The Long Horse Ride Blog

Zorbee the Horse has been voted No 1 in Vincetastic's Top Ten Animals on Twitter! To add your vote, follow the link Vote for Zorbee! To ...

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After three months of almost entirely dry weather in China, I have really arrived home to Wet and Windy Wales! For non UK residents who are ...

Li Jing has just emailed me to say he will be flying back to Moscow this Thursday July 16th to see his family and sort out his visa, and wil...

The problem with the lack of detailed maps in China is that it makes it difficult to venture far from the beaten track, and we have been inv...

Here is a photo of the Lido Park with my hotel the Rosedale in the background. This is where I go every day to shuffle round like an OAP. Bu...

This is me recuperating in Ed Jocelyn's flat a couple of days after the accident and before I was admitted to Beijing United Family Hos...

Had an op on wednesday to pin my snapped collarbone back together again. Hoping some of tubes (for antibiotics, painkillers etc) will come o...

On Wednesday night we stayed in the delightful traditional village courtyard house where Wutzala keeps his horse (N40 32' 28.15" E1...

Tai qi on horseback- Li Jing does his morning exercises Photo above - on the road. L to R Me, Peng, Li Jing (unfortunately with pole stick...

Yesterday we decided that the older unnamed bay horse which Peng led on Saturday was too thin to cope with the demands of the ride, and we d...

(This post was published late!) Snow has been falling all around and Dyfi our sheep dog has been bounding everywhere in seventh heaven. Howe...