The Bridleway: How Horses Shaped the British Landscape
By Tiffany Francis-Baker
Bloomsbury £17.99
Ever since I was seven years old, and I won my first rosette at a village gymkhana, I have had a passion for horses and the countryside. The two were inseparable, giving me a sense of freedom and being at one with an animal.
As I grew older and was allowed to explore further afield, I would imagine people who had ridden along the tracks I used, like the Pilgrims’ Way and a sunken path used to transport coffins to the church from the outlying villages.
Later, when I moved to Wiltshire, I found myself in a place where reminders of the importance of what had
