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The Long Horse Ride Blog: June 2014
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Friday, 27 June 2014. But hopefully it will only be Au Revoir and not Farewell as I was made to feel as if it was a second home. The help and hospitality I received while crossing The Rock was totally overwhelming, and I will treasure many precious memories of my time there. Many many thanks to everyone who helped me on my way - I could not have done it without you! Loving the towel bunny. Tuesday, 24 June 2014. Friday 20th...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: The Black Donellys
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Tuesday, 28 July 2015. In the morning Mary-Lou and Wesley accompanied me on horseback for a few miles. Crossing the river Thames . Wesley on Bailey, his black 8 year old quarter horse gelding, and Mary-Lou on Sharia, her 25 year old chestnut Arabian mare. I had managed to plan my route along quiet back roads for the most part. The Elginfield observatory, which is run by the University of Western Ontario. The leader of the v...
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Feeding the Future
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A history of agro-industrial development. The importance of partnerships. Oxygen-free storage prevents food losses. Message from the Managing Director. THEME 2: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES. Dec 2014 - PHAP. May 2014 - Uganda. June 2013 - Nigeria. Nov 2013 - SAFE. Is a Japanese philanthropic organisation founded by Ryoichi Sasakawa and now chaired by his son, Yohei Sasakawa. The Nippon Foundation provides funding for SAA. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. BMGF) is ...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: An Angel in Disguise
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Tuesday, 28 July 2015. An Angel in Disguise. Friday May 29th to Sunday 31st. Ellen turned out to be an angel in disguise, and I ended up staying at the Thistledown Equestrian Centre. From left to right: Ellen, Sarah's husband Mario, birthday girl Sarah, son Aidan, Barry. On Sunday Barry and Ellen very generously drove me back to Newmarket to fetch my spare baggage. Unusually for an older woman, Ellen was previously an engin...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: Into the US of A
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Thursday, 30 July 2015. Into the US of A. And the day Pat drove Lady and me into the USA. Here are Pat and Marlene with the trailer carrying Lady just before we set off. I will miss Canada. The support I have received all the all the way from my start at St John's Newfoundland has been overwhelming, and has strengthened my faith in human nature. Lady had a stall, and Rick's daughter Amy DeLange kindly let me camp in their b...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: The Border at Last!
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Thursday, 30 July 2015. The Border at Last! A long day tiring across a flat agricultural plain, occasionally threatened by thunderstorms. I decided to push on to Sarnia, and we eventually arrived, hot and weary after over forty kilometres on the road, at the Yellow Rose boarding stables of Pat and Marlene Haslam. I was to stay here for the next few days and it was just as well I had pushed on, as most of Friday June 5th.
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: Through Mennonite country
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Tuesday, 28 July 2015. An early morning start on Wednesday May 27th. I had now left the Trans Canada Trail for good and for the rest of my time in Canada would be using roads. We soon started to see the occasional Mennonite horse-drawn buggy and I managed to sneak the odd photograph while trying to respect the Mennonite aversion to being snapped. No photographs of course. A most pleasant evening chatting with a delightf...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: July 2014
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Thursday, 31 July 2014. We were now warned that Hurricane Arthur was headed for Nova Scotia, and would strike the south eastern coast over the weekend. Yet another reason it had proved a good decision to take a more northerly route. But when exactly would it hit land? Mary with husband Jack and photo bombing dog in the window behind. And across the open country near Scotsburn. I had been a little concerned about the possibi...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: August 2014
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Sunday, 3 August 2014. A couple of days later we rode the final leg back to the farm, joined by Gillian's friend Kathy for part of the way. About to set out from Tatamagouche. L to R Gillian with her Haflinger mare Marigold, me and Lady, Kathy and her part Belgian mare Sylvie . Riding out along the Trans Canada Trail to the north of Tatamagouche. The Waugh River estuary is to the right. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Rugby, sp...
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The Long Horse Ride Blog: Dear Old Crathie
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The Long Horse Ride Blog. From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. And the country was becoming increasingly flat and boring. Lady attracts a curious bovine audience at a lunch stop. The dear old community hall at Crathie, where many a jolly time has been spent. Ironically it seems that children sang the following quaint little song at the beginning of meetings of the well attended Literary Society . A real good shady road from hilly Crathie. THE LONG HORSE RIDE.
