Dear Dallas and Jeanette, I hope this message finds you well! I’m a little overdue in doing so, but here are some photos that I wanted to share with you from the August 26 ride.

Thank you so much for your care and attention during the ride. Your horses are so exceptional and well cared for and every aspect of the ride felt top notch – including the delicious lunches which I still about think about! I loved Bubion and Trevelez and I feel very fortunate to have spent some time in these picturesque mountain towns.

All my best to you both and Mordecai, and a hug to Tello!

The last Alpujarra ride from 12th to 19th of August 2017 was already my third ride there. Since the first ride I am addicted to the wonderful hold and cared horses, especially my Maximo, the very nice company and the stunning landscape.

Beside the path we ate mulberries, raspberries and blackberries right from the trees. The Hotels are all very nice, comfortable and familiar.

A great THANK YOU for this absolute amazing and relaxed wonderful experience on horseback to Mordecai, Dallas and Jeanette !!!

After searching for different riding vacations that matched our needs, my best friend and I decided on the Alpujarra Ride with Dallas Love as it offered beautiful scenery, excellent and well-trained horses, and a great value.

What we didn’t know was how much we would come to love this gorgeous region and the people in it. The ride in August surpassed every expectation, and we constantly reflected on how much fun we were having.

To give a bit of background, my friend and I were not hugely experienced with horses, but we felt confident walking, trotting, and cantering.

By the end of the week, we had improved greatly on our horsemanship and our confidence on horsesOur group was small with a total of three people, and we had Mordecai as our guide for the week.

He was patient, encouraging, and fun to debate and joke with. He made sure we were always safe, but pushed us to improve our abilities.

The ride is demanding as we had to lead our horses down steep terrain, and just being in the saddle upwards of 7 hours a day is difficult. However, if you are in shape and have ridden recently, you will be more than ok.

It was great to feel that we were working hard (though not as hard as our strong and competent horses were working) and that we deserved a nice meal at the end of the day. The accommodations were simple but great.

The water pressure in the hotels was fabulous. The breakfasts were full of fresh fruit and bread, and the meals made by Dallas were delicious.

To name some of the food, we had pork, hummus, meatballs, cheese, bread, chicken, and wine. We were never hungry. All in all, this ride surpassed our wildest dreams, and the other rider on our trip had come three times, so obviously she loved the riding as well. The value was perfect, and we felt cared for in all aspects.

If you are considering riding with Dallas, please book and experience the beauty that is the Alpujarra

We had been tipped off that our three day ride in The Alpujarras with Dallas was going to be good but nothing prepared us for just how wonderful these few days were going to be.

The scenery is intoxicatingly beautiful, the horses well mannered, forward going and clearly much loved. Dallas and her team manage, in a low fuss way, to think of everything that will make these rides utterly fabulous.

My daughter and I met some great people but we also had time and space to enjoy each other’s company as well as plenty of meditative times just being in this gorgeous corner of the universe!

The saddles are super- comfy; 6 or 8 hour days in them are easy! The mountains provide ample mounting blocks along the way and little experiences like plucking ripe, warm mulberries from a tree will stay with me for ever.

And the picnics are amazing!!

Our five day break had all of the benefits of at least a two week holiday.

Basically we loved it and we intend to return very soon” Really Dallas – there just aren’t words to do it all justice!

Hope to see you soon! Have a successful end of season.

This is a very special riding holiday indeed and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Book up and have a real treat!

Dallas is an exceptional horsewoman and perfect host. I loved riding along, chatting to her about her horses, the landscape and its people. Her brother, Mordecai, is also great company and has had a fascinating career with horses. They both took great care to make sure everyone on the ride was having a brilliant holiday.

The horses, primarily pure and part-bred Andalusians, have been beautifully schooled and educated. They are also extremely well cared for, fit and happy. I rode Honrado, a cheeky gelding with bags of character, who was an absolute pleasure to ride and kept me smiling throughout. Dallas made the perfect match for me! My partner, who has only been riding regularly for a year, was well suited to Mora, a generous and confidence-giving mare.

The riding was fantastic. Primarily we walked, but had some lovely trots and canters where the terrain permitted. On each ride there would be points where we had to dismount and lead the horses up/down steep and stony mountain paths. The pace was ideal as it meant we could really take in the stunning mountain scenery. I particularly enjoyed seeing and smelling all the spring flowers and herbs along the way.

The accommodation every night was comfortable. The small family-run hotel in Berchules was really charming and a firm favourite with all of us. The food was all local, plentiful and delicious, including the lunches on the trails.

Thank you so much Dallas, Mordecai and Jeanette for such a fabulous time!

I wanted to write this for a while, and I am sorry it is coming so late. I started many times and thought I was never to the “thank you” justice, and, annoyingly, this meant I haven’t written to you at all.

So, finally, a thank you – though it is not as perfect as I wanted it to be. The ride Michael and I went on last October was a wonderful honeymoon for us, and incredibly important for me personally. I wanted to ride horses since I was a child, and on this trip I really understood what horses could be like at their most helpful and willing and got more confident with them.

This helped me, even with my limited experience, to encourage and understand the riding school horses a lot more and get much more out of them – which hopefully makes a difference for them as well. I get one particularly mare-ish mare quite often now, and I am the only person she has not tried to eat as yet (the time will probably come but so far I’m cautiously optimistic J). But the horses and the ride would have never been the same without you looking after them and us so well.

You guided us perfectly, and were so calm and patient about everything – even though you were spending so much time with all of us, and looking after the horses as well. Not to mention the fact that they are YOUR horses, and a bunch of people you do not know (including two beginners…) come to ride them.

Thank you for trusting us this much (I guess this is to do with the fact you trust your horses a lot more J). And thank you for making it all fun and interesting with the different terrains, and horse characters, and your conversation.

I really love the pictures you post on Facebook on the rides you are doing and wish I was there – it is really unfortunate that our holiday allowance is not unlimited! Maybe we can come back next year if you’ll take us.

All the best to you, whoever is helping you these days, and all the horses.