Holton Lee Summer Fair

Jo & Sue manned a table up by The Barn to provide information and direct folk to the stables.

Perfect weather was forecast, and perfect weather was delivered for Holton Lee's summer fair, an exercise to both raise money, but probably more importantly, a PR exercise to put Holton Lee permanently on the local map. Judging by the crowds and a lot of comments that came our way, it was a great success. For more about the event click HERE to go on the Holton Lee website for their report and list of raffle ticket winners.

There were all manner of stalls, competitions, go-carts, demonstrations, tours of the estate, and a great attraction was sponsoring a Teddybear for a parachute jump!! The Dorset Fire & Rescue Service extended a ladder on one of its vehicles to its full extent infront of The Barn and a member of the Fire Service dispatched brave Teddies that were hauled up to him in a basket, on a parachute to float gracefully down to earth!

There was a lot more going on that we were not able to see as we were busy down at the stables.

Our aim, that of the East Holton Driving Centre, was to hopefully attract the interest of some more willing volunteers to help out at the stables.

We ran some short carriage drives with Marmite in the morning, taking several families round in the 4-wheel waggonnette for two hours and, after lunch, we used Felix.

We had quite a lot of interest and felt that the day was very worthwhile.

I should remind interested parties to give Wally a call on 07790912770. We welcome all comers, whether you have a disability or not.