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sarah weston sarah weston sarah weston is a horse lover and has been a horse owner and trainer for many years copies of her book no fear no force a guide to handling the semi feral foal can be obtained direct through her website www sarahweston co uk wednesday november 19 2025 rug ged with icy rain and cold weather i decided to put theoden and dave s rugs on theoden has looked a bit stiff over the last few days both rugs could have done with been taken out a few inches as both horses are quite round it will be a little while before i need to feed hay pie looked as if he would benefit from a rug too but he has been very nervous about anything on his back for the whole of his life never mind fixed into place a few weeks ago i spent time putting my fleece a jacket or a blanket over his back in the hope of desensitising him and convincing him of the benefits of a warm rug having made sure that he had looked at it and touched it on both sides walked and trotted in it and heard me rubbing and scratching it i have left it on him overnight for the first time i don t suppose it will be this colour ever again posted by sarah weston at 9 09 am wednesday october 22 2025 india if ladakh was clean and quiet india was havoc but fascinating our first stop in udaipur was unremitting chaos but soon we were on our way to jawai and the possibility of seeing leopards we were staying in a very serene hotel which is run by two pleasant and dignified brothers the property had originally housed the jodphur lancers and their horses and there were traces of them throughout from pictures to stone tie up rings this photo of a beloved mawari hors made me cry and i could feel the spirit of all the horses that had ever lived there this picture below was a little weirder although we saw three leopards in total it was getting dark and they were too far away to photograph you just have to believe us we went on two impromptu walks around the area entering the jain temple where we were greeted enthusiastically going into someone s house to have a cup of tea and visiting a family who keep many goats the following day david and i parted him heading back to udaipur and me on my way to camel charisma to meet ilse kohler rollefson and hanwant singh champions of pastoralists worldwide and particularly the local raika community who believe that it was shiva that gave them responsibility in perpetuity to herd camels my only picture of ilse is typically more about the camel than it is about ilse and was given to me by philippa kaye the lady who organised our tour through her company indian experiences ilse and hanwant welcomed me into their property and into their home which was like a museum of camels ancient and modern they also took me out to meet the raika and their herds and i was greeted like family eating and walking with them over the next two days last stop was rohet garh where i visited the mawari horses and helped to wash a stallion i spend my last evening and the following morning walking with bhagwan lal meeting his lovely family and visiting his daughter s school for a woman whose phone and bank card gave up the ghost when i touched down in ladakh i felt surprisingly calm and independent posted by sarah weston at 9 02 pm ladakh last month david and i went to ladakh and india but for different shifts after travelling across the himalaya for eight days i met up with him near leh and we travelled together for just over a week in ladakh and then rajasthan before he went home then i continued to sadri to meet one of my heroes in life a special tribe of camel pastoralists and their camels david s group were very friendly and great fun they all road royal enfield himalayan motorbikes and went over some of the highest passes in the world by the time that we met up he was very worn and tired conking out on the bed almost as soon as he arrived once revived we were off ourselves to travel and walk up and down himalayan valleys at these high altitudes the air was so clean fresh and cold luckily neither of us suffered altitude sickness as well as amazing scenery we saw a few wild animals and some domesticated ones my aim had been to see two types of camel in india and the camels of ladakh are bactrians originally left over from the indo china war the camels have survived because they have a role and i was keen to find out more about them on the whole they seemed very well cared for mainly wear simple halters and a cushioned pad to give short rides to tourists along the hunder sands there were about 300 of them and each owner takes it in turn to take their camels around the sand with any calves loose the rest of the time the camels sit down close together at the cab rank whilst tourists weave in and out of them taking photos with the help of our guide jemphel i talked to one of the owners who seemed to be very kind and loving towards his camels of course i had to have my own personal moment with one of them i wore indian clothes throughout my stay so that i was ultra comfortable and making the most of my recent weight loss it feels good to be back down to the size i was before i had my accident and surgeries i fitted in quite well these ladies were having their well deserved lunch break after spending many hours tidying up the temple for an impeding visit locals look after local roads whilst major highways are being built by migrants from nepal and elsewhere the work is back breaking horrendously dusty and extremely dangerous there s little room for a mistake in the midst of a frantic style of driving we found these ponies setting off for a week long trek across several passes carrying the luggage and tents of their foot companions i found it quite a challenge even to go over this wooden bridge that they had traversed only ten minutes earlier we encountered lots of cattle and throughout ladakh healthy looking street dogs we really loved ladakh and our superb guide and here are some more highlights very sadly there was a political protest in leh the night before we got back to the city the office of the local representative of the indian president was set on fire along with vehicles in the street five protesters were shot dead we arrived to find ourselves under curfew which affected our guide and driver far more significantly than us they had sensed that it was coming but the aftermath really shocked both of them posted by sarah weston at 8 00 pm friday september 12 2025 little mix all of the horses had their teeth done a blood test for tape worm and vaccinations on thursday pie had two loose molars removed yesterday he moved to nathalie s home paddock for a month or two in order to give him a boost for the winter she will also be giving him two feeds a day of posh mix which she even soaks for him posted by sarah weston at 8 42 am wednesday september 10 2025 me and my shadow last week we lost our little cat nala she was 18 years old and in my opinion the very best cat in the whole wide world the sudden shock of losing her has only been matched by the loneliness i feel without her david is also heartbroken neither of us particularly wanted a cat but when our neighbours died we offered to have her because then at least she wouldn t have to go very far and she would still be nowhere near a road at first she was shy and kept herself to herself but after a while she began to plant herself on me wherever i was sitting and was my constant companion when i was recovering from two lots of major surgery and a broken shoulder now she is curled up inside my head instead and i have to get used to all of the spaces where she used to be posted by sarah weston at 4 23 am older posts home subscribe to posts atom total pageviews search this blog contributors sarah weston thebeerglass followers blog archive 2025 40 november 1 rug ged october 2 september 2 august 6 july 4 june 11 may 1 april 4 march 2 february 3 january 4 2024 41 december 4 november 4 october 6 september 3 august 3 july 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