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29.09.2013 06:32

Laufskálarétt 2013

We got very nice fellowriders from Skagafjörður enjoying our good ridingtracks and wonderful landscape during summer and were invited to join them during the Laufskálaréttweekend. Of course we took this opportunity and so we headed to Miðsitja on Friday. Ása, Biggi, Ingunn and Magnús gave us a warm welcome and after a snack we were more or less put into the cars and off we went to watch the horseshow in Sauðárkróki. I really liked it as there were not just hightuned horses running for their lives in tölt, but they tried to show different sides of the horse and put riders into tasks they usually don't do. There was a teamcompetition in tölt, Skagafjörður against Eyjafjörður, which the riders from Skagafjörður won. 3 young riders put together a comedy story about Laufskálarétt and acted so well, everybody was laughing. My personal highlight was the riderstest, where 2 pairs of riders had to step out of their comfortzone and perform new tasks on horseback. There was a parcour they had to go through, first slalom and then twice around the circle. One of the tasks was to do some beertölt, then they had to go without stirrups, so with as short as possible stirrups and the last round was with the rider sitting backwards. Not all the horses were patient enough for this and so one rider was bucked off, but didn't get hurt.
When we came home we had very good talks and a lot of fun before we finally went to bed.
Saturday we had to get up early, to get ourselves and the horses ready for the ride to fetch the herd in Kólbeinsdalur. I was a bit stressed as it isn't my favourite to try a new horse in new surroundings, but I got a really sweet mare called Hera. When everybody from our group was ready, everybody else was more or less gone, but that was just the way we liked it as we could stop and go as we wanted. Just the group from Saltvík was behind us and a few other late riders like ourselves. The scenery was very beautiful, freshfallen snow and sunshine as you can see on the pics. It was fun to watch the herd coming and following it down to Laufskálarétt. There our horses got a good break and a lot of grass while we got delicious sandwiches, hot chocolate and beer. After these refreshments we had a good look at the sorting and I took a few pics, but I think it's all more about meeting friends than actually watching the horses...

Soon we went home to take a shower and relax before dinner. The house was rather full, when we arrived, so many guests, but very interesting to get to know new people. I had a very good and long chat with Elisabeth about everything from horses to sheep and teaching.

After a good breakfast on Sunday we started our trip back home and had a passenger from Swiss with us. It was a very nice trip, good weather and so much to see.

Thanks for the great weekend and your hospitality in Miðsitja!