Advice for Horse Riders
A book to buy -
The Way of Saint James on Horseback: The French Road, Javier Pascual, 2002
available by post from the CSJ bookshop. Price £15 plus postage. (Translated from the Spanish, this book has full equestrian information, including riding centres, stables, hostels, blacksmiths, vets etc)
Sites to visit -
www.elcaminoacaballo.com or email desantiago@elcaminoacabello.com
www.turismo-rural.com/natulacaballo/index.html
www.pilgrimriders.com (Paul Chinn has recently riden to both Santiago and Rome. His book "Riding the Milky Way" is available directly through Amazon: (The Santiago pilgrimage) http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590480546
Books to read -
A Canter to St James, 1990, Robin Hanbury-Tenison.
The Great Donkey Walk, 1977, Susan Chitty & Thomas Hinde (account of walk from Santiago to Istanbul)
Riding Tour Operator -
El Camino de Santiago a Caballo
c/Corredoira, 85-5
27400 Monforte de Lemos (Lugo), tel 0033 982 40 18 15
Riding tour O Cebreiro to Santiago (7 days)
Riding pilgrimages along the Camino Francés and
Camino Portugués -
Hiring Horses in Spain -
Estella: Sr Pablo Hermosa de Mendoza
And what about donkeys? -
Other contacts -
The CSJ Office can put you in touch with members who have recently made the pilgrimage on horseback.
There is a map published in France, available we think through www.stanfords.co.uk on equestrian routes through France and also riding centres etc where it is possible to stay.