Taumarunui Intrepid Trekkers
(From Country Life 20 May 2011)
In the summer months, all over the country, people gather with trusty steeds to trek over farmland and bush paths for anything from three days to a week or more. This week in Country Life Susan Murray joins 23 keen individuals who are on a five day horse trek around the Mahia Peninsula on the East Coast. This particular group has met every year for the past 17. The average age of the group is 60, and it includes a blind rider. Horse trekking is well and truly alive and kicking in rural New Zealand.
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