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Moving on with the current of the years.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Quite a nice dinner but too bad with the weather outside and lack of views. All of your courses looked very good. Quite a stunning pub as it looks so welcoming and warm.
Quite disappointing with your breakfast the next morning and the problems with the eggs. Well, at least the pancakes made up for it. I like the Donkeyland renaming on your GPS!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Eggs are one of those foods that I'm picky about. They have to be just so or I'd rather not eat them. Thank goodness that you could go on up to the main car park.
Saturday 31 March – part two: “don’t go up the stairs”
We set off to the visitor reception at the Donkey Sanctuary. Oh my goodness, it is lovely now that all the building work is finally done. The event they were holding today was a thank you for all their supporters for putting up with two years of building work and I was so glad it coincided with our visit, as we’d had so many visits while suffering that work.
I enquired about the wheelchair and, as it was so packed, they didn’t have it there, so someone went to get it. We got chatting to someone and she asked who it was for, and I said “me” and then she looked down at my leg and was really surprised. She hadn’t realised! I was immediately offered a seat until my chariot arrived and it turned out to be a mobility scooter! Ok, I’ve never driven one of these before…
It was fun getting out of the visitor reception, as it was full of people, but I made it, thanks to the staff member holding the automatic doors open for me and warning people. As I came out, someone said “don’t go up the stairs” and I thought “yes, I can work that one out!”
I managed Ok with it, but it was a challenge. Some people were so thoughtful, but some people just had no clue. Some people saw me, but wouldn’t move out of the way and the worst were the adults, especially those in charge of dogs or children, as I never had a clue where they’d go next. I didn’t hit anyone or anything, so I thought that was a result. We had to leave a Ł25 (c. $40) deposit in cash, so it’s just as well we had some cash with us, as normally we don’t carry much and you couldn’t put the deposit on a credit card.
Once I was mobile, we headed off to the Beach Boxes to see my beloved miniature donkeys. This is where my adopted donkey Gareth used to live before his passing and his best friend Benji is still here, along with his other friends, Little Vijay, who’s actually not a miniature donkey, but has lived here forever. He used to be an adoption donkey, but had to be retired, as crowds freaked him out and adoption donkeys tend to draw the crowds. Remember this for later… There’s also Fergal, who looks like Gareth, and his friend Angus, William and Harry, although their names are the wrong way round, as it’s William who’s a sandy colour. Otherwise you could say they were named after the princes. Then there’s Ricky and Jasper. So that’s the whole bunch and they have given me so much delight over the years and especially the last couple of weeks while I’ve been at home.
William and Harry – Harry is on the left
Little Vijay
Harry and Angus inside
Benji doing what he loves most – eating!
Yes William, I can see you…
I am so jealous of the staff and volunteers here… they have the coolest jobs!
At the salt lick
Vijay and Jasper
Ricky
Friends together
I didn’t think Benji would play ball, as he’s a little so and so (takes after Gareth!), but he did come out and I was able to get some lovely photos of him…
Benji tears himself away from his food…
Benji doing what he loves nearly as much eating… scratching!
Such a little cutie!
Later on, one of the vets told us that Benji (and Gareth in his day) suffer from “little man syndrome” and are very aloof and above everything. That fits…
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Great photos of your clan at the sanctuary. You are most certainly in your element here and enjoying every bit of it! Too bad some of the visitors were not as courteous to let you get by as they should of.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Great photos of your clan at the sanctuary. You are most certainly in your element here and enjoying every bit of it! Too bad some of the visitors were not as courteous to let you get by as they should of.
I put it down to the fact that they were entranced by the donkeys...
Could you do a weekend a month for volunteering? It is a bit of a drive, but if you were just doing it every few weeks, maybe it’s workable? But I guess you visit frequently enough to get your Donkey fix!
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Quite a stunning pub as it looks so welcoming and warm. 
Well, at least the pancakes made up for it. I like the Donkeyland renaming on your GPS! 
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Thank goodness that you could go on up to the main car park. 
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Ok, I’ve never driven one of these before… 
We had to leave a Ł25 (c. $40) deposit in cash, so it’s just as well we had some cash with us, as normally we don’t carry much and you couldn’t put the deposit on a credit card. 
There’s also Fergal, who looks like Gareth, and his friend Angus, William and Harry, although their names are the wrong way round, as it’s William who’s a sandy colour. Otherwise you could say they were named after the princes. Then there’s Ricky and Jasper. So that’s the whole bunch and they have given me so much delight over the years and especially the last couple of weeks while I’ve been at home. 
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