ByRobyn Harris
I’ve started to write this blog in my head so many times but not yet had the opportunity to ‘put pen to paper’ – or as I do more often these days, put fingertips to keys! Each inner draft has seen the content shift and change, reflecting my sense that everything around me is shifting…
ByRobyn Harris
The last couple of weeks have felt pretty tough here at Equenergy. This is my first year of being a horse carer, having welcomed Dax back in May last year, and Rika in October when we moved to Wales and got our own land. It has been a steep learning curve! About a week ago,…
ByDebs Atkinson
We had finished pointing most of the outside of the building so next on the list was beginning to sort out “the room next door”. This was part of the cottage but had not had anything done to it. There was a gap between the habitable part of the cottage and “the room next door”…
ByDebs Atkinson
When we first moved in, we knew that the cottage had a working septic tank, it did not however conform to new regulations and we had been made to sign when we bought the cottage to say that we would replace it. We did plan on doing this but it is a huge expense and…
ByDebs Atkinson
Moving in day was a bit stressful. Our car broke down just as we were about to sign for the house so we had to borrow Roger and Julia’s van. By the time we had finally got to the Notaire’s office to sign, picked up the keys and then dropped a van load of stuff…
ByDebs Atkinson
Whilst travelling back from Brittany on the ferry Tom had several times bumped into the same man and they had got chatting, Roger, a white haired twinkly eyed man had a home in Brittany with lots of land and was back and forth himself to the UK as his wife was staying there at the…
ByDebs Atkinson
When I first left Sri Lanka, I was a bit concerned as to where I might go with two Sri Lankan mutts. My wonderful friend Holly had always said to me that if ever I needed a place to go, then I could go and stay with them in Brittany. I phoned Holly from Sri…
ByRobyn Harris
Since welcoming Dax into my life back in May, I’ve been on quite a learning journey. It’s been a fascinating process seeing how the theory that I’ve picked up over the years translates into applied practice – and how it doesn’t always fit the individual as neatly as the books and training might suggest! This…
ByRobyn Harris
We are still experiencing ongoing technical issues here on the Blorenge mountain – ie we haven’t yet been connected to the internet, so I’ve been relying on cafés, trains and the local library, where I can. We’ve been given a new start date of 26 November, so fingers crossed! Despite the frustrations of being offline…
ByDebs Atkinson
In the early part of 2010 I went to Sri Lanka and began working at an animal rescue centre there. Tom and I first met when he arrived as a volunteer towards the end of that year. We got on brilliantly and realised how much we had in common right from the start. One of…
ByRobyn Harris
Friday 2 November Often, I think, our horses need us to give them more time and space than we realise. An example of this came up just this morning. I was poo picking in the fields and I noticed that Rika was yawning. She seems to have been finding the transition to Wales more challenging…
ByRobyn Harris
Well, we’ve been in our new home for 3 weeks now! In some way the time has flown by and it feels like we’ve been here for much longer, and in other ways it still feels very new. The time has flown by in a blur and at times it has felt very overwhelming. It’s…