Yesterday morning (Oct 5th), our last riding day, started as usual by collecting our horses in the overnight field. Our four legged friends know by now that we are pointing their noses towards their home. They all wait patiently at the gate for us riders to finish breakfast.
After saying goodbye to our kind hostess Magdalena (graphic designer and horse lover/rider at Dwor Szwalk manor) we started on our last leg of the trail ride. It actually became two (2) legs since it was decided to continue nonstop directly to the home of Tadeusz. Four hours now suddenly became six in the saddle.
On our return ride we kept a fast pace, at times very fast. Long gallops and a lot of trotting in order to cover the day's total of 50 km. On this ride my preference was galopping - I will explain the reason why in a follow up blog.
After a brief technical stop at our starting point in Zabie Oko, we continued on today's second leg to the village of Sulimy, home of horses and Tadeusz. During this last part of the ride we took a long lake walk to cool off our horse's feet. Arriving safely at Sulimy, two taxis brought us back to Zabie Oko for our farewell dinner, exchange of home addresses and goodbyes.
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