Pony trekking originated in Llanwrtyd Wells in The Heart of Wales over 50 years ago. Ever since people have enjoyed riding holidays, hacking out from the town into the most beautiful countryside imaginable. Llanwrtyd, though the smallest town in Britain is a lively place with plenty going on to entertain visitors.
Ffos Farm is a small, friendly stables offering riding tailored to individual needs whether you are a total beginner, novice or experienced rider.
Only from here can you ride out into the famously beautiful Abergwesyn Valley, trek through the Crychan Forest, swim the horses in the Wash Pool or enjoy a quiet ride by the Dulais, Cammarch or Irfon rivers led by experienced guides who will do their utmost to ensure you have an enjoyable, safe ride.
Depending upon which ride you join you may see the Brecon Beacons in the distance or Drygarn Fawr, the highest of the Cambrian Mountains, but whichever way you ride you can be sure that the scenery will be second to none.
They offer individual or group lessons in the outdoor school. They cater for singles, family groups, adults and children over five years. Weekend Breaks, Midweek Breaks and Full Week Holidays can be arranged with accommodation at one of the many excellent B&Bs, Guest Houses or Hotels.
For more information click here: www.ffosfarm.co.uk
Monday, 25 June 2007
Essential Trout Fishing Tips
When fishing for trout there are a few tips and techniques that should be viewed as essential. These simple trout fishing tips and techniques are simple and easy to employ, and with a little practice, you'll wonder how you ever fished for trout without them. Remember trout fishing isn't rocket science, although to be truly successful you do need to do a little more than just toss a night crawler into the water. Anyone can catch small inexperienced trout, but these tips and techniques will help you catch more experienced and thus larger trout. I primarily fish for trout in the flowing waters of rivers and streams, so that's what I'm going to focus on in this article.
Natural Presentation - whatever type of bait that your using, it needs to be presented in the most natural way possible. How is this accomplished? Well, if you're a bait fisherman, using gang hooks is the best way and if you're a lure fisherman making sure that light line and no snap swivels are used is a great technique. You see, snap swivels ruin the action on any lure they are used on, so you get less bites. Always tie you line directly to whatever lure you happen to be using. The bottom line is that snap swivels ruin the natural presentation of almost any lure. Tie your line directly to whatever type of bait or hook (s) you happen to be using. If a swivel is needed to prevent line twist, use a barrel swivel.
The Weather & Moon - many anglers don't use the weather and moon to their advantage like they should. This is not only true in trout fishing, but all fishing. Using the weather and moon to your advantage can dramatically increase the amount of bites you receive. There are free resources all over the place that you can learn, and I would suggest you invest a few hours to educate yourself. If you're fishing at certain times, when certain natural occurrences are taking place, your catch rate can be incredible or non existent, all because of the weather and/or moon.
Being Efficient - the more efficient that you can become as an angler, the more fish that you will catch. This is especially true with trout fishing, when you're wading a river. Employing equipment like a bait bag or retractors are great ways to become more efficient. You see, the more efficient you become, the more time that is spent with your line in the water, where the fish are. Anything that you can do to help you spend more time with your line in the water, you should consider doing. Many anglers don't realize how much more efficient they could be by just adding a few things to their repertoire.
These simple tips/techniques will help you become a much more effective trouyt angler. They are essential for one simple fact. As the reverend McLain states in my favorite movie of all time, A River Runs Through It, "Anyone who does not know how to catch a fish should not be able to disgrace that fish by catching it". To me, that quote sums it up. We all need to have enough respect for our quarry that we hone our skills and educate ourselves as to the most effective fishing methods. We don't need to disgrace the trout we're trying to catch.
Trevor Kugler is co-founder of www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!
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Natural Presentation - whatever type of bait that your using, it needs to be presented in the most natural way possible. How is this accomplished? Well, if you're a bait fisherman, using gang hooks is the best way and if you're a lure fisherman making sure that light line and no snap swivels are used is a great technique. You see, snap swivels ruin the action on any lure they are used on, so you get less bites. Always tie you line directly to whatever lure you happen to be using. The bottom line is that snap swivels ruin the natural presentation of almost any lure. Tie your line directly to whatever type of bait or hook (s) you happen to be using. If a swivel is needed to prevent line twist, use a barrel swivel.
