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Fran McNicol

Abuse in Pain Sight — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage

There is no doubt this year that horse sport controversy at the Olympics has become a hotly contentious topic. This is not necessarily…

Aug 7, 2021

Abuse in Pain Sight — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage

Aug 7, 2021

My Road to Self Publishing

I have been writing for all of my life; ever since I could hold a pen, I have used that pen to record my misadventures and process my…

Oct 31, 2020

Oct 31, 2020

A Good Horse is Never a Bad Colour — Nelipot Cottage

“A good horse is never a bad colour”

Jul 21, 2020

A Good Horse is Never a Bad Colour — Nelipot Cottage

Jul 21, 2020

What is your Covid Status?

As I sit in my office, in the hospital, on a glorious Bank Holiday Monday, having just done a very surgical style ward round of the…

Apr 14, 2020

Apr 14, 2020

A Regular Gratitude Practice — Nelipot Cottage

1- The average person has 12–60k thoughts/day. 2- 80% of those are negative. 3- 95% are exactly the same as the day before. 4- 85% of what…

Feb 4, 2020

A Regular Gratitude Practice — Nelipot Cottage

Feb 4, 2020

Living in the Here and Now — Nelipot Cottage

“ There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the…

Dec 17, 2019

Living in the Here and Now — Nelipot Cottage

Dec 17, 2019

In the Spaces in Between — Team Nelipot

You will have heard this before- the magic is in the transition. Or to put it simply- the magic can only occur in the spaces in…

Nov 3, 2019

In the Spaces in Between — Team Nelipot

Nov 3, 2019

Don’t feed the Trolls — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage- because listening to our horses teaches us…

Don’t feed the trolls. Or to paraphrase; don’t waste your energy worrying about what the bad guys are doing, because, as we all know…

Aug 22, 2019

Don’t feed the Trolls — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage- because listening to our horses teaches us…

Aug 22, 2019

I deserve to be….. — Team Nelipot

Or, as I was challenged to today, just look at those four little words on their own and say them out loud….

Jun 9, 2019

I deserve to be….. — Team Nelipot

Jun 9, 2019

Keeping Ridden Horses barefoot- the good the bad and the ugly — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage

Every now and then I come across a new horsey friend who doesn’t know and understand why I am such a keen advocate for keeping ridden…

Jan 23, 2019

Keeping Ridden Horses barefoot- the good the bad and the ugly — Lessons from Nelipot Cottage

Jan 23, 2019

Fran McNicol

Fran McNicol

I am a keen equestrian and a colorectal surgeon. I live in the sticks and work in the city. I write mostly about horses, and the life lessons they teach us.

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