15th February 2019 Welsh Mules In The News, Vol. 1 On Monday, Ben and I finally picked up the keys to our new house in Carmarthenshire, South Wales … six month after we put our offer in! It’s been a...
8th February 2019 Canal Mules: Dolly and Dick A few months ago, my Dad asked me whether mules were used to tow narrowboats and barges on English canals. I didn’t know anything about this (which was intolerable); my...
19th January 2019 4 Mules Mentioned In Mythology 1. The mule of Zhang Guolao Zhang Guolao was one of the Eight Immortals – a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology (xian means an enlightened person, someone who is...
11th January 2019 Fun Facts About Mules I went to a quiz night a few months ago with a team from work, and was bitterly disappointed when not a single question involved mules – it would, after...
21st December 2018 Team Half-Ass and the End Of Year Round-Up ❤ Another year draws to a close! ❤ The main things that happened in 2018: Marty had some man troubles in March. Ben spent a lot of time working on Xato’s steering...
16th November 2018 Guest Post: Pack Mule 101 This article was originally written for issue 107 of Horsemanship Magazine (Facebook). Casey Hufstader (CH Packstring) is an experienced fifth generation packer from Oregon, USA, who I met along with...
9th November 2018 The Black Mule of Aveluy A year or so ago, Ben and I were perusing the shops in Brighton when I found a selection of elderly books. I collect antiquarian tomes, and although none of...
26th October 2018 Marty and the Mood Diary Last week, I had friends visit Wednesday lunchtime. I was surprised by how mellow and friendly Marty was when we arrived – four hours earlier, when I’d done morning chores...
19th October 2018 I want a mule! Now what? So you’ve seen the photos, watched the videos, read the exaltations, maybe even met a mule or two in real life – or maybe you’re like me, and you...
5th October 2018 10 Images Of Mules In History One of my favourite past-times involves combining my love of mules and history, and going in search of the role played by the humble longear in centuries gone by. For...
