On May 14th I set off from Seissen with Gaby and Andrea to continue across Swabia and the district of Baden-Wuttenberg ......
....along yet more secluded tracks through forested hills........
We had arranged to meet up with Mike at a road crossing in the middle of nowhere for human and equine refreshment, but we waited in vain as he had mistakenly stopped at a different junction ..........
.. unable to contact him as our mobiles had no reception in the deep valley we decided to ride on. Every cloud has a silver lining, and at the next village Andrea stopped to ask for water for the horses from an elderly lady - and what a character she turned out to be! An eighty four year old widow, Elisa Stephani insisted we stop for tea and cake sitting outside her neat house while she regaled us with her life story. An amazingly active lady, among other pastimes she knits little woollen dolls which she gives away to as presents to those she regards as deserving - to our delight we were all allowed to choose one each from her collection - even Mike who eventually found us- Andrea is holding the little red character that I chose ...
Through the woods - more superb countryside.......
A cheerful duo even though the weather turned wet and we had to don our waterproofs.....
Andrea (and Leo) had to leave me just after this photo was taken and I was very sorry to see her go - she was a tremendous help and great company.
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