Upon A White Horse by Alison Payne
Model Number: 9780701134372
£13.95 GBP
In May 1988 Alison Payne set out on a remarkable lone adventure. It was to cover a distance of over 1600 miles through every region of England – and lead to an unexpected romance.
Hers was a daunting challenge. Despite being a non-rider, she aimed to recreate on horseback the Great Journey of Celia Fiennes, three centuries earlier.
In 1698, Celia Fiennes had survived highwaymen, perilous roads and uncharted territory. Alison Payne faced a whole new set of problems. Apart from having to find stabling every night for Mighty, one ton of Whitbread shire horse, she also had to contend with the twentieth-century hazards of thundering juggernauts, urban highways and concrete jungles.
Alison Payne’s epic journey was to provide a fascinating insight into both the England of Celia Fiennes and the England of today, its customs and its people, from bishops to belly-dancers, from dukes to dustmen. As well as being the record of a unique adventure, Upon a White Horse is an enchanting and often hilarious portrait of the English at large, and an extraordinary love story.
Hardback.