11th May 2018 Team Half-Ass and the Bank Holiday Ramble I sure hope you like photos because there are a lot coming up. Last Saturday, we took the mules out for a hike in the Punchbowl. It was a nice...
4th May 2018 Marty’s Mighty Masterful Mule Tale – Autumn 2017 Marty has a regular column in The Mule, which is the journal of the British Mule Society. He says some fairly outrageous things sometimes but I try not to police...
27th April 2018 5 Reasons To Get A Mule Instead Of A Horse …and five reasons not to! I talk about how great mules are a lot. It’s kind of my main interest in life. Many people have asked me why I have...
20th April 2018 Xato and the Riding Arrangement Ben has been riding Xato a lot for me lately, working on that ever elusive stop / go / turn that is apparently not part of a draught mule’s repertoire....
13th April 2018 Marty and the Fourth Gotcha Day Today is Friday 13th, so it feels very apt that it is also the fourth anniversary of Marty arriving in my life. I don’t think I’ve ever actually made a...
23rd March 2018 Marty and the Man Troubles I apologise for not putting out any blog posts last week – as usual, the magazine deadline has been a busy one, particularly as I’ve been working extra hours at...
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...
6th March 2018 Marty and the Groove This post is entirely thanks to Amanda Rennie, who made a comment on one of my Facebook posts about how she sees Marty as a bit like llama!Kuzco from Disney’s...
2nd March 2018 Team Half-Ass and How We Survived The Beast From The East I live in a very mild country. Our wildlife is fairly tame, we don’t get big natural disasters (well, apart from flooding), we’re a generally mild-mannered populace, and our weather...
27th February 2018 Xato and the Three Ways He’s Awesome This Week Xato has been excellent lately. I mean he’s always excellent, but he’s been extra excellent. Much of his excellence is just that he’s been affectionate, loving, friendly and a joy...
