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Hilary Tricker

How I make it work: I use a Google Calendar with colour-coded sections to organise my time

The former digital archiver with a background in the heritage sector upped sticks five years ago and moved from the UK to Iceland where she leads treks for Vik Horse Adventure

My job…

I work at Vík Horse Adventure, a pony trekking centre in Vík í Mýrdal, a small village on the southern coast of Iceland. My official job title is ‘guide’, which means that I take groups of tourists out riding on Icelandic ponies along the amazing volcanic black sand beaches, although there is a lot of behind the scenes work, too, such as grooming and mucking out.

I first came to work here in 2018 for a six-month summer job, but I loved it and stayed on. The company has grown a lot in that time, so

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