Yes ...! only you, I hear you say. I was due on stage in 4 hours time and Dave said we must just go and see this donkey for sale in Colne. I could tell he was serious as the old horsebox was hitched up behind his car already. It was pouring with rain, the wind was horrible and there she was perched precariously on a very thin slippery, sloping path made from concrete paving stones. Huge bare patches of skin showing through her rain drenched coat, deep cuts on her knees and heavy with foal ...
Of course Dave bought her!!! (After serious haggling!) She bravely limped into our horsebox and back at the farm we bedded her down into a dry stable with hay and pony nuts and a bucket of water (neither of us remembered seeing one when we picked her up).
The good news is Dave rescued her just in time. The vets aren't too worried and have bandaged one of her feet. Dave is shampooing her coat every day and she has antibiotics and wormers in her food. Things are looking very positive. She is an absolute love - very talkative and the difference in her is noticeable already. She obviously feels at home and is rolling happily and trotted to the stable door for a carrot this morning!
And in case you were wondering ... we had a cracker of a concert and you could hear a pin drop when I played the 'ghost' tune (with permission, of course) ...
Next performance at the Wuthering Heights, also with Eddie Lawler on Tuesday, 29th March
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