Barley’s Biscuit

I have started to edit the eight manuscripts I have left unpublished in the Barley’s Biscuit series. I hope to create a twelve-strong box set in the future. Here is the blurb of one of them called Clippety-Clop’s Catastrophe and I will post some snippets soon:

Barley’s Biscuit

Clippety-Clop’s Catastrophe – Blurb

The spectacular beauty of Ratlinghope Walk, a part of Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd in the Shropshire countryside, is a place where where wild horses roam and where Barley, the very clever Border-Collie dog and his nephew Basil, are taken as a special treat by their human friend Mick. The fun they can have there in the wide open spaces and number of games they can play with each other is limitless.

They discover interesting and exciting places to explore that have been developed naturally and by people over many years. Barley climbs to the top of a mound called Shooting Hill, where he notices a herd of wild horses. A big black stallion, called Clippety-Clop has developed a nasty limp and is in need of some brave and clever help from Barley and Basil.

As Mick enjoys a short rest break at a pub beer garden, the two dogs race towards the wild horses to nurse Clippety-Clop. His health is failing rapidly. Barley instructs his nephew to carry out unusual tasks to give the stallion first aid. Using his ingenuity, with help from his new horse friends and Basil, Barley is able to remove the burden for the horse, but is that enough?

Becky, the landlady of the pub has a special treat in store for them if it is…