When two becomes one..

So, when two become one. This will be the first official post of The Hoofbeat Chronicles, a page about horse, equestrians and equestrian sports. In all it is a merge of two other projects yours truly have been hosting over the years.

The first of the two was a good old fashioned blog about horses, eventing and such.

At times that particular blog led me to be seriously trolled and dragged through the mud on social media. Making me completely loose faith in both myself as a person, myself as writer, myself as a human being with the right to even have an opinion.

It’s been taking years to dare to speak out my mind again!

During the pandemic I started to fiddle around with trying to create a podcast and last year I launched a horsey one. Not long after that I also turned the blog into a pod cast too and for months I ran these two side by side, just to start focusing on the second one while also working on a reboot of the first one.

Till suddenly one day I wasn’t doing either.

Working my inner Curious George.

It was just after CHIO Aachen, Germany. While I was there I had recorded tons of material and interviews with exciting maybe NOT so famous equestrians. People that are on top of the game as in being part of the top shows and championships. But for one reason or another have not gained enough fame so people talk about them.

I was thrilled to leave Aachen with all this material. It was so exciting I had pulled off my first equestrian event as a podcaster and interviewer instead of being there as a working photographer and writing journalist. You know the kind that rely on results, and press conferences more than anything for a rider’s quote.

This time around it was all about me and what I had accomplished working my inner Curious George.

And then..

And then Covid struck. I did not even know it was even still a problem when heading down to Aachen. Turns out it was not only a problem but also a bit of a hot spot in Aachen. With Covid I also lost my voice.

Still I am not sure if it was the Covid itself or if there was something at my day job. I had a colleague that been struggling with her voice for weeks.

Now it was my turn.

Whatever I did and how hard I tried, I did not get my podcasting voice to work. One sentence in I started to cough and get problems in speaking.

Weeks went by, my brilliant interviews got old and useless and one day months had gone by. Both podcasts were down and out, till now. Now I will dust off my podcast recorder, hook up my beloved reporter mic1 and get going again and hope anybody tunes in.