Despite being drier this morning, we decided to make the day shorter. We would miss crossing the Plateau de Sault – not in it full winter glory with the snow but probably still worthwhile – and have a late lunch in Puivert. I swapped horses this morning and rode Pilou – the absolute front runner [...]
Dec 242011
Dec 242011
What a foul day It has rained almost the whole day – and not just light rain, but heavy “wet” rain that soaks through just about everything. My waterproof thermal boots were full of water at the end of the afternoon. My leather gloves had sopped up all the water they could. And I think [...]
Dec 182010
Again a rather straggly breakfast but we were out at the horses just after 09:00. It was extremely cold this morning – about -15! We were off at 09:50 and very quickly ended up driving the horses up the wrong road in the middle of Camurac. Having managed to turn them around, we got them [...]
Dec 182010
This morning – after yet another poor night’s sleep – was once again a 6 o’clock start to get breakfast out of the way, take the remaining horses out to pasture and be ready for the minibus to ferry us back to the horses at 08:30. When everyone had rounded up their horses, brushed them [...]
