Tag: horses
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Hallbury Summer – Episode Twenty-One (1) The Message of The Stones
To my long-suffering readers, an apology. When I decided to make a serial of ‘Hallbury Summer’, a book I had already written, I foresaw problems with dividing it into episodes of acceptable size. I thought I had done quite well, until I finally came to a point where I couldn’t conveniently break into the story. …
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Of Cavalry, Queens and Gypsy Gold
June is a particularly busy month if you are a horse or a monarch. This year 4th June was the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. Happy anniversary, Mrs. Windsor. And then; happy birthday, Mrs. Windsor! In Britain the reigning monarch has an ‘official birthday’ – rather like a horse, and for oddly similar reasons. …