All in a day’s work!

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I went for my first horse-ride this afternoon! Bashiir, one of the guards at the College very kindly came to teach me the basics - how to fit the saddle, how to tie the rope around the horse’s head to act as a bridle, how to get the horse to move faster (“Chi”) and stop (Shhhh!) and how to tie the rope to his leg at the end of the ride. I had such a great time.

I have, after consultation with some Ethiopian colleagues, named the red horse “Daamaa”. I wanted to call the white horse “Bakakaa” which means Lightening as every time I try to stroke him he moves away very quickly - but my colleagues laughed and said it was not a good name for a horse, so instead he is named “Daallee”. This morning before work I went to try and catch the horses as a practice for this afternoon, and failed, but Daamaa is getting used to me and is now easy to catch. Luckily, the white horse follows him. I have decided that I should ride Daamaa and the White One can be Kedir’s problem!

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