I have supplies and a packhorse hidden near the hill that lies a mile north of the city. |
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But perhaps they would be lucky, and the supplies and the packhorse would be in the middle of all the juniper trees up at the top of the hill. |
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I started tightening saddles and untying the biggest camp items from the packhorse. |
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The smallest barge had a capacity vastly greater than the sturdiest packhorse. |
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A one-horse cart could carry much more than a packhorse but travelled more slowly. |
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In 1748 he gave protection to John Wesley after he tried to preach his message standing on the packhorse bridge. |
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I soon passed the packhorse bridge, built in 1675 and close to the ford by which crossed the Roman road to Boroughbridge. |
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The bandolero caught up the packhorse's leadrope but the packhorse balked and squatted on its haunches. |
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He knew that his laden packhorse team, and particularly his few tools of precious iron, would be a tempting prize to the Munjons. |
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In the late Middle Ages, there was a toll for crossing the bridge of 1d. per cart or packhorse carrying merchandize. |
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But the humble bike has also now earned notoriety in India as a terrorist's packhorse. |
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The transport of goods over land was by packhorse, for wheeled vehicles appear to have been few. |
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He consented to pose for them, alongside Mancha, who was to serve as packhorse, and Gato, whom he proposed to ride. |
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Unless you were monstrously tall, you could see nothing in front of you except for the back of someone's head or by chance, the flanks of a donkey or packhorse carrying goods. |
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But the humble push-bike is earning a reputation as a terrorist's packhorse. |
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The pass got its name because Hector was kicked in the chest by a packhorse and knocked unconscious for several hours. |
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In addition, a packhorse is required to have additional skills that may not be required of a riding horse. |
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A load carried by a packhorse also has to be balanced, with weight even on both sides to the greatest degree possible. |
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Finally they put him on one of De Soto's packhorses, but even on a packhorse his feet hung down to within a few inches of the ground. |
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Stockley Bridge is an ancient packhorse bridge on the old route between Borrowdale and the Cumbrian coast. |
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I divide my time between London and the US, and travel like a packhorse, toting several suitcases containing clothes, accessories, books, CDs, DVDs and the odd household chattel from one residence to another. |
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The area is important for recreation having open access areas, footpaths and historic packhorse routes. |
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Built about 1734, this narrow stone bridge conveyed the packhorse trail from Leeds to Cheshire. |
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A packhorse or pack horse refers to a horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back, usually in sidebags or panniers. |
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The Old Bridge, or Waterloo Bridge, near the Inn is on the old packhorse road through the village and is also known as the Packhorse Bridge. |
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You can follow historic railways and canals and follow in the footsteps of packhorse traders on ancient salt routes. |
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With its little packhorse bridge, Allerford is part of the National Trust's 12,000-acre 12,000-acre Holnicote Estateatchwork of babbling brooks, woodland pathways, open fields, rolling coastline, and clusters of cottages. |
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It is likely that the odd animal — a packhorse, a hog, a rattler, a recalcitrant steer, perhaps, or a mountain lion — took a go at distressing them. |
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Passionate about Horse Trail Riding, Yann JEANNIN is preparing a « Tour de France » by Horse, 5000 km in 120 days without packhorse. He will ride with the Margeride Saddle and its Saddlebags from the Gaston Mercier Saddley. |
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The packhorse, mule or donkey was a critical tool in the development of the Americas. |
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The train's leader commonly wore a bell to warn of its approach, since contemporary accounts emphasised the risk packhorse trains presented to others. |
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Foundation training of the packhorse is similar to that of a riding horse. |
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The road fell into disrepair after the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century, although it remained as an unpaved packhorse route thereafter. |
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More than the old drystone walls that quarter the fells, the packhorse bridges or the whitewashed farmsteads, the little grey Herdwick sheep typify the Lakeland. |
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The earliest routes around Rochdale were tracks and packhorse routes and a paved track over Blackstone Edge into Yorkshire that had Roman origins. |
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As well as Dunster Castle, Dunster's other attractions include a priory, dovecote, yarn market, inn, packhorse bridge, mill and a stop on the West Somerset Railway. |
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Packhorse teams had been used to remove the finished slate on sleds from mines. |
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An old Packhorse Bridge, this is a focal point for those approaching from the south, particularly when the Esk is in spate. |
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The Packhorse is a common public house name throughout England. |
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