Tales of a Saddletramp

Tales of a Saddletramp PDF Author: Rick Allen
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530131136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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"Tales of a Saddle Tramp" "This book is about how one man's life can be touched by horses and the bond that develops between horse and rider. That life is mine - "Rick Allen"; ex-navy electrician turned leatherworker turned saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, Saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours. What started out as a hobby, doing trail rides for fun with the club, ended up a profession; eventually teaching other people how to be tour guides. The horse at the centre of this bonding is "Bobby" (or Bob as I now call him), a 16 hands high bay brown medium Waler. My passion started with the history of military Saddlery and horses, having done leatherwork while in the Navy, (mainly because I was too cheap to buy the accessories for archery; I decided to make them instead). In those days I took a liking to leatherwork as a hobby, making belts, stubby holders and handbags. My best work involved hand stitching and I became quite proficient at this, which lead me to begin to repair Saddlery"

Tales of a Saddletramp

Tales of a Saddletramp PDF Author: Rick Allen
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530131136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Book Description
"Tales of a Saddle Tramp" "This book is about how one man's life can be touched by horses and the bond that develops between horse and rider. That life is mine - "Rick Allen"; ex-navy electrician turned leatherworker turned saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, Saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours. What started out as a hobby, doing trail rides for fun with the club, ended up a profession; eventually teaching other people how to be tour guides. The horse at the centre of this bonding is "Bobby" (or Bob as I now call him), a 16 hands high bay brown medium Waler. My passion started with the history of military Saddlery and horses, having done leatherwork while in the Navy, (mainly because I was too cheap to buy the accessories for archery; I decided to make them instead). In those days I took a liking to leatherwork as a hobby, making belts, stubby holders and handbags. My best work involved hand stitching and I became quite proficient at this, which lead me to begin to repair Saddlery"

Tales of a Saddle Tramp

Tales of a Saddle Tramp PDF Author: Rick Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780975794630
Category : Horse owners
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Rick Allen's story of his bonding with horses leading to him becoming a saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours.

The Saddle Tramp

The Saddle Tramp PDF Author: Arthur Preston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Last of the Saddle Tramps

Last of the Saddle Tramps PDF Author: Messanie Wilkins
Publisher: Long Riders Guild Press
ISBN: 9781590480434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Historically the world of equestrian travel has contained an exciting mixture of unique men and women. Some are adventurers seeking danger from the back of their horses. Others are travelers discovering the beauties of the countryside they slowly ride through. A few are searching for inner truths while cantering across desolate parts of the planet. Then there is Messanie Wilkins. She was acting on orders from the Lord! In 1954, at the age of 63, Wilkins had plenty to worry about. A destitute spinster in ill health, Wilkins had been told she had less than two years left to live, provided she spent them quietly. With no family ties, no money, and no future in her native Maine, Wilkins decided to take a daring step. Using the money she had made from selling homemade pickles, Wilkins bought a tired summer camp horse and made preparations to ride from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean. Yet before leaving she flipped a coin, asking God to direct her to go or not. When the coin came up heads several times in a row, one of America s most unlikely equestrian heroines set off. What followed was one of the twentieth century's most remarkable equestrian journeys. Accompanied by her faithful horse, Tarzan, Wilkins suffered through a host of obstacles including blistering deserts and freezing snow storms, yet never lost faith that she would complete her 7,000 mile odyssey. Last of the Saddle Tramps is thus the warm and humorous story of a humble American heroine bound for adventure and the Pacific Ocean. The classic tale is amply illustrated with photographs.

The Misadventures of an Old Saddle Tramp

The Misadventures of an Old Saddle Tramp PDF Author: Robert Schweiger
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481704907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 151

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"The saga of a young man's dreams of glory and his quest for adventure. And the tale of an old-timer who has led a charmed life."--Introduction, p. xiii.

Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp PDF Author: Jack Borg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Toast: The Ride To Hell, Book 1

Toast: The Ride To Hell, Book 1 PDF Author: Rick Allen
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 1922327603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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After the Nuclear Holocaust The only inhabitable places left are Taswegia and New Haka. ……….Emergency! Alex Brand reporting. A force calling themselves, ‘The Alliance’ has landed at all major ports in Taswegia. They are killing all the Parliamentarians on the lawns of Parliament House. They are murdering people as I speak. They are approaching my position now; I have to run … (silence). Dick, an ex-Navy Clearance Diver and his wife Patch looked at each other, they didn’t know such a large force had survived the Nuclear Holocaust, this was not good! What can Dick, Patch and their close friends who are now fighting for their lives against unbelievable odds do? Find out in Rick Allen’s latest book Toast book 1 The Ride to Hell. Editor: Inspiring Publishers: Rick Allen well known author for his non-fiction books, Tales of a Saddle Tramp and Saddlery Care and Maintenance, ventures into the dystopian world in his first novel. Rick weaves an exciting tale that will keep you reading well into the night.

Grange Tales: the God

Grange Tales: the God PDF Author: Stefan Hoognerson
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 145259998X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309

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1868: The Blacksmith. Seven paleface corpses rot in their graves as an Injin hangs at the end of a rope. Was this a lynching? A murder? A cover-up? Itinerant blacksmith Milton Wright wants answers and expects to find them in Grange, Kansas. 1968:The Youngster. Eleven-year-old African-American Penny Thomas, a genius, faces someone stranger than any shed ever met; more deadly, more important more needy?

Hidden Villages of Britain

Hidden Villages of Britain PDF Author: Clare Gogerty
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849944873
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441

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The official TV-tie in to the popular Channel 4 programme 'Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages' Explore the most interesting and beautiful examples of British village life in this lavishly illustrated book, published as a companion volume to the highly successful Channel 4 television series, 'Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages'. Featuring gorgeous illustrations and dust jackets from Brian Cook's iconic designs, the book explores the villages as they appeared then and now. It's hard not to be enchanted by rural villages. From thatched roofs, charming churches, bunting, cream teas and the local landscape, they capture our imaginations. Structured by region, this book follows Penelope's journey through Britain across all four series, including the idyllic villages found in the Costwolds, the cosy cottages of East Anglia and the treasures nestled in the North Yorkshire moors. Pictured alongside Brian Cook's iconic illustrations, Hidden Villages of Britain takes you through the fascinating history and the curious customs and characters unique to each village and how they survive in the present. From bog snorkelling in Llanwrtyd Wells and gravy wrestling in Stacksteads to cheese rolling down Cooper's Hill in Brockworth and dwile flocking (where contestants seek to soak their opponents with a beer-soaked cloth outside the village pub), snippets of the history, life and traditions of each village are fully explored. Whether you are looking for a place for your next holiday, a guide to Britain's rural landscape or have a love for Britain's most inspirational settings, this book is perfect for the armchair traveller.

Desert Oracle

Desert Oracle PDF Author: Ken Layne
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374722382
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.