Winner

The planet turned slowly on its axis. People died and babies were born but still there was a  delay to the announcement of the overall Laughing Horse Blogger of the Year for 2023. Whatever happened may remain a mystery for ever. Was it really a technical error? Or was it to do with internal disputes and rancour within the organising committee?

Anyway, without further ado, I can now happily inform readers of this humble Yorkshire blog that the Laughing Horse Blogger of the Year for 2023 is....

David Godfrey for "Adventures of Travel Penguin"

David blogs out of Washington D.C. in the United States of America. Starting out in 2005, "Travel Penguin" was meant to be a glorified travel journal but over the years its character evolved into something more varied than that.

This much coveted award comes at the very moment of David's retirement from his professional life. He was the director of  The American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging. I guess that blogging was a nice relief from the demands of that  professional life.

David's blog is well-organised with regular features and participatory requests.He comes across as upbeat and optimistic, finding joy in simple things and he responds to comments with courtesy and warmth. There are great photo-illustrations and his enthusiasm for seeing other places remains as strong as it was back in 2005.

Unfortunately, David was unable to fly up to The Virgin Airlines Laughing Horse World Superjet on New Year's Eve owing to a minor malfunction in the connecting tube as the Laughing Horse revellers cruised above Virginia. Sir Richard Branson was mortified and insisted that he himself should present David with his award this afternoon.

Well done David! You deserve to be The Laughing Horse Blogger of the Year for 2023. Please copy and paste the prize widget into your blog, Here's a speechless Mr Godfrey below:-

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One of the best things to come out of the last year has been friendship. One of these new friends text me at five in the morning to text me that they were praying for me. I won’t go into the rest of the message, but for all the anger, sorrow and sadness in the world; this message started my New Year off right. I may not have as much as I’d like, or how I’d like it, but God.  God is teaching me to find the joy, savor it, and treasure the simple notion that you are important enough to be in someone’s heart and mind. 

This friend knows who they are, but what their friendship means is priceless. 

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