The Days of Wine and Horses

The Days of Wine and Horses is a collection of horse stories set in The Dales of Yorkshire.

Although these stories and their characters are fictional, the author, Alan London, has drawn extensively on his experiences in the world of horses.

Born in the south of England, he relocated with his family to Yorkshire, where he spent several years in management and instruction at a riding school.

The book title is taken from the 1896 Ernest Dowson poem Vitae Summa Brevis (The Days of Wine and Roses). The poem’s theme is that the halcyon days of yesteryear are all too soon gone and can never be revisited.