Summer Holidays Activities

12 July 2022

The summer holidays are just a couple of weeks away now, and as we have said in a previous post there will plenty of things for everyone to get involved in during the holidays.

Activities will be running from 23rd July through until 31st August, with the same schedule for each week.

Monday will be a playstation presentation for everyone to learn about lots of things we do and about donkey care, along with the feeding of one of our groups. These will be at 11am and 2pm.

Tuesday will have our care for a donkey package at 11:30am, with spaces for 4 people, a grooming presentation at 1pm, and also donkey grooming from 1:30pm until 3:30pm.

Wednesday we will have donkey walking from 11am until 1pm, with 3 donkeys available during each half hour slot, and then a care for a donkey package at 2pm with spaces for 4 people.

Thursday will be a care for a shetland package at 11:30am, with spaces for 4 people, a grooming presentation at 1pm, and then donkey grooming from 1:30pm until 3:30pm.

Friday will be donkey grooming from 10:30am until 12:30pm, and then shetland grooming from 1:30pm until 3:30pm.

Saturday will be donkey walking from 11am until 3pm.

Sunday will be shetland slalom from 11am until 1pm, with 2 shetlands per slot, and then donkey grooming from 1:30pm until 3:30pm.

Along with these activities we will also be offering a mini shetland slalom using hobby horses, and a meet a donkey opportunity, which will be for a donation of your choice. The hobby horses and meet a donkey do not need to be pre booked and there are no age restrictions.

Further information and booking for all of these activities can be found on the what's on page.

These will be available to view online a couple of weeks in advance.

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