Sunday, December 15, 2013

Ride Round England: 8 December, Back Home in His Stable

Rideroundengland Blog

8 December 2013

2500 miles, 30 cathedrals, one man, one horse and all for charity...

Sunday 8 December. We had finished but still had to get home. He was standing by the gate of the field with an alert and lets get on with it look about him. I thought he does know this is a home run. So, after breakfast, we tacked up again and set off up the drive to reach the bridleway. On the steep bit of the hill he chose to trot. It is easier than a plod at a walk and he wanted to get on. That was fine but when we turned to go down the steeper grass slope I did wonder how we were going to do 16 miles with this level of impatience. He calmed down and we went back along Broadway High Street without any fuss, though the marquees and tents on the green were all billowing which did attract careful watching and need an extra yard of road width going past. We trotted up to Snowshill and then walked on...

Read more here:
http://rideroundengland.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/ended-but-still-need-to-get-home/

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