Rider nears end of South Island adventure
Adventurer Pete Langford, travelling the length of New Zealand past times horse, is nearing the cease of the South Island leg of his odyssey.
Langford, 43, ready off early on inwards Nov on his 3000-kilometre ride, having decided the fourth dimension was correct to alive his dream as well as embark on the epic journey.
The trigger was misfortune over his struggling home-renovation trouble organisation as well as the loss of his identify inwards a mortgagee sale.
Langford has for the terminal calendar week been resting his horses on a 100-acre farm at St Arnaud, nigh ninety kilometres southwest of Nelson.
He told Horsetalk that his ii standardbreds, Two Shoes as well as Cloud, had been enjoying enough of grass inwards a 20-acre paddock. The duet conduct hold been rebuilding their forcefulness for the adjacent leg of the journey, which volition accept them to Picton, where they volition board an interisland ferry to accept them to the North Island.
They were intending to ready off this forenoon as well as expected to gain Picton inwards 5 or vi days.
Langford, the starting fourth dimension someone from New Zealand or Commonwealth of Australia to deport the Long Riders’ Guild flag on a journey, keeps fans updated on his Facebook page every bit fourth dimension as well as mesh access allows.
He says the ride has been everything he imagined.
“It’s been brilliant. Fantastic. People conduct hold been rattling welcoming.
“We conduct hold had a few adventures along the way. It been everything I idea it would last as well as a lot more.
Facebook has proved a useful tool, amongst Langford signalling his plans as well as able to elicit assist from followers when required.
He began the ride amongst ii off-the-track standardbreds, Ed, a seven-year-old gelding, as well as Maddie a mare who is a footling younger.
Ed was retired from the ride at Lauder early on inwards Dec later on developing issues amongst a locking stifle, which required a lot of rest.
Cloud joined the ride as well as remains purpose of the trio.
Maddie apace earned the nickname Maddie Two Shoes, as well as Langford has since dropped the “Maddie”, only referring to her every bit Two Shoes.
For now, the North Island beckons. The terrain volition last less challenging than the south, but his road volition probable last busier, he says.
A friend who was instrumental inwards helping amongst the South Island road is non every bit good connected inwards the north, he said, which volition trial inwards closed to challenges.
He hopes his ride volition enhance closed to cash for emergency air service trusts. Followers tin sack donate here.
Langford’s Facebook page tin sack last accessed here http://www.facebook.com/FreeWithEveryHorse
An before floor on Langford’s motivation for the ride tin sack last read here.
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