Finding Inspiration on the Zanskar It was a rapid called "Constriction" on the Zanskar River in Ladakh, a province of the State of Jammu and Kashmir in North Western India. Constriction is not really a hard rapid. A simple wave train flows down into a very narrow short canyon. The canyon is full of confusing [...]
Dr. Livingstone I presume? Sir Henry Morton Stanley's immortal, and somewhat understated greeting, uttered after a nightmare 1100km journey through tropical jungle of, "Dr. Livingstone I presume" in so many ways summed up the great tradition of Victorian era exploration. Men from Britain, Europe and North America exploring the hinterland of Africa, Australia, South America [...]
What Was It Like To Grow Up In An Adventure Company? River Valley is a multi generational adventure company, now with the 3rd generation of the family taking up the reins as part of the management team. We asked Janey, Brian and Nicola Megaw's eldest daughter, and now Operations Manager at River Valley, what it [...]
Do You Know there is a Link between Nature and Your Health? The fug of pressure lay upon me. I had been dodging writing the latest River Valley Newsletter. "Was strong the resistance to writing," as Yoda the Star Wars Jedi would have said. And yet what I wanted to write about was something that [...]
Nicola Megaw Meet The Horse Whispering Mama “Mama, Mama”, a slight pause, then the young voice repeats itself, “Mama, Mama, I got a present for you!” Mama is not always sure that having the grandchildren each Monday morning is that great a present. Janey, their mother breezes into the house loaded with bags, which are [...]
What Is So Natural About "It"? Out in the paddock I watch as Lizzy encourages Honcho, one of the River Valley Stables horses, to push a ball around. No ordinary ball this one, rather a ball over 1 metre in diameter. Honcho is certainly not yet at the stage of getting a Manchester United signing, [...]
Boredom, Frustration, Surprises, and Passion at The Stables Boring, Boring, BORING! Bored Riders, Bored Guides, BORED HORSES! What To Do? There are many looks of surprise amongst riders at River Valley Stables when they are first introduced to their horses. Much of this surprise factor is around the fact that the horses do not have [...]
How To Get Prepared For a River Valley Stables Horse Trek Sore bum, sunburnt, scary and the horse seems to do whatever it likes. You did not picture your horse trekking experience to be anything like this. First Of All Some Background River Valley Stables offers a range of horse treks and horse riding holidays. [...]
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