13th March 2020

Tishal, Queen Victoria’s Mule

I’m taking a holiday week from the Top Barn challenge, so here’s a short post about a very interesting mule I stumbled across last month (Twitter followers may have already...

19th July 2019

Mules in Antarctica

In 1910, Captain Robert Scott began his second and final expedition to the Antarctic on the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. His use of horses and dogs is well known, but...

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...

22nd June 2018

Why I Chose To Import A Mule

With their number approaching one million, we have an equine population crisis in the UK which results in many horses being abandoned and neglected. The main cause of this is...

10th March 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Inspiring Women

As it was International Women’s Day on Thursday, I thought I’d write a little bit about two inspirational women in my mules’ lives: Anna Bonnage, who took Marty in for...

25th January 2018

Mule Tales: Moro

We haven’t had a Mule Tale for a while, so I’m really pleased to have this brilliant story on our return. This time, we’re in Germany – our first mule...

8th August 2017

Mule Tales: Alula’s import story

Hurrah, a new import story! Alula is actually a double import: initially brought over from the US to Europe, she then travelled from Germany to Sweden where she resides with...

11th February 2017

Muleteer Tales: Xanthe

Xanthe should be familiar to many of you as she is the lady who gave me Xato – his real mum, as he is keen to remind me (“My real...

27th January 2017

Mule Tales: Xato’s import story

He’s been here for three months so I reckon it’s about time that I tell his import story. As a very brief overview for anyone who might be viewing this...

27th December 2016

Team Half-Ass and the Year in Review: 2016

2016 has been truly horrendous for many reasons … so I feel a bit selfish for saying that, as far as my mules and I are concerned, it’s actually worked out...