Lakeside Equestrian Corfu

10/10/2026

Today we visited the Corfu Donkey Rescue to see Soldier and Dallas and meet their resident donkeys. We took them some turnout rugs and some headcollars that managed to avoid being stolen during our break in a few months ago, and some haynets - we had many left over from being donated and thought they could use them more than us now.

What a fantastic job they are doing! Beautiful place, with gorgeous and friendly little donkeys walking around asking for pets and cuddles. Soldier and Dallas are very happy and looking well.

They really need some donations and volunteers all year round. You can even virtually adopt a donkey!
If you can help them next time you visit Corfu, please get in touch with them. Visit their page for more info on how to donate and how you can help ❤️

A big thank you to the donkey rescue for taking such good care of the boys 🙏

05/09/2026

5 years ago we unloaded Kaloni from the trailer to her new home with us, and she collapsed on arrival. She was a frail, emaciated and exhausted horse with hepatitis, a lung infection and the worst case of sand impaction our vet had ever seen. The first vet who saw her told us not to waste any money and she wouldn’t make it. She was diagnosed with COPD and we thought we would only have a short time with her.
Slowly over time, with treatments and medicine, and with help from many of you, she became a different horse.

This year, the vet said her lungs have improved significantly and she is in fantastic health. She is around 22 now.

Kaloni has been a major inspiration for me since I met her. She has never let anything keep her down and refuses to give up.
I have never seen another like her.

I hope we have at least another 5 years in us, old girl ❤️

07/05/2026

30/04/2026

STOLEN SADDLES FROM SOUTH CORFU

Please keep an eye (and ear) out in case anyone is offering saddles for sale.
James was alerted to a break-in at our shed while I'm currently in the UK for work.

Whoever did this broke in through the back gate and then the tack room/shed window, I assume to avoid the front door due to the camera - and stole my saddles, all of my bridles, and my horse rugs (which I rely on to keep the rescue horses warm and dry for winter).

I’m offering a 300 euro reward for any information that leads to the return of the saddles. Please don't keep quiet if you know something.

I'm hoping very much that two of these saddles might be recovered, as they hold deep sentimental value:

* A vintage western saddle gifted to James’s mother by a friend who has since passed. The saddle was restored and then passed down to James on his 21st birthday, 5 years ago!

* An English synthetic saddle belonging to a dear friend, originally gifted by her grandfather and used for her beloved horse who is no longer with us

The other items area
A synthetic western saddle, and a range of leather pieces and several hackamore - bitless bridles and all of my headcollars !

The police have been notified, though they have not yet come to take fingerprints.

I’m exhausted from being targeted.

This was not a random passer-by - it's someone who knows about horses and tack, and it is someone who knows the layout of the yard and where I keep my things.

They intentionally left my older/less useful saddles, my helmets and boots, my dirt bike and a large solar panel.

I feel sick to my stomach and extremely upset, and I will not be letting this go unanswered.

Please share.

30/07/2025

29/07/2025

Friends, I have an announcement to make. Well I have a few, but let’s start with the big one. I will be deleting my social media accounts soon which includes all of my Facebook & Instagram etc. This may come as a surprise and I assure you all that everything is fine. But my next announcement comes directly from this! From now on, all my videos of the horses and life at Lakeside will be posted to Patreon. This means you can watch more content than ever, longer videos and more updates, while supporting the horses, if you decide to subscribe monthly! I will post the link below at the bottom of this post. The last small update in this post, and the reason I haven’t posted in awhile, is that I broke my scaphoid bone and generally have been unwell the last month with an ovarian cyst and anaemia as a result. I’m steadily improving and feel much better so I wanted to share a little video of the yard yesterday. It’s been challenging, but luckily I’ve had help while mostly incapacitated and I’m very grateful to everyone that’s been there to help me. Poor James deserves a two week holiday to the Bahamas after this. Maybe one day. I hope some of you can join us over on Patreon. I’ll probably make a final post on here soon. Thank you and have a great week ❤️🙏 https://patreon.com/LakesideEquestrian?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink