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    I've seen the coat sold at the United Co-Op Farmers feedstore in
    Littleton on Route 119. I don't remember how much they were selling
    them for. I'm not sure if they still sell them, but you can give
    them a call and find out where they got them. I think the Saddle
    Shed in Grafton, MA has them also.
    
    -M-
    

    The Equestrian Shop in North Andover, Mass carries these coats.
    They are $179.  Their phone # is (617) 686-7722.

    
    Thank you for the info. It'll be a surprise for sure! 
    
    Theresa

	Hi,

	Can anyone recommend a full-length waterproof stockman's type
	coat suitable for wearing in summer temperatures? It's done
	nothing but rain this summer here in the UK, and Barbours
	aren't designed for comfortable riding in 22�c...

	Jonathan.

    Aigle, the French Rubber Riding Boot Manufacturers, make a ventilated
    plastic riding macintosh, which when folded up is small enough to fit
    in a saddle bag/sandwich case. I bought one of these in a tack shop in
    Munich on one of my DEC trips but presume that they are available in
    the U.K. Therefore I can ride out with this mac in my saddle bag and if
    put it on if it rains. It covers all of me (and I am tall), my saddle
    and a good part of my horse. It has leg straps and a gusset (?) at the
    back which can open out to cover my horse's rump. It also has an
    integral hood. It has enough vents in it to leave you somewhat less
    damp on the inside from sweating than on the outside from the rain.
    
    I also have an Australian Drizabone stockman's coat bought in Australia
    on another trip. It is heavier, doesn't include a hood and doesn't fold
    up compactly but otherwise is the same size as the Aigle plastic mac.
    It doesn't leave me any less sweaty than the Aigle mac. In summer time
    I prefer the Aigle since you can wear/not wear it as the rain comes and
    goes while out riding. The Drizabone I prefer for cooler rainy weather. 
    The other advantage of the Aigle is that I can take it with me on my
    many trips and it doesn't take up much space in my luggage. I sloshed
    around cross country day at the Blenheim International Horse Trials
    last October wearing it and it kept me quite dry. Lugging the Drizabone
    back home from Australia, via Japan and the U.K. was challenge enough!

	The Aigle sounds perfect, thanks for the info.

	Jonathan.

	Well guess what... Aigle's importers here in the UK only
	import their riding boots at the moment, and aren't
	interested in getting any of their range of clothing.

	I don't suppose any kind soul on the continent would know
	of a shop that does their full range and see if they have
	any of these lightweight full-length riding macs in stock?

	Jonathan.

    hi
    
    please check out note 1479.5.
    
    maybe this shop can help you.......
    
    ciao,
    petra

    Further to .7 and .8
    
    I still have the catalogue from the tack shop in Munich where I found
    the Aigle riding macintosh. However none of the Aigle boots or clothing 
    are shown in it. As of 1989 there were three branches of this shop in 
    Germany in Munich, Nuremberg and Regensberg, as follows:

    	Steigb�gel Zitzler GMBH

    		Kardinal Dopfner Strasse 4
    		8000 M�nchen 2

    			Telefon: 0 89/28 10 68

    		Knauerstrasse 11
    		8500 Nurnberg 70

    			Telefon: 09 11/26 70 86

    		Holzgartenstrasse 3
    		8400 Regensberg_Reinhausen

    			Telefon: 09 1/4 29 79

    For those visiting Munich, the shop there is near the Odeonsplatz 
    in the centre of Munich. Odeonsplatz is one station north of 
    Marienplatz on the U-Bahn (Underground/Subway) lines U3 and U6. Those 
    in the shop did not speak much English.