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The wonders of Windsor

IF YOU’VE NEVER been on a fun ride before, I insist you book one immediately. They’re brilliant. They offer all the best bits of a competition (professional photographers! A tack stall! Cheesy chips! Guaranteed rosettes! An excuse to sit in a camping chair, drinking wine out of a can at 2pm!) with none of the downsides — getting eliminated at the first fence; waking up at 4am; being told off for forgetting a hair net…

The beauty of a fun ride is that it is zero pressure – you ride with whoever you want, you go at the speed you want, you jump if you want to, and you don’t if you don’t. The other wonderful thing is that it gives you the opportunity to explore a new route without the need to map read,

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