![]() ![]() The Follyfoot books are deliciously good. All of the titles pop up fairly regularly in my experience in second hand book shops and, depending on the edition, they're also available very cheaply online. There is another book in the series not included in this volume: Cobbler's Dream. The stories in this compilation are all available individually: Follyfoot, Dora at Follyfoot, The Horses of Follyfoot and Stranger at Follyfoot. This bound copy of four stories is held together by tape and the pages are ripped, and it will endure, I think, for some time yet. I fell in love with a lot of equine literature at that point and there are loves that have endured: Ruth Hollis (Oh how I still love you KM Peyton) and Follyfoot too, has endured. I first made my acquaintance with Follyfoot back in the 90s where, surrounded by shellsuits and dodgy hairdos, I fell in love. I will be eternally addicted to the rhythm of tack-cleaning, the thick, satsified exhaustion of a day in the saddle and the moment when the two of you, a horse and a rider, become one and somehow in that oneness become more than you ever thought you could be. ![]() It is a phase that I went through and that a part of me remains lost in, despite not being near a horse for too long. The horsey phase is, I think, a phase that so many people go through in their life. ![]()
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