The Weather & Moon - many anglers don't use the weather and moon to their advantage like they should. This is not only true in trout fishing, but all fishing. Using the weather and moon to your advantage can dramatically increase the amount of bites you receive. There are free resources all over the place that you can learn, and I would suggest you invest a few hours to educate yourself. If you're fishing at certain times, when certain natural occurrences are taking place, your catch rate can be incredible or non existent, all because of the weather and/or moon.
Being Efficient - the more efficient that you can become as an angler, the more fish that you will catch. This is especially true with trout fishing, when you're wading a river. Employing equipment like a bait bag or retractors are great ways to become more efficient. You see, the more efficient you become, the more time that is spent with your line in the water, where the fish are. Anything that you can do to help you spend more time with your line in the water, you should consider doing. Many anglers don't realize how much more efficient they could be by just adding a few things to their repertoire.
These simple tips/techniques will help you become a much more effective trouyt angler. They are essential for one simple fact. As the reverend McLain states in my favorite movie of all time, A River Runs Through It, "Anyone who does not know how to catch a fish should not be able to disgrace that fish by catching it". To me, that quote sums it up. We all need to have enough respect for our quarry that we hone our skills and educate ourselves as to the most effective fishing methods. We don't need to disgrace the trout we're trying to catch.
Trevor Kugler is co-founder of www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!
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Golf. What It Really Takes.
Until you have actually tried to play golf, you are unlikely to really understand its appeal. I mean all you need to do is hit a little white ball down a stretch of grass known as a fairway and putt it into a hole.
What is so difficult about that? Well believe me, the word easy is as far away as you can imagine and frustrating seems to linger as an excellent description of the game. Ask anyone who plays.
Though the Scottish are generally credited with inventing the game, the first recorded game of golf was actually played in the Netherlands in February 1297. The first ever-recorded history of purchasing golf equipment was in 1502 by James VI. One of the oldest courses on record is St. Andrews where evidence of the game has been found dating back to 1552.
Golf is now one of the world's popular sports and has some of the biggest payouts of any sport for the elite professionals. Many of the world's greats have become household names:Tiger Woods, Sandy Lyle, Sevvy and Greg Norman to name just a few.
The professional game is marked by four major tournaments each year, referred to as 'The Majors' and winning all of them in the same year is known as 'The Grand Slam.'
Golf as a sport requires unbelievable amounts of technique. It can take years and thousands of hours of practice to perfect the different shots necessary to play consistently well.
It is in this last phrase that the key to golf lies: CONSISTENCY.
Many players will tell you that they play well for a few holes or for the odd game but it it is the ability to play consistently well that separates quality players from the rest.
Hitting the occasional good shot is achievable for most but doing it consecutively over a few hours is what it takes to hit a good round. This makes golf an ultimate example of a 'mental sport' that shows up mental weaknesses so well. Compared to soccer, for example, where you can hide and hardly touch the ball. In golf you have to take the shot and if it is slightly incorrect the price you pay in terms of the effect on the result is that much greater than for example an over hit shot in soccer.
It requires:
Patience
concentration
Consistency
Calmness
Focus
Dedication
Nowhere yet have we mentioned physical characteristics. All of the above are attributes of the mind are they not?
So in terms of physical ability what does golf demand? Well it demands a good degree of flexibility, particularly in the hips, spine and shoulders.
It also requires a degree of strength in the hips, trunk and upper limbs, particularly the wrists and forearms. Any golfer will tell you however that:
Timing
Co-ordination
Relaxation
are more important than isolated power.
Golf is a game requiring a blend of co-ordinated, relaxed, adjusted and focussed power that is almost effortless in its final implementation.
Despite this regular work on:
* Flexibility in specific joints
* Strength in specific muscle groups
* Overall fitness
will pay dividends in improving your game.
Flexibility
Performing a routine of mobility exercises for shoulders, hips and spine concentration especially on the rotation movements will not only help your game by improving your swing but will help prevent injury.
Strength
A twice weekly routine of resistance work on the hip, spine, shoulder and forearm muscle groups will again help improve your long game and get increased distance on your driving.
This will also have an effect on preventing injury because the stronger and more efficient your muscles are the less forced effort you need which not only increases injury risk but contributes to poor technique and fatigue.
