What people are saying…

  • “The constant movement, companionship and adventure made me feel alive like nothing else. I have started to think positively about myself, which to me is unheard of.”

    — Jake

  • “It meant the world to me to be able to have truthful, vulnerable and open conversations. There was a sense of true friendship, despite being strangers.”

    — Lian

  • “It’s astonishing to me how much a person can change so quickly. The trip ultimately gave me the confidence to do further hiking trips with others.”

    — Alex

  • " The most powerful discovery was how capable my body was. That we really don’t need as much as the modern world has convinced us that we do. "

    — Lily

  • " In the vast, silent hills I felt no urge to compulsively define myself or others, or to live up to any kind of unrealistic made-up expectation. "

    — Jackie

  • " The mission of the big hoof subtly and strongly comes to mind: riding is an excuse to make humans face their humanness, together, under the same roof. "

    — Tristan

“The journey was one of companionship, challenge, and learning.
To slow right down to a walking pace and just take in your surroundings forced me to focus on the present and what we needed to get by each day. Journeying with horses is so different to just walking for so many reasons, it adds an element of care beyond anything I would see with just a group of people. Everyone came together to look after the horses just as much as the horses looked after us, crossing rivers, aiding tired legs, and instilling laughter and smiles. This journey taught me the power that these animals have and that we could learn something about patience from them.”

— Ida

“ In everyday life, I often catch myself in a spiral of self-doubt, overthinking myself and others, paralyzed by choice. During our journey, limited choice as opposed to limitless choice allowed for me to be less judgmental towards myself - to not feel overwhelmed by (self-)imposed expectations, guilt, shame. It was enough to just walk and eat, sleep a bit and be surrounded by some friendly humans and horses. To feel some sort of nothingness, but then not in the empty sense of a desensitizing city. ”

— Jackie

The Big Hoof in three words…

“Supportive, patient, possibility-creating”

— FareWays Participant

“Imagination, adventure, spark”

— FareWays Participant

“Connection, adventure, wellbeing”

— FareWays Participant

“Ambitious, inclusive, dynamic”

— FareWays Participant