Mulography

12th April 2019

Marty and the Fifth Gotcha Day

Marty (and my ensuing mule obsession) came into my life five years ago, on April 13th 2014! I’m very glad he did, although there have certainly been times when I’ve...

5th April 2019

#HorseBloggers: Top 3 Training Tips

This month, the #HorseBloggers group on Facebook set a blogging theme that required us to share our top training tip (later amended to any kind of top tip). I did...

29th March 2019

Marty and the First Hike In Wales

Earlier in the week, I took Marty out on a hike to see if we could find a circuitous route with minimal traffic – so far we’ve only been up...

22nd March 2019

Newspaper Mule Poetry

I have lately come to realise that there is a surprising amount of mule poetry to be found in old newspapers, to the point where I am beginning to consider...

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...

22nd February 2019

Marty and the Last Hike In England

On Friday morning, Marty and I went out on a farewell tour of the common. My friend Samantha had planned to take her son’s pony out for a walk in...

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...

2nd February 2019

National Storytelling Week

Did you know that it was National Storytelling Week this week? Run by the Society For Storytelling, the Week is in its 19th year. Its aim – and the aim...

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...