It seems to be the done thing to write a post about thoughts on reaching certain milestones in life, and I suppose 30, despite being a totally arbitrary number, is one of those milestones. If you'd asked Baby Sarah to comment on where I'd be at 30, well I probably wouldn't be able to speak, ...
Joe Cannon: 82 Years of Cowboy
A cowboy walks through the kitchen door at Cold Creek Ranch, ducking slightly, out of habit maybe, as he sure is tall. His walk is slightly bowed, perhaps from years of riding or perhaps from worn out heels on his boots, but he stands straight. His grey hair gives no clue of its former colour ...
Only in the USA: 21 All-American Experiences I Have Crossed off my List
There are certain things in the UK (and around the world) that we stereotypically associate as 'American'. But the United States is an absolutely huge country, so what may be commonplace and typical in one area, say the West, certainly wouldn't be in Manhattan or Chicago! Nonetheless there are so many things I've always wanted ...
Guns N’ Horses: Learning to Shoot in the Wild West
Back home, America and Americans are often caricatured to be gun totin' rednecks who live and die by the second amendment (their right to bear arms). A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I have always been taught that ...
Sue Gessey: The Woman who Uses Reiki, Flower Remedies & Body Language to Heal Horses
Sue Gessey is the co-founder of the Animal Healing Trust, a non-profit charity in the West Midlands that provides a loving home for 28 horses, looking after not just their physical, but emotional and spiritual well-being. 1) How did the Animal Healing Trust start? It started by accident! I had 2 horses Billy and Daisy that I ...
Ebony Horse Club Gives Young People a Leg-Up in Life
On a road of London less travelled by, row upon row of towering council housing buildings shine brightly in the cold winter sun. Past Myatts Fields, then Angell Town and finally Loughborough Estate, along the crescent Milbrook Road Lies Ebony Horse Club. The warm, comforting scent of hay hits my nose before my eyes pick ...
Farokh Khorooshi: Saviour of The Caspian Horse
(All photos by Caspian Productions) The Caspian Horse is thought to be one of the oldest horse breeds in the world, dating as far back as 3400 B.C.E. as remains of a horse were found in a cemetery at an archeological site in Northern Iran. The horse was described as 'having a light frame, thin bones, ...
Israel: Heroin & Crack to U-Bends & Rap
In a dark and dingy nightclub in Brixton I had the pleasure of meeting Israel (also known as Alpha, or Mr Lungren) when he gave me his chain. The tall Brixton rapper with model good looks and a well chiselled body betrayed his Jamaican roots by shivering away in the cold outside as we chatted away into ...
Ajarn Lek – Muay Chaiya Master
In 2011 I traveled to Thailand in search of a link between Buddhism, morality and the Thai martial art, Muay Thai. Along the way I discovered Ajarn Lek, a practitioner, teacher and master of Muay Chaiya, an ancient variation of Muay Thai. He was kind enough to invite me over to discover more. (The following interview ...
Rapa das Bestas
While I was taking the tube during rush hour in London recently, I had a few angry and frustrated thoughts that I'm sure a million and one people have had (and written about) before me. As I watched the hoards of people plodding up the stairs in steady unison I felt so... corralled. It made me think ...