Triple M Breakfast’s Angie Ayers to ride Warren-Blackwood Stock Route accepting donations for Christmas Appeal

South West radio listeners are set to receive “an explosion of information” about a historical regional bridle trail as a local radio presenter rides along for a cause. Triple M Breakfast host Angie Ayers will be conquering her fear of horses for a good cause this week as she rides along the Warren-Blackwood Stock Route, accepting donations for the Salvation Army’s Christmas Appeal. For every listener who makes a pledge to donate to the Christmas Appeal during her show, Ayers will ride a kilometre along the route. The Warren-Blackwood Stock Route stretches from the coast at Nannup to Broke Inlet near Walpole and is based on the historic stock droving routes of the original farming families of the South West. Ahead of the big ride, Ayers said the adventure was “definitely a case of curiosity killing the cat”. “I’m scared, I’m very excited and I am prepared for the challenge and the chafing,” she said. “I saw a couple of years ago a sign in Nannup for the Warren-Blackwood Stock Route and I had never heard about it before. “It wasn’t until I was at the Blues at Bridgetown festival weekend that I saw another sign for it and I started checking it out and wondering if anyone does know about it.” After finding out part of the history and significance of the route, Ayers eventually found out the route has a 360km tourism trail that allows people to ride horses and go camping. “Where you’ve got the Munda Biddi that you do on bikes and the Bibbulmun where you walk, this is the equivalent that you could go camping and on holiday with your horse,” Ayers said. “Then I wondered if it was something we could look into doing and having some fun with it and from there it became this South West community pile-in of support and making it happen.” A big factor going into the ride was Ayers’ fear of horses but was spurred on to face her fears after a listener told her of her regret in not learning how to ride a horse. “They’re so big and they’ve got a mind of their own,” she said. “The fear is real but I do love a challenge. “I’ve had a few lessons in horse riding 101 in preparation of it all and my confidence has changed so much. “People say working with horses changes you and I believe it — they’re beautiful and you get to have a connection with them. “It’s going to be very eye-opening for me and it’s just going to be an explosion of information.”