NEWSLETTER 7

We have kept donkeys at Westley Farm for yonks, since the days when you could get one free with a packet of sugar. 		 Click back button 
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Hege gives the kids a donkey ride (picture adjacent) <<<<<<<<<<
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Chalford has been described as the Alpine Village of the Cotswolds. Many of the houses have only access tracks, too narrow for cars. Deliveries were a regular feature in the village up to the1950's. Coal was carried from the barges on the canal up to the Chalford Hill depot. The donkeys knew the way so well that they needed no-one to lead them. After eight years in Madrid, my daughter Anna (33) came home and decided to revive the old tradition. She bought two donkeys, Teddy and Chester which she keeps on the farm. 
Delivery day is Saturday.
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We have been given a silver classification by the the Green Tourism Business Scheme. They check  many details of our operation including re-cycling, monitoring of water and energy consumption. Thermal loss and efficiency. Use of eco-friendly cleaning materials etc etc.

Posh-camping:

We are building 3 yurts in the Diddley-Dumps 
available for hire between Whitsun and October.

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Our house in the Picos de Europa 

in Northern Spain is nearly finished. It should be ready for letting by the school summer holidays 2009.

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  Julian Usborne     January 2008