There is a long standing tradition of seasonal movement of livestock from the winter to the summer pastures and vice versa in the Pyrenees called the transhumance. A unique version of this involves herding horses from the lowlands to the mountains and back again each year.
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Horse Riding in Iceland – Unique Tour
Saturday, June 6th, 2009The rounding up of sheep on horseback is an Icelandic tradition with roots back in the past when pastures and fields near the farms were so precious that they had to be kept for the hay harvest. Thus the stock was driven to the mountains during the summer.
