By Annabel Candy

I’ve always has a soft spot for zebras. Horses are beautiful animals but when you add black and white stripes, a pattern so simple and stunning, the result is magical.

Zebras are better than unicorns because they actually exist.

Riding a Zebra

My love of zebras started earlier but was cemented when I was 12. My parents had a holiday house in the Loire region of France on a small island called Noirmoutier. You may have seen it on TV recently, because this year the famous Tour de France bike race started from the Isle de Noirmoutier, on the causeway that links Noirmoutier to the mainland.

That causeway is the longest in the world but only accessible at low tide. The rest of the time it’s deep under sea water so there’s a real element of risk driving... More...