ADVENTUROUS TRIP

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 17 March 1933, Page 6

ADVENTUROUS TRIP

HOLIDAY ON HORSEBACK

YOUNG WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES.

I On the last lap of a three weeks' 500 miles horseback holiday at a cost of 30/- each, Mrs A. Smith and Miss E. Glasgow, of Turakina, passed through Wanganui the other day. They had a bright story to tell of their experiences and said the holiday had been "simply marvellous." Taking the whole of the trip, the riders averaged about 44 miles a day, but on their first day in the saddle they rode for 18 hours, from 6 o'clock until midnight, to cover 64 miles. Their route lay through Mangamahu to Rangiwaea, to National Park, Taumarunui, Ongarue, Te Kuiti and Hamilton. Thence they rode through Piopio, Ohura, Whangamomona, Stratford, Hawera, Waitotara and thus home. All through the trip the hospitality shown to the horsewomen was wonderful, and on all sides they received the greatest of kindness and help. At private homes they had a most hospitable reception, and in the back country—the "Never-Never," as they described it—men emplcyed at mines, on Public Works undertakings and on road construction had extended to them numerous kindnesses. At times, said Mrs Smith, they had been offered a cup of tea, and that in the middle cf a ride which took them miles and miles without the sight of anyone meant a great deal, not to mention cheery talk and valuable advice about routes and unused tracks. Much of their ride lay through old roads that had fallen into disuse, over