The £5 individual membership is less than a bag of feed, and a fraction of what you might pay for just one lesson or trip to a show. In some areas, especially around Rhiwbina and Whitchurch, SAFE have negotiated permissive horse routes which are the majority of the off road riding routes. If you rode out just twice a week this would work out at less than 5p a ride!
Over the years SAFE has helped negotiated Horse Routes and paid money towards routes in Lisvane (from railway station north),
Forest Farm (Whitchurch), Forest Ganol & Wenallt (Rhiwbina),Ty Rhiw/Walnut Tree line (RCT), Forest Fawr Caerphilly, Penallta Parc,Case Hill Woods (Dinas Powis), Cefn Mably Woods
and lobbied for/paid toward improvements to many statuary bridlepaths,
eg who can now remember the boggy sections such as the one past the stream linking Cwm Nofydd to Wenallt, North Rudry Common,Graig y Parc; the “stony path” Old Parish Road, muddy sections on bridlepaths in Caerphilly/Lisvane (eg “Corral gates”), CaerphillyMountain &Wernddu Woods (Caerphilly).Work has also been done to keep routes clear, replace defective gates (ref work done on bridlepaths 96, 59, 47 Caerphilly not far from Travellers Rest pub).
