Archive for November, 2008

Dominic the Christmas Donkey - 19th November, 2008
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Need a bit of cheering up? Then this clip we’ve found on You Tube will do the trick. “Dominic the Christmas Donkey” provides a few minutes of pure Christmassy silliness,  with a lot of donkey illustrations  (including our Pedro having a good laugh). Make sure you have your sound turned up!  And if you want [...]


Donkeys help with Christmas deliveries - 19th November, 2008
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The world’s largest Christmas project is underway.   Operation Christmas Child started in the early 90’s. “It’s about kids helping kids. It starts out with an empty shoe box, you pack simple things that most people take for granted, like toothpaste, school supplies and small toys. They are wrapped up and hand delivered to millions of [...]


Winter Donkeys - 14th November, 2008
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Here we are – winter again! and it’s probably not going to be a very easy one. We’re trying to be philosophical about it; after all, all we need is a safe place to live, enough to eat and the means to pay the vet’s bill. Come to think of it I expect that’s all [...]


Donkeys to Play an Epic Part - 13th November, 2008
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A £5m production of Ben Hur planned for London’s O2 stadium next September. It will involve not only 400 human performers but also donkeys, camels, falcons,vultures, eagles – and a chariot race with five teams of four horses hurtling round a 250m track. People in the front row “will feel the sand on them”, says [...]