Kerry Trail Ride

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Review received from CF of Wanstead on 15/09/2010

	Ride Review
		Unicorn Trails sales staff Professionalism     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Friendliness     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Speed of response     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Efficiency     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Knowledge     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Other(please specify)     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Riding tour leader Professionalism     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Horsemanship     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Pacing of Ride     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Concern for Safety     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Leadership     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Friendliness/availability     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Knowledge of local Culture     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Knowledge of local Flora/Fauna     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Concern with Environment     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (X) N/A Language skills     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (X) N/A Additional Comments Very friendly family business. Keen to reassure me of my abilities, at the same time stretching my riding skills Horses and Tack Condition of Horses     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Condition of Tack     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Performance of Horses     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Additional Comments Reliable horses, who knew the trail inside out! Meals Meal Quantity     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Meal Quality     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (X) Fair     (   ) Poor Meal Punctuality     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Accommodation Camping Equipment     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (X) N/A Hotels/Lodges/Inns     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Hygiene standards     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Miscellaneous Transfer arrangements     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (   ) N/A Other office staff     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (X) N/A Other ride staff     (   ) Excellent     (   ) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor     (X) N/A Weather     (   ) Excellent     (X) Good     (   ) Fair     (   ) Poor Was this trip accurately described to you beforehand?     (   ) NO     (X) YES Please give more details to explain your response Whilst the lunchtime meals were provided by the riding school (we had to make our own evening provisions), they were rather unimaginative - although this may be the type of food that Irish country folks eat for lunch, eg, white rolls, crisps, cold meat, shop-bought cakes - some homemade soup, brown bread would have been lovely Was there anything you should have known and were not told?     (X) NO     (   ) YES Please give more details to explain your response What could we do to improve this ride? How would you rate the difficulty of this ride out of 10 where 1 is very easy and 10 is very advanced? 8 Please explain why you scored it as you did The trip involved x2 sessions where we galloped along the beach. Galloping was a new experience for me, but with the support of the riding staff I managed no problem, albeit that we were travelling at some pace in open order. Would you recommend Unicorn Trails to your friends?     (   ) NO     (X) YES Please give more details to explain your response May we use you as a reference for other people wishing to go on this ride?     (   ) NO     (X) YES Any other comments Unicorn comments We have passed on the comments about the cuisine to the hosts