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An account of a journey through western Ireland made in 1984, fulfilling a childhood dream of a long-distance ride. The story centres on the growing bond between the author and her Connemara pony, Mollie and the many challenges that they face before the tragic conclusion in the mountains of Kerry. It is also a portrait of rural Ireland before the "Celtic Tiger" era, built up from conversations with the local people. The journey takes them through Counties Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry, the obstacles to their progress ranging from bogs, stone walls, and the River Shannon. "I've never tried hitchhiking with a horse before" comments the author. "It's not easy." She travelled with no set route, extending her backpacking knowledge acquired in the Andes to horse packing, "seeing the obvious advantage of climbing mountains on someone else's legs and using another's back for the packing."
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Endorsements
'.....reading Connemara Mollie was a real treat..... The book is testament to the wonderful journey she enjoyed, bonding with her horse and reliving the people she met and the adventures she enjoyed. It's a lovely, light and easy going book, which will get you booking the riding lessons, the minute you put it down!'_x000D_ Burnley Express_x000D_ _x000D_ 'Hilary Bradt recalls her journey across rural Ireland among the people of Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry in the 1980s in this sweet - and surreptitiously affecting - memoir.'_x000D_ Longitude Books USA_x000D_ _x000D_ 'Hilary's descriptions take us with her every hoofprint of the way as she brings the landscapes to life. She's good on people too, with life in rural Ireland prior to the "Celtic Tiger" boom.'_x000D_ Wanderlust_x000D_ _x000D_ 'With adventure, characters, and lessons learned the hard way, Connemara Mollie has many of the elements of the writer's beloved pony books - but this true-life adventure has a charm all of its own.'_x000D_ The Connemara Journal_x000D_ _x000D_ 'Hilary brings the real Ireland to life and you can't fail to get attached to the equine character.'_x000D_ Horse magazine_x000D_
Author Biography
Hilary Bradt is well known as the founder of Bradt Travel Guides and a writer of articles and guidebooks. This is her first narrative travel book.
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- Publisher Bradt Travel Guides
- Publication Date July 2012
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781841623863 / 1841623865
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 9.99 GBP
- Pages160
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- ResponsibilityHilary Bradt.
- Edition1
- Page size26 (198mm x130mm) mm
- Illustration8pp colour photos + 1 map
- Reference CodeBDZ0012994333
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