29th August 2020

Team Half-Ass: Interviews

This horse interview has taken off recently in the Non Ridden Equine Facebook group, and I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and share my boys’ details here. We were...

19th June 2020

Xato and the Experimental Fly Fringe

I made an experimental fly fringe for Xato this week. You might recall that back in 2018 Xato had an accident with a fly mask and severely ulcerated both his...

16th May 2020

Xato and the Sycamore Clearance

I haven’t written a blog post in a while because I’ve been struck down by a bout of what’s-the-point-ism about pretty much everything, really. Although I’ve maintained weekly updates here...

3rd April 2020

Team Half-Ass and the Game Of Noughts & Crosses

There have been a few quarantine videos going round lately of people playing noughts and crosses with their cats. I thought I’d try it with the mules! Now, I didn’t...

29th March 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Twelve

Wow, these last 12 weeks have flown by. It’s crazy to think of the things we’ve collectively gone through in the last three months; remember when those frequent storms, which...

22nd March 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Eleven

These last couple of weeks have been pretty poor in terms of hours, as I’ve struggled with energy levels. I had planned to take Week Ten off as my allotted...

9th March 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Nine

Well, Marty was definitely the overachiever this week since he did 10 hours when he was only required to do 3. I’ve been feeling a bit awkward about our hours,...

1st March 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Eight

I hadn’t expected to do very well this week, since Ben – who has been working from home for the last 7 weeks of the challenge – has now started...

25th February 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Seven

Sorry for the delayed blog post this week; I haven’t been feeling particularly motivated to do … well, anything really. The weather and the mud and the mess of everything...

16th February 2020

Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Six

We are now halfway through the challenge, which also means we’re halfway through what is probably a very boring run of blogs. Ah well. Someone might get something out of...