Carriage Driving Award – Nov 19
Congratulations to Elaine Lewthwaite on passing her RDA Grade 1 carriage driving test. She received her certificate, badge and rosette from Alison this afternoon. We look forward to her coming back next year to do Grade 2
Carriage Driving – Zander Norton
Zander Norton was presented with a Brae certificate today after successfully participating in carriage driving lessons for the past month.
Neil Muir – Oct 19
Congratulations to Neil Muir, who passed his carriage driving cones test with an extremely well driven performance.
Carriage Driving end of Season
The carriage driving team marked the end of Wednesday evening carriage driving for the season yesterday evening, albeit a few weeks early, with a most enjoyable “bunfight”. Many thanks to everyone for all their help and loyalty in a block which has been challenging!
Carriage Driving Picnic 2019
The carriage driving team invited clients to Crombie this week. As well as enjoying a picnic in the sunshine, we were all able to have a walk in the lovely park
Dixie’s First Carriage Drive
Dixie enjoyed his first two carriage drives with clients yesterday (8th March) in lovely spring weather. The clients were delighted, and Paddy too is happy that Dixie is now able to take his fair share of clients and not leave all the driving to him!
Well done Dixie…
Well done, Dixie! He didn’t put a hoof wrong today, and passed his carriage driving assessment with flying colours. He will now be able to take clients when we start driving in April. Thanks to Ruth and Zoë for giving up their time to come and assess him, and thanks…Read More »
Special Awards for our Carriage Driving Team
Congratulations to Joan Jack and Alison Macintosh who both received prestigous award from HRH Princess Anne at the RDA AGM in Glasgow yesterday for their dedication and long term commitment to Carriage Driving at the Brae.
Well done Ladies , we are all so proud of you both.
…Read More »Crombie Training Day
As part of Paddy’s ongoing training, he spent the afternoon driving at Crombie Park this afternoon. with the carriage driving team.The sun shone, and we all had a very enjoyable afternoon. …Read More »
Neil Muir – June 18
Many congratulations to Neil Muir, who drove a brilliant dressage test this afternoon.(25/6/18) You can see him in the photo with his certificate and rosette, surrounded by the carriage driving team, who are all very proud of the progress Neil has made. And let’s not forget Paddy, who behaved…Read More »
Neil Muir passes CD test – Aug 17
Many congratulations to Neil Muir, who passed his Grade 2 carriage driving test with flying colours. Zoe Sanders, who is holding Paddy in the photo, assessed him and presented him with his certificate, badge and rosette. She was very impressed with his driving and his knowledge of theory, and…Read More »
Carriage Driving Assessment – Aug 17
Many congratulations to Nathalie Thomas, who passed her assessment to be a carriage driving coach yesterday. You can see her here with Wendy, her first client, and the rest of the carriage driving team. Her first drive was indoors due to the atrocious weather, but she hopes to get…Read More »
Carriage Driving Picnic – July 17
We held our annual carriage driving picnic on Thursday, and you can see from the photos how much we all enjoyed it, including Mickey, who relished the change of scene. You can also see him enjoying his hay, and the rest of us enjoying our picnics, including the delicious lemon…Read More »
Paddy’s first drive – June 17
Another first for the carriage driving team! Paddy had his first drive with a client this evening. The lucky client was Neil Muir, and the lucky driver was Joan Jack (she and Alison tossed for it, and Joan won!). Also in the picture are Aiden, Alison and Nicole. Neil…Read More »
New Carriage Drivers
Many congratulations to Neil Muir and Bob Whitley, who have both made outstanding progress in their carriage driving in the past few weeks, and were presented this afternoon with their Grade 1 certificates, badges and rosettes.
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Paddy in training for carriage driving
Our new horse Paddy is busy training to be our new Carriage Driving Pony.
…Read More »Oct 16 – Carriage Driving Award
Many congratulations to Gaellain Watt on passing her Grade 1 RDA carriage driving test. She is seen here receiving her award, surrounded by the carriage driving team.
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Carriage Driving Picnic-July 16
The sun shone on the righteous once again, and we had a beautiful day for our picnic at Crombie Park, with 11 of our clients coming along to join in the fun. Many thanks to all the volunteers who came along and helped to make the picnic such a success,…Read More »
Davy Clark-Oct 15
Davy Clark passed his Grade 1 carriage driving test on 7th October after driving an impeccable cone course and being word perfect in his theory test.
Here he is with his certificate and rosette. We look forward to having him back in the future to do his Grade 2 test. Many…Read More »
August 15 – Neil Muir gains Carriage Driving certificate.
Neil Muir with his certificate and rosette after successfully completing his first six weeks of carriage driving.
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British Driving Society Drive
Alison, Joan, Katie and Shauna took Mickey over to Tentsmuir on Sunday 9th August for the annual British Driving Society Drive. Shauna drove Mickey all the way round the shorter route (4 miles), while Alison and Joan valiantly cycled behind the carriage. We came home with a very tired pony…Read More »
July 15. Carriage Driving Picnic
The carriage driving picnic took place in Crombie Park on the 9th July 2015, and once again the sun shone. We had five clients, who had a drive in the forest before having their picnic. Some of the volunteers then got a “hurl” in the carriage. Grateful thanks to all…Read More »
Grade 2 Carriage Driving Success
Congratulations to Wendy Sharp, who passed her Grade 2 carriage driving test this afternoon with flying colours, the first Brae client to do so at this level. She is shown here with Zoe Sanders, who assessed her test, and Alison Macintosh, the carriage driving organiser.
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Grade 1 Carriage Driving Success..
Kristin MacMaster sat her Grade 1 carriage driving test this evening (17 June 15), and passed with flying colours. You can see her here receiving her rosette, badge and certificate.
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40 Years of RDA Carriage Driving
RDA is celebrating 40 years of carriage driving this week. They have sent a badge to carriage driving volunteers and drivers (photo) and a rosette to each of our driving ponies (photo).
Here is Sarah with Mickey and his rosette (photo), and here is Mickey with his rosette, with…Read More »
Carriage Driving Test -August 14
21st August
Congratulations to Hannah Craig and Liam Ritchie on passing their Grade 1 carriage driving test. Both sat and passed the theory, and Liam also sat and passed the driving. The photos show Mary presenting them with their certificates and rosettes.
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Carriage Driving – July 14
July 7
The past month has been a busy one for the carriage driving team.
On June 18, Wendy Sharp, who just started driving in April, passed her RDA Grade 1 carriage driving test, and was awarded a badge, a certificate, and a rosette. Many congratulations to Wendy for being our very…Read More »
Carriage Driving at Glamis Castle – May 14
Carriage Driving at Crombie
March 14.
Today Mickey went for his first outing with the carriage driving team to Crombie Park. He behaved impeccably, and was dying to get home to make O’Reilly jealous!
We in the carriage driving team are hoping to take some of our clients out to Crombie during the next block, and…Read More »
All The Brae’s Carriages
March ’14
Don’t all our driving ponies look smart harnessed up to their carriages! We are thrilled to be able to drive them all at the same time.
Although we have not had any clients this block, because of the cold weather, we in the carriage driving team have not been…Read More »
Boris’s new carriage….
10th October 2013
Boris’s new carriage has arrived. Doesn’t it look smart in the Brae colours! Here he is trying it out – still some adjustments to be made to the position of the shafts before he can take off.
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New carriage and electric bikes
17th October 2013
The carriage driving team being presented with a £3,000 cheque by the Rotary Club of Dundee, and an electric bike by Nicholson’s Cycle Shop. The Rotary money has bought a new carriage for Boris and another electric bike. The remainder of the money will go towards maintenance of…Read More »