thanks very much for your replies!

i think angelo looks the most promising as the other one was a membership type club. i have only done one horse ride in my life with the new mrs davetraceyuk on our honeymoon in the dominican republic 13 years ago. Think i spent the first half an hour with my arms wrapped round its neck

( the horse i mean, not the wife). We were took into the mountain shanty villages which was a real eye opener. one of the local men asked me if i'd swap my wife for his donkey....cheeky sod! there was obviously something wrong with the donkey

so anyway, thats the type of thing i'm after just a turn up and ride with no previous experience necessary.