Book description
The lure of a long-distance ride leads Mefo Phillips to team up with
her sister Susie and their spotted Appaloosa horses Leo, a flirt with
a passion for Mars Bars, and affectionate, gluttonous Apollo, for a
pilgrimage down the medievil Way of St. James from Canterbury to
Spain. The lure of a map of European glof courses entices Mefo's
husband Peter to follow them in a rackety old horsebox...
Slowed by thunderstorms, vertgo, worn-out horseshoes and a variety
of eccentric farmers, it's boiling midsummer by the time they reach
the Castilian plains after a meander across lush springtime France.
With 1,700 miles, four mountain ranges, and encounters with galloping
goats, nude pilgrims, rampant donkeys and a fountain of red wine
behind them , horses and humans are inseparable by the time they reach
Santiago and the suddenly daunting prospect of a trundle in the
horsebox back to England and a normal life.
Poet, rider and sailor Mefo Phillips took a sabatical from the day
job working in criminal law to pursue a dream. Now hooked on adventure,
she's looking for another.
