The Long Riders' Guild

Completed Expeditions

"Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realise that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary."  Anne Bancroft, actress.

Please click on the names of those whose journeys are of interest to you, and you will be taken to a page with photographs and the latest news. 

Karen Ekman completed her ride through her native Sweden.

April Nabholz and Dana Szegedy have completed the first month of their ride through Montana, Idaho and Oregon.

Julian Phillips and Lucinda Munchhausen have had to halt their ride to Santiago de Compostelle.

Couy Griffin has completed his ride from San Francisco to Jerusalem.

Renate Larssen has completed her ride from Syria to Sweden and sent us a very moving thoughts about her journey.

Jessica Bigler has completed her ride - for the time being.

André Fischer has completed his Long Ride in South America.

Erin Zweiner has been forced to halt her ride up the Continental Divide trail.

Tim Cope has finished his journey from Mongolia to Hungary.

Robin and Louella Hanbury-Tenison have finished their journey through Albania.

Vyv and Elsa Wood-Gee have completed their ride from John O'Groats to Land's End.

Antoinetta Spizzo and Dario Masarotti have returned to their home in Italy from their Long Ride to Moscow!

Andi Mills and Edie New, "The Carolina Trekkers", have completed their Long Ride.
Grant Nicolle has completed his ride the length of Britain, from John O'Groats to Land's End.
Peter Ritz has just completed his 3,000 kilometre ride around Germany.
Hubie MacDermott has finished his Long Ride in Argentina - and has sent The Guild more fabulous photos. 
Kimball Foord has ridden from Guelph, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hans Martens and Paul van Rooyen have completed their ride from the south of France to the Netherlands.
Long Rider Mefo Phillips, having made a journey from Canterbury to Santiago di Compostela in 2002, has just completed her Long Ride from Canterbury to Rome!
Babette Gallard and Paul Chin, who rode from their home in France to Santiago in 2005, are now back home after their journey to Rome!  Click here to read about Babette's fascinating book about their Long Ride to Santiago.
Klarien Klingen has just completed her journey from Portugal to the Netherlands.
Margriet Dijkstra and Jeannette van den Eng have just completed their ride from Nijmegen in the Netherlands to Santiago di Compostela.  They met up with Hans Martens and Paul van Rooven (below) who are riding in the opposite direction!
Doc Mishler completed an extended journey across the United States, riding from Montana to Texas to Washington DC.

Jayme Feary has completed his ride along the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico.
Adam and Jeremiah have ridden from Colorado to Arizona and back.
Julie Broome and her daughters have just finished riding the Tasmanian Trail!
Louis Meunier's journey across Afghanistan ended when he nearly died!
Linda Losey has finished her ride across the United States!
Howard Wooldridge FRGS - has completed his second ride across the United States!
Mary Howe and her daughter, Hester, have finished their ride.

Dario Masarotti and Antonietta Spizzo, Italian veterans of riding in Europe, have returned home from their journey to the Black Sea!

Harry and Lisa Adshead have completed their ride from Wales to Jordan! 

Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn have completed their ride from Le Puy en Velay in France to Santiago de Compostela!
Bernice Endy is has completed her journey from Trego, Montana to Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Stan Perdue - has completed his ride from Georgia to Arizona

Mikael Strandberg has completed his long, dangerous and arduous journey across Siberia.

David and Arleene Foster have completed a journey along the Pacific Crest Trail.

Eduardo Caporale has finished a wonderful journey in Argentina.

Bernie Harberts, his mule Woody and pack-pony Magnolia completed their journey across the United States.

Edouard Chautard and Carine Thomas have finished their Long Ride - Down Australia's Bicentennial National Trail - and been given an unexpected surprise!

Al Williams - completed his ride from Windsor Ontario to Niagara Falls.

Steven O'Connor - the first Irish Member of The Guild - was unable to complete his journey in Ireland as planned.

Penny Turner has completed a thousand-mile equestrian journey through Greece.

Magali Pavin set off to ride from France to China and back again.  We have not heard from her for months, and assume her journey must have been completed.

Keith Clark's two-year ride in South America is over - for the time being, at least!

Esther Stein and Horst Hausleitner have survived (just) their journey from Southern Africa to Kenya!

Marie Denkens and Renzo Martens have finished their ride from Salta to Mendoza.

Michael Muir and Cindy Goff completed their journey retracing John Muir's route from Louisville, Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico.

Tracey Elliot-Reep has completed her ride along the length of Great Britain.

Antonietta Spizzo and Dario Masarotti rode from their home in Italy to Poland and back. 

Howard Wooldridge completed his ride across the United States. He is now riding back again!

Garry Stauber made a ride along the length of California.

Carol Barrett and Lesley Channon were trying to make the first modern from Bath to Eastbourne - and back - in England when Carol had a terrible accident.

Dan Phegan, Ian James, Yola Cox and Colin Mitchell completed their ride from Darwin to Corryong in Australia.

Marie-Emmanuelle Tugler and Marc Witz completed their South American adventure.

Jennifer Delaney made a ride round England, following in the footsteps of Celia Fiennes' Great Journey.

Mary Pagnamenta answered New Zealand's call to adventure!

Howard Saether and Janja Kovačič rode from Uruguay to Bolivia.

Georges Baudraz and Sylviane Gold were forced to halt their journey from France towards Spain.

Ray Everitt completed a ride from his home in the South of France to the Swiss city of Berne.

Mike Winter had to postpone his ride across the United States, from Madison, Virginia, to Portland, Oregon.

Philippe Rustenholz completed a ride in South America.

Saskia Machaczek finished her ride through Argentina.

Saan Ecker, Pam Brookman and Angie Grusauskas finished a ride along Australia's Bicentennial National Trail.

Laura Bougault rode alone from South Africa to Malawi in 2001-2002.

Katherine Boone rode across Spain during the summer of 2001.

Eduard Chautard and Carine Thomas made the first recorded ride around the island of New Caledonia in late 2001.

Tim Myers, Gary Conger, Robert Malone and Fred Bell finished their ride from Oklahoma to New York.

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