23rd August 2019

Xato and the Liberty Session

A guest post this week from Ben, about a ‘liberty’ session he did with Xato recently (I put liberty in quotes because it’s not the polished display you might associate...

22nd June 2019

Team Half-Ass and the Day In The Life

I didn’t do a blog post last week as I was very busy and drawing a blank when it came to potential topics. This week was no better, but partway...

15th March 2019

Team Half-Ass and The Move (part two)

Team Half-Ass and The Move Part Two: The Equines Almost three months to the day since Ben and I moved out of our flat (see Part One here), we finally...

25th January 2019

8 Least Favourite Mules

I’ve been playing with Portent’s title generator recently. As I haven’t been doing much with my boys due to my useless hand, I was a little lost for blog ideas...

5th January 2019

Team Half-Ass and the Long Hike

Apologies for the slightly late post this week. As you may have already seen from the Facebook page, I foolishly left part of my finger behind in 2018 which makes...

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...

14th September 2018

Xato and the Reason I Got Scared

If you’re a regular to the blog, you’re probably aware that I have a plethora of Not My Proudest Moments; an awareness aided by my oddly masochistic compulsion to share...

7th September 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Birthday Weekend

I turned 32 on Monday (not 33. I spent the entire day thinking I’d turned 33 until Ben mentioned my actual age that evening; I thought he’d forgotten how old...

31st August 2018

Maultiertreffen 2018

  Mules have introduced me to a lot of cool new experiences; from work opportunities like the magazine, to awesome adventures such as the International Pack Animal Meeting (or Säumertreffen) which...

20th July 2018

Xato and the Joe Wolter clinic, part three

Xato and the Joe Wolter Clinic Part Three: Three Things I Learnt By Riding With Joe Back in April 2017, Ben and I took our Practical Animals (aka Iris and...