A good friend of mine, well he and his son and a few of their associates have a Cowboy style ranch near Hildenborough in Kent.
Don’t ask me why but they like to dress up in the cowboy style, and live the life as cowboys did back in the day. You’ll understand more when you see some of the pics I took there. Which is why I am involved, I have nothing to do with being a cowboy, I am not a builder nor a plumber, I just happen to have another hobby as a photographer, so I met “Johnny Concho” the main man and owner of the ranch at a car show in Greenwich which was an old Dodge and them all dressed as cowboy, we became friends and he invited me to go and see them at the ranch.
They keep and maintain horses there and used to do nationwide shows and competition but as Jonh got older and very badly ill with Parkinsons, I think the last time he was on a horse was a couple of years ago because the Parkinson got very bad.
That and the death of John’s partner meant that attendance at the ranch has taken a bad toll and now only Shane, John’s son and a few of his friends go there to tend to the horses.
There is a strong chance that I might convince Shane into let us borrow the grounds around the ranch for a half day in the summer, but I know they have some simple rules that must be respected
The main gate below needs to be kept shut at all times there is a chain that needs to be passed over the posts.
Smokers are allowed to smoke but under no circumstance their cig butts are to be thrown in the grass, the horse feed on that grass and they don’t want the horses to be poisoned by cigarette butts.
You also need to know that there’s no running water except for the horses and no electricity, so you can’t charge nothing anywhere, so batteries and power banks are a must.
There are male urinals cowboy style, basically there is a hidden section with a series of half pipes that carry the pi$$ into the woodland and there is an outdoor toilet for ladies to sit on or gents needing a no.2
b.y.o. toilet rolls, there ain’t any.
So if I convince Shane for next summer I will put a post up here with all the details, address, what 3 words etc etc. There is a lot of land in which to fly and once you raise above the trees it makes for a spectacular view.
Here is what the ranch looked like in its hey day. I have also found 3 videos I did…
Hopefully I’ll let you know if I manage to convince the owners.
cheers