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 / The blog
on March 31, 2013 at 5:45 pm ×
I had the rather good fortune of being at the Altitude Comedy Festival in the Alps last week. The first event was an improv show with special guests Eddie Izzard and Marcus Brigstocke, and improv stalwarts Andy Smart and Steve Frost. It may be proof that I’ve been going on […]
Miscellaneous / The blog
on February 18, 2013 at 9:53 pm ×
Back in the autumn, not long after I’d starting harping on about donkeys, my studio-mate Jasia came across a whole bunch of them right in central London. They were accompanying the Pearly Kings and Queens of East London on a procession through the City to the church of St Mary-le-Bow […]
Miscellaneous / The blog
on February 2, 2013 at 2:50 pm ×
The journey around Wales with a donkey is going to begin in May. Until then I will be getting ready – trying to win the donkey’s heart, buying her panniers, planning the route, being alternately worried and excited. If you want me to let you know when the big milestones […]
Miscellaneous / The blog
on February 1, 2013 at 6:32 pm ×
Is it for the views, the challenge, the exercise? Or the zen-like calm and hearty appetite? Hannah Engelkamp on word duty and Sarah Steinhardt on picture duty take two weeks and 190 miles to consider in some serious depth whether they actually like walking. And if they do, then why? […]
The blog / The journey
on February 1, 2013 at 1:41 pm ×
I’m going to walk a thousand miles this summer. That fact makes me feel unequivocally good. I’ve walked 200 miles before, on the coast-to-coast path across Cumbria and Yorkshire (read about that here, if you like). It took two weeks, and we figured out – my walking buddy, Sarah*, and […]
The blog / Uncategorized
on January 10, 2013 at 5:14 pm ×
It’s happening. After four months or more of talking about it, I’m off to meet Mali the donkey. It’s been at least two months of me showing a pixelated picture of her to people on my phone, and now, the first weekend of January 2013, I’m going to meet her. […]
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 […]