Fell Pony Podcast Tom LLoyd

On todays show I’m talking with a man who’s journey from very humble beginnings has taken him to the pinnacle of horse culture. You may know him from the image of him standing on the Long Walk at Windsor castle with Carltonlima Emma paying his respects to the late Queen Elizabeth

So I would like to introduce my guest Terry Pendry who for the last 28 years served as head groom to the Queen and was awarded the title of Military Knight.

On todays show we’re talking about driving, about riding, about showing and we’re also going back in time to when my guest first started handling ponies in the 1950’s

Paul Metcalf is the breeder of the Rye House Fell ponies. Paul is also the Vice Chair of The Fell Pony Society.

On todays show we’re talking to a breeder with a legacy as long as your arm, who has spent pretty much all of her life in the show- ring. Penny Randell, along with her mother Margaret Wilson are custodians of the Townend herd of Fell ponies that were bred by the late Eddie Wilson.

Charlie Parker is a horseman and forester who is one of a handful of horse loggers keeping this ancient art alive, and together with his wife Gina breeds the Roandale Dales ponies.

This podcast was recorded January 2023

On todays show I have something a little bit different for you, and have put together a show from all the archive interviews I have of my dad Walter who died in 2018 age 93.

I had done many interviews with him over the years, mostly about his travels to Appleby Fair with our ponies which he lived for every year, and also from some interviews recorded with children at Settlebck school in 2010.

Eliza recently completed the Cape Wrath Trail travelling over 300km of wilderness to the most north-westerly point of Scotland with Fell pony Hades Hill Pansy.