Article: Wine, whinnying and song Bored with the prospect of yet another beachy summer holiday, JIM KEEBLE spends a week in the Pyrenees learning what it takes to become a High Spain Drifter

IMAGINE you're having sex," shouts Mick. I try not to think too deeply about this, given that my partner is a large brown horse. But I do start to rise and fall in time with the trotting. It's not exactly sex (more survival), but it is a lot more comfortable than before.

I love riding. The only problem is, I've not done it enough and I'm not as good as I'd like to be. Which is why I've decided to head to the Garrotxa region of the Spanish Pyrenees and ride in the hills for a week.

Arriving at Can Jou, a restored 15th century farmhouse half an hour up a narrow track on the crest of an oak-clad ridge, I feel a little intimidated.

Everyone else in the seven-person group seems to ride every ...

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