A view accross the land to the stables

Sand School Hire

Sand School Booking System

Hire:

Livery owners, sharers and subscribers can access the school Mon - Sun, 7am - 8pm. Non livery owners can hire the school Mon - Sat, 10am - 6pm.

Cost:

£15.00 per hour [slot] (1 horse)

More than one horse in the sand school at the same time is a Group Booking.

Group Booking rates:

Subscribers:

Regular users can take advantage of a discounted rate if settled monthly. Please email for more information.

Terms of use:

You can only use the sand school if you have booked a slot (min 1 hour) using the online booking system. You cannot use it without a slot. You must not enter the school until your slot begins and you must finish using the school before the end of the slot. You are required to clean up any dropping or mess made before you leave the school or before the end of the slot. In the interest of safety we recommend all persons entering the sand school should wear appropriate protective clothing / equipment. Before using the sand school you must conduct your own risk assessment. The use of the sand school is entirely at your own risk. TCS recommends that any instruction or direction is given by a qualified and insured person.

Privacy Policy:

During the booking process we will ask for your Full Name and contact Phone Number. Your Full Name will be displayed on the bookings calendar/web site. Your contact Phone Number will never be displayed on the Booking calendar or web site. Your contact Phone Number will only be used should TCS need to update you, or advise you of any issues effecting your booking of the sand school. None of your details will be passed on to third parties or used in any other way by TCS or its representatives. GDPR compliance.

Maintenance:

The sand school is harrowed Monday and Friday mornings. Every 12 months the surface condition will be accessed and action taken to ensure we continue to provide a sand school fit for use.

Emergency:

Coordinates and What Three Words for emergency services.

Surface:

A washed silica sand from a local sand quarry (J and J Franks many thanks to the J&J Franks drivers for their work).

In the spring of 2022 we will top up the school with fresh sand and then look at a possible wax treatment later in the year.

A Huge thank you to Bubear and Jones Ltd who worked solo hard, in such rubbish weather and not one member of the team complained. All the work was carried out while the stables continued with its day to day operations and everything went smoothly. (Except Katie... a gray mare that couldn't help but spend most of her day watching what was going on.)

How to use the booking system:

To view the booking calendar press the Sand School Booking System button. this will display a calendar with 7 days at a time.

To view any active bookings you have made click the My Bookings button. You can delete bookings from this page too.

To add a booking simply click the button + that is in the correct cell (as in date and time). Fill in the form and press the "Book xxxxx" button.

To scroll up and down the weeks simply click the -7 Days or +7 Days buttons. to return the the current week click on the month button.

Calendar code:

The code for the calendar app is vb script running on a windows IIS server using ASP. All the data is stored as XML documents to make it portable should we decide to move to another type of server technology (like PHP). VB classes use XSLT to transform the XML into HTML for rendering.

All the code is mine so if anyone wants a copy (free) of the completed app simply drop me a line.