And you will ask yourself who is Lindo? Lindo is a donkey abandoned in the county of Pontevedra. The person who found Lindo got in touch with "El Refugio del Burrito” to see if they could take him. Ivan left his tow in our refuge from the last time he was here and so he asked us if we could go to pick up Lindo. On the 6^th of September we went to Valladolid to get the tow disinfected and to make all the necessary arrangements for being ready to depart the day after, after being finished with my work at school. And there we went, Mª José and I joking about the fact that we were driving 1000 kilometers for picking up a donkey and that despite of it, we would not drive that far for going away on holiday! But this is life.

We arrived at the place and waited for the person who had rescued him, we met and drove as far as were Lindo was waiting us, but with a van and a tow it was really a hard duty to get there as the way was going up and down continuously, with absolutely impossible curves we had the horrible sensation we were going to hurl over the cliffs, but in the end we didn’t. Wearing our most beloved parts as a necktie we arrived to the place were Lindo was living and the next problem was convincing him that he had to get in the tow so at the time I was pulling him, Mª José and Antón, his rescuer, were pushing him from the rear, and it was then when suddenly and with no warning the rope broke into two and I fall hard on my back. I was lucky the inside part of the tow is completely wadded as well as the inner bars, otherwise I am sure I would have been in hospital at this time!

In the end, Lindo decided to collaborate and he got on the tow and then the second part began and that consisted out of driving down all the way back where we previously drove up but in the end we got there and we ended up on the local road.  After driving half the way back I started feeling very thirsty and furthermore, we needed to get some gasoline for the van. So after we got back on the highway again, we drove along the whole village and once the van and I had drank enough, and also after checking Lindo was fine, we continued driving. And it was then when a police Guardia Civil control stopped us once more. The requested some papers which they were all correct except for a very slight detail that could have caused a delay if the police would have been a bit more comprehensive. In the end they let us go and Mª José has already told me that for the next time I am thirsty, I should pee in a bottle and drink it. At 3 o’clock in the morning we arrived at the refuge and during the operation of getting Lindo off the tow Mª Jose got one of her feet completely smashed. The result was a very, very nice donkey and the two of us seriously injured. That is what life is meant to be for animal rescuers…