Tales of a Saddletramp

Download or read book Tales of a Saddletramp written by Rick Allen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tales of a Saddle Tramp" "This book is about how one man's life can be touched by horses and the bond that develops between horse and rider. That life is mine - "Rick Allen"; ex-navy electrician turned leatherworker turned saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, Saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours. What started out as a hobby, doing trail rides for fun with the club, ended up a profession; eventually teaching other people how to be tour guides. The horse at the centre of this bonding is "Bobby" (or Bob as I now call him), a 16 hands high bay brown medium Waler. My passion started with the history of military Saddlery and horses, having done leatherwork while in the Navy, (mainly because I was too cheap to buy the accessories for archery; I decided to make them instead). In those days I took a liking to leatherwork as a hobby, making belts, stubby holders and handbags. My best work involved hand stitching and I became quite proficient at this, which lead me to begin to repair Saddlery"