Today, the weather is in the 60’s, and despite how humid it feels, our horses are frolicking around and playing. Flash and Cadence have been playing almost the entire morning, nipping each others whiskers and running in the paddock. Currently, we have a herd of horses that totals 69 (this includes Nancy’s horses – Oakie and Soprano, who are not technically camp horses, but nonetheless go into the herd during the daytime to play). Some of our horses have seen over 30 years at Road’s End Farm, and every horse that comes here comes to stay. The horse camp at Road’s End Farm revolves around this wonderful herd of caring, four-legged, and playful grass eaters.
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The blog for Road’s End Farm, a summer horsemanship camp for girls who love caring for and riding horses. Blog posts contain year-round updates for the horse farm in rural, Chesterfield, NH.
With the record temperatures reaching possibly 60 degrees Fahrenheit today, we cannot help but think about summer camp being only a couple months away. June is approaching fast, and with the blast of warm weather, it suddenly feels much closer for this New England horseback riding camp. The team at Road’s End Farm is running around the farm today in short sleeve shirts, light weight long sleeve shirts, and baseball caps rather than winter hats. Quite the sight in February. Wishing our camp families well during this warm weather snap, and are looking forward to filling the farm with girls of all ages this summer.
Road’s End Farm is known all over the world for being a horseback riding camp, yet the campers who come here year-in and year-out know we are one big family. The Road’s End family spans globally, and we have connections to countries all across the world, yet the most special thing that is created each year are lifelong friendships. While young girls come here for the horses, to live on a working horse farm, the trail riding, the ring lessons, we find that girls leave with the most important creation of all – genuine friendships. With the congenial camp environment, strong, lifelong friendships are created at the end of Jackson Hill Road, and our campers and camp families become a part of the Road’s End Farm extended family. We look forward to a summer camp full of nurturing friendships this upcoming 2017 season.
Road’s End Farm officially founded a production label, Friendship Films, and we are excited to announce our first cinematic experience for your visual pleasure. Enjoy the world premiere of Super Herd, our special herd of horses at the end of Jackson Hill Road. These horses are cherished during summer camp by girls from all over the world, and this video celebrates Road’s End Farm’s lovely herd.
Just so there is no confusion, this is not a real film that is being produced, but rather a chance for us to create short film clips that are cute, funny, and enjoyable to watch while you are not at camp. We hope everyone in our extended camp family enjoys watching these silly little films! We have fun making them! 🙂
One of the feature glories of October Weekend is the bonfire, for which a lot of brush must be hauled. Three crews pitched in today to do a final cleanup of the Wheelocks field to prepare for the illuminating event. Midway through the second round of brush hauling, the tractor died – maybe a dead battery, maybe a bad alternator. Michael (the grandfather of a prospective camper) happened to be on hand and knew his way around old Ford tractors, and within minutes we were off and running once more. (Many thanks again, Michael). First, however, the girls showed off their muscles, pushing the tractor out from under the load. (wink)
