After the huge interest in the Chalford Donkey I am now drawn to this story about a dog on the BBC web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7251195.stm This pet dog is turning heads on the snow-covered slopes – by using a ski-lift. Guinness, a four-year-old collie, leaps into the air and grabs hold of the lift with his…
As the Chalford Donkey disappears off the media agenda let’s not forget the other animals that ignited a newspaper firestorm .. The lion of Kabul, Phoenix the calf, The Tamworth Two, Blackie the donkey ,Dolly the sheep – where are they all now?
The media circus moved out of my village on Sunday. Without doubt the best take on the surreal turn of events came from Cole Moreton. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/chalfords-donkey-derby-780514.html The aftermath seems to have divided the community; some suggest that it’s painted the village as full of eccentric geriatric freaks who can’t clamber up the hill, others have…
I am compelled to write about an extraordinary event that has spiralled today concerning my own sleepy village in Gloucestershire. Someone once wrote “..if ever a place deserved the often over-used cliché, “undiscovered gem,” Chalford is the place! ” The village is located in a ridiculously lovely valley bounded by strikingly steep hillsides. It’s an…