DenisM
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I hope no one minds me putting this up, I think most people here are interested in driving, so here goes.
Thanks for reading
Denis
The Long Ride 2010 is a proposal to ride a combination of two cattle trails of the 1860’s - 70’s, specifically, the Goodnight-Loving and Western Trails. Starting west of Dallas, Texas, going west to the southern New Mexico border, turning north along the Pecos River and going due north through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and terminating, subject to obtaining the necessary permissions, near the site of the Battle of Little BigHorn, Montana.
The route, on paper, is expected to be 2000 miles, or thereabouts, and is planned to take 6 months to ride, with an expected launch date of the 4th April 2010 from Fort Belknap, near Graham, Young County, Texas.
There are currently spaces for horse riders to take part. You don’t need to ride the whole ride, just two weeks or more.
Just as important is the need for drivers for the support vehicle. The duties are not onerous, the hours short, the driving dead easy for an experienced driver, and you will work around horses and four to six riders. All that is required of you is that you be at a given point at a given time each day and help with the general running of the expedition.
We need drivers for the full six months of the ride, but, like the riders, we can exchange drivers every two weeks.
Do something different in 2010 – have a holiday in the USA and ride or drive the Long Ride.
More information is available at www.thelongride.co.uk
Or telephone James Locke on 07771 681 429
This is an unrepeatable opportunity for like-minded people to travel together, in the fashion of the cattlemen of yesteryear, without actually being a re-enactment, along some historic trails and to put their riding skills to adventurous use.
Thanks for reading
Denis
The Long Ride 2010 is a proposal to ride a combination of two cattle trails of the 1860’s - 70’s, specifically, the Goodnight-Loving and Western Trails. Starting west of Dallas, Texas, going west to the southern New Mexico border, turning north along the Pecos River and going due north through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and terminating, subject to obtaining the necessary permissions, near the site of the Battle of Little BigHorn, Montana.
The route, on paper, is expected to be 2000 miles, or thereabouts, and is planned to take 6 months to ride, with an expected launch date of the 4th April 2010 from Fort Belknap, near Graham, Young County, Texas.
There are currently spaces for horse riders to take part. You don’t need to ride the whole ride, just two weeks or more.
Just as important is the need for drivers for the support vehicle. The duties are not onerous, the hours short, the driving dead easy for an experienced driver, and you will work around horses and four to six riders. All that is required of you is that you be at a given point at a given time each day and help with the general running of the expedition.
We need drivers for the full six months of the ride, but, like the riders, we can exchange drivers every two weeks.
Do something different in 2010 – have a holiday in the USA and ride or drive the Long Ride.
More information is available at www.thelongride.co.uk
Or telephone James Locke on 07771 681 429
This is an unrepeatable opportunity for like-minded people to travel together, in the fashion of the cattlemen of yesteryear, without actually being a re-enactment, along some historic trails and to put their riding skills to adventurous use.