Fitness
Four hours of concentrated physical and mental effort requires fitness. It may be of a very different type to other sports that demand high intensity bursts of effort but it is necessary to play well.
A twice a weekly program of aerobic exercise that can be a combination of running, cycling, swimming or skipping is an excellent way to develop the aerobic basis to play a high quality round of golf consistently.
So there we have some aspects to work on to improve your game that anyone can do.
So go on pick up a club, ask for some guidance and see if you get the bug.
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Rob is a successful International Chartered Physical Therapist. He has been a lecturer, researcher and therapist for over two decades. His rich experience of International and Premiership Football underpins his specialist knowledge of sports medicine and rehabilitation. There is a wealth of insight and experience of rehabilitation, injury and successful recovery on his website at www.the-rehabilitation-room.com
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What is so difficult about that? Well believe me, the word easy is as far away as you can imagine and frustrating seems to linger as an excellent description of the game. Ask anyone who plays.
Though the Scottish are generally credited with inventing the game, the first recorded game of golf was actually played in the Netherlands in February 1297. The first ever-recorded history of purchasing golf equipment was in 1502 by James VI. One of the oldest courses on record is St. Andrews where evidence of the game has been found dating back to 1552.
Golf is now one of the world's popular sports and has some of the biggest payouts of any sport for the elite professionals. Many of the world's greats have become household names:Tiger Woods, Sandy Lyle, Sevvy and Greg Norman to name just a few.
The professional game is marked by four major tournaments each year, referred to as 'The Majors' and winning all of them in the same year is known as 'The Grand Slam.'
Golf as a sport requires unbelievable amounts of technique. It can take years and thousands of hours of practice to perfect the different shots necessary to play consistently well.
It is in this last phrase that the key to golf lies: CONSISTENCY.
Many players will tell you that they play well for a few holes or for the odd game but it it is the ability to play consistently well that separates quality players from the rest.
Hitting the occasional good shot is achievable for most but doing it consecutively over a few hours is what it takes to hit a good round. This makes golf an ultimate example of a 'mental sport' that shows up mental weaknesses so well. Compared to soccer, for example, where you can hide and hardly touch the ball. In golf you have to take the shot and if it is slightly incorrect the price you pay in terms of the effect on the result is that much greater than for example an over hit shot in soccer.
It requires:
Patience
concentration
Consistency
Calmness
Focus
Dedication
Nowhere yet have we mentioned physical characteristics. All of the above are attributes of the mind are they not?
So in terms of physical ability what does golf demand? Well it demands a good degree of flexibility, particularly in the hips, spine and shoulders.
It also requires a degree of strength in the hips, trunk and upper limbs, particularly the wrists and forearms. Any golfer will tell you however that:
Timing
Co-ordination
Relaxation
are more important than isolated power.
Golf is a game requiring a blend of co-ordinated, relaxed, adjusted and focussed power that is almost effortless in its final implementation.
Despite this regular work on:
* Flexibility in specific joints
* Strength in specific muscle groups
* Overall fitness
will pay dividends in improving your game.
Flexibility
Performing a routine of mobility exercises for shoulders, hips and spine concentration especially on the rotation movements will not only help your game by improving your swing but will help prevent injury.
Strength
A twice weekly routine of resistance work on the hip, spine, shoulder and forearm muscle groups will again help improve your long game and get increased distance on your driving.
This will also have an effect on preventing injury because the stronger and more efficient your muscles are the less forced effort you need which not only increases injury risk but contributes to poor technique and fatigue.
Fitness
Four hours of concentrated physical and mental effort requires fitness. It may be of a very different type to other sports that demand high intensity bursts of effort but it is necessary to play well.
A twice a weekly program of aerobic exercise that can be a combination of running, cycling, swimming or skipping is an excellent way to develop the aerobic basis to play a high quality round of golf consistently.
So there we have some aspects to work on to improve your game that anyone can do.
So go on pick up a club, ask for some guidance and see if you get the bug.
------
Rob is a successful International Chartered Physical Therapist. He has been a lecturer, researcher and therapist for over two decades. His rich experience of International and Premiership Football underpins his specialist knowledge of sports medicine and rehabilitation. There is a wealth of insight and experience of rehabilitation, injury and successful recovery on his website at www.the-rehabilitation-room.com
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