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Stories from the Road - page 6
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British Long Rider Stephen McCutcheon is attempting an historic equestrian journey, a 10,000 kilometre ride from Delhi, India, to Beijing, China! No one has undertaken a journey in this area and of this magnitude since 1905, when the English Long Rider, Major Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, rode from Srinagar, Kashmir, to Peking, a trip of shorter duration. Modern-day equestrian explorer McCutcheon is now trying to make equestrian travel history by blazing a new path from the heart of the Indian sub-continent to the capital of the Chinese people. McCutcheon is already the first person since the Partition of 1947 to have ridden across India and Pakistan together. Having now reached the western deserts of China, the intrepid British Long Rider was attempting to ride through the notorious Pamir mountains when he was nearly killed in a brawling mountain torrent. Having barely survived that danger, McCutcheon's expedition has been stopped, he has been arrested because of a lack of proper paperwork, and this magnificent journey is now in jeopardy. Click on picture to read Stephen's hair-raising account. |
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A forgotten equestrian journey through England in 1937. "The Long Distance Ride organised by Country Life and Riding attracted an entry more than twice as large as had been expected. There were eight starting points from which the riders converged on Lewes on the second day, thence completing the ride to Eastbourne." Click on picture of a party riding through Windsor Great Park to read this delightful story. |
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“Why are you doing this?” pedestrians have asked Long Riders in a multitude of tongues in countries scattered around the globe. Though the answer to this ancient question is as complex as the wide variety of equestrian explorers represented by The Guild, North American Long Rider Andi Mills has expressed what may be the perfect answer to “Why?” Click on picture to read her definition! |
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In 1940, Thubten Jigme Norbu, oldest brother of the Dalai Lama and himself a reincarnated lama resident in the Chinese lamasery of Kumbum, wanted to travel to Lhasa to visit his brother and family. He asked his father's permission several times, meanwhile (for he was only a teenage student, after all) making the wildest plans to travel to Tibet on his own. His whole family was now in Tibet, after all! However, eventually his father sent permission, and Norbu's retinue plunged into preparations for the long journey to Lhasa. This meant a four-month caravan trip, most of it through empty and debatable lands. Click on picture to read this amazing story. |
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Click on picture to read 11-year-old Bronte Broome's story of her family's ride along the Tasmanian Trail. |
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Click on photograph to read about Roger Dunnam's narrow escape from death on the trail. |
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Click on picture to discover how Ana Beker, South America's most famous female Long Rider, rode from Argentina to Canada. |
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Click on photograph to read Evelyn Coquet's heart-rending story about her horse's mysterious sickness during her astonishing ride from Paris to Jerusalem. |
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Click on picture to read Kate Marsden's account of the horrors of travelling in Siberia in the 1890s. |
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Penny Turner has sent us a lovely description of her recent Long Ride in Greece with her trusty horse George. Click on photograph to read about her experiences, and some words of wisdom for anyone thinking of following in her hoofprints. |
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