Plans / The blog
on April 23, 2013 at 10:55 pm ×
Today the vet gave Chico the all-clear; all he’s concerned about, given the magnitude of my intended undertaking, is Chico’s hooves getting too worn down, and his harness rubbing, and both of those would be his worries with any donkey. So, pending the results of the blood test on Thursday, […]
Plans / The blog
on April 20, 2013 at 11:49 am ×
In London, I live in a narrowboat. One of my neighbours, Jack, who spends happy hours every summer repainting already-perfect paintwork while all of the other boat owners look on with envy from their rusty deathtraps, says, “Ah, narrowboats – the fastest way of slowing down.” I’d say that being […]
Plans / The blog
on April 8, 2013 at 11:25 am ×
I woke up in a bit of a panic again, fresh from a dream about a beautiful dark brown speedy donkey that walked almost faster than me, but that I couldn’t have. We’re well into April now and I still have no definite donkey. I wanted to set off at […]
Plans / The blog
on April 6, 2013 at 2:27 pm ×
Today I met Lilly and Dolly. They might not be called Lilly and Dolly – owner Bill, whilst clearly very fond of his donkeys (to the extent that I’m worried he won’t go through with it and sell me one), isn’t too bothered about names. I’m sure that last time […]
Plans / The blog / Uncategorized
on March 31, 2013 at 6:09 pm ×
Early on people said, “How on earth does one go about buying a donkey?” “Easy!” I said, deliberately breezy for laughs, but also blissfully unaware of the pain to come. “Horsemart!” Horsemart exists, but I’ve not looked at it recently – instead I’m doing the rounds of donkey dealers and […]
Miscellaneous / Plans
on March 18, 2013 at 9:43 am ×
“Donkeys are kind of known for being stubborn, aren’t they?” said my friend Sarah the other day. Aha, the most common of donkey myths. I have discovered that everyone who doesn’t particularly know about donkeys seems to think this, while all the donkey people know otherwise, and comment amongst themselves […]
Miscellaneous / Plans
on March 8, 2013 at 11:00 pm ×
A few days ago I wrote a long blog full of woe. I’d realised that the donkey I had lined up, Mali, wasn’t the right one. She’s young – only just four – which is pre-teen in donkey years, arguably not yet finished growing, and certainly not accustomed to the […]
Plans / The journey
on January 31, 2013 at 5:10 pm ×
I’ve got pretty adept at answering these top 11 questions to the satisfaction of concerned/amused/bemused friends/relations/strangers. Every now and then I get this nagging feeling that I’m so relieved at managing to allay other people’s worries, I’m just smoothing over my own. Ah well, anyway – read on and be […]
Plans / The blog
on December 27, 2012 at 8:53 pm ×
Christmas has really marked the practical beginning of this scheme. It now must either happen, or I will have to tell my whole extensive and enthusiastic family that it’s not. And find something else to do with a pony grooming kit, a bridle, a farrier’s knife with many different hoof-digging […]