Author Archives: peterringo

So I’ve been putting off writing this post for a while now as I didn’t know how to start it or finish it, our ride has come to an end with flashing blue lights and a flight back home. We were going really nicely and made it through the 4th July weekend ( for nonContinue reading “Putting off writing blogs”

So we’re back in West Virginia and taking it very slowly mostly due to crappy weather forecasts, it’s of thunder storms forecast so we’ve stuck around places to wait it out. Sometimes it back fires as they never really materialise but it’s good for ringo as he gets to rest and eat. The first 60Continue reading “West Virginia”

So….. we set up camp just before the paw paw tunnel which is closed and has a very steep 1.5 mile detour, we start in the morning with me riding to the first mountainous section and then walk. We were supposed to go off the canal at oldtown and follow the American discovery trail toContinue reading “A brief trip to West Virginia and back to Maryland then back to West Virginia again”

I’m a bit late in updating this, in maryland we were almost exclusively on the c&o canal which goes from Washington DC to Cumberland. It’s a perfect start place as there’s camp sites with water pumps every 5 miles or so, although ringo prefers the river water. We’ve had a mix of hot weather andContinue reading “Maryland”

We’ve finally set off on the c&o canal with just a few days delay due to transportation but ringo made it here finally. Firstly I should thank Cathleen and Richard for letting me stay with them in Maryland and all the support they’ve given me. Ringo’s got a new set of shoes and an embroideredContinue reading “And so we begin”

Ringo arrives tomorrow and I’m finally starting to get nervous, my leg hasn’t healed as much as I’d hoped wit the bruise is still coming through. It now goes from ankle to knee and there’s still a lot of swelling. But I really don’t want to delay the trip so I’m going to start andContinue reading “It’s almost time”

i’m currently a week away from starting riding across america and it’s been a busy few days, i flew to houston from the caribbean on friday and sunday went we took 2 horses up to round up Ringo and take him back to the ranch for some last minute training. Ringo went really nicely onContinue reading “Training with a sprinkling of rearing.”

Welcome to my blog, i’m riding my noble steed Ringo coast to coast across america. I will be starting in delaware and riding across to california approximately 5000km away. I will be riding alone with no support but i have a group of very knowlegable people including vets, trainer’s and long distance riders to callContinue reading “Hello World!”