in 1986, received over 20 awards, specializing in education,
documentaries, municipal and government, one script for National Geographic.
Returned UK Jan 1994, back
to SA before April elections.
Taught in 7 countries,
including Britain, Kenya, France, Libya, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa.
Also found time to breed animals for pet shops, write a newspaper column,
publish two books, Heinneman & Macmillan, and work for several years as a
radio announcer.
Married with two daughters, a stepson and stepdaughter, moved to Spain in 2008. I now write a monthly column and have published two more books, a memoir and an adventure story set in Africa.
This book was a free download on Amazon
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