Hoofing it around Scotland

Big Hoof charity riders have completed a 205 mile trek across Scotland.

 

More than 40 people and six horses joined the ride which started from St Andrews in Fife, raising more than £6,700 for Venture Trust, a Glasgow outdoor mental health charity.

 

"attachment_991879" "" "300"] Journeying from St Andrews to Iona
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"attachment_991888" "" "300"] Arriving in rainy Oban on a mission with The Big Hoof before catching a ferry to Mull then on to Iona
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"attachment_991891" "" "300"] Big Hoof charity riders on their way to Iona and the finishing point of their latest fundraising journey
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The Big Hoof is a Dumfries and Galloway-based Scottish registered charity promoting adventure and wellbeing through the power of the horse.

 

In 2020 they journeyed from John O’Groats to Land’s End raising more than £36,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and in 2022 from Siena, Italy to Cape Finisterre, Spain bringing in £24,000 for Ukrainian refugees and outsider artists.

 

"In total, The Big Hoof has now raised over £80,000 for causes surrounding mental health, wellbeing and welfare and have travelled over 4,800 km in five different countries," said Big Hoof founder Louis Hall

 

Find out more at www.thebighoof.com

 

Caption: Riders on a beach on Iona after their epic Big Hoof journey

 

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