Llwyncwn
Well-Known Member
After the initial Operation Esther drive for aid and donations, over the last couple of months we have had a number of donations delivered to us of feed, rugs, tack etc. It would have been impractical to fund another delivery from here, so today me and OH delivered what we had to South Wales Horse & Pony Rescue near Monmouth and I thought you may be interested to hear about it.
After nearly 2 hours drive we found SWHP set in beautiful countryside surrounded by pigeons and peacocks, rescued birds, chickens and lots of horses and ponies. As we arrived, we were ushered into the house to meet everyone and were presented with home made lasagne and rather posh salad with kiwi fruit and allsorts mixed in, followed by home made plum crumble! Sian, one of the Trustee's gave us a tour and told us about each individual inmates story, some were heartbreaking but they all looked so well and obviously content.
You may remember in January/February, SWH&P rescued 6 TBs from an ex-RSPCA Inspector near Abergavenny. They found a dead foal lying next to its mother.
Here are some pics - some of the horses names evade me atm ...
This is Rainbow, an 8 month old filly (one of the 6 TBs) who has a parrot mouth. They were totally unhandled when they arrived - I want to take her home
Here she is with her mum
This is the mother of the dead foal. She is 15 and due to give birth to her new baby next week.
This is a Hanovarian gelding who has just had a tie-back operation and will possibly go to Bridgend Mounted Police ...
Two of the rescued TBs, 2 year old and 4 year old fillies ...
This is Stroller, 32 years young and hardly any teeth ...
Peacock or Roadrunner ?
Stroller with Sian ...
This one tugged at my heart strings. She has only been there for two weeks, rescued from Gelligaer (I think) and she was very wary and seemed quite depressed at the time ...
Cant remember the name of this lovely chestnut, but it gave my OH a full snog on the lips
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We were made so welcome by everyone even though they were very busy. I would like to say a big thank you to Fiona of Swansea Airport (Esther Supporter), without her help this would not have been possible, and of course, Box of Frogs.
Jenny and Alistair MacGreggor do fantastic work in an area where rescues are almost a constant. I would recommend anyone go and visit - its a most humbling experience. If anyone can help them with their time or donations of cash, feed, rugs and bedding - please, please contact them. Here is a link to their website http://www.swhp.co.uk/Welcome.htm
Hope you enjoyed this as much as we did.
Helen x
After nearly 2 hours drive we found SWHP set in beautiful countryside surrounded by pigeons and peacocks, rescued birds, chickens and lots of horses and ponies. As we arrived, we were ushered into the house to meet everyone and were presented with home made lasagne and rather posh salad with kiwi fruit and allsorts mixed in, followed by home made plum crumble! Sian, one of the Trustee's gave us a tour and told us about each individual inmates story, some were heartbreaking but they all looked so well and obviously content.
You may remember in January/February, SWH&P rescued 6 TBs from an ex-RSPCA Inspector near Abergavenny. They found a dead foal lying next to its mother.
Here are some pics - some of the horses names evade me atm ...
This is Rainbow, an 8 month old filly (one of the 6 TBs) who has a parrot mouth. They were totally unhandled when they arrived - I want to take her home
Here she is with her mum
This is the mother of the dead foal. She is 15 and due to give birth to her new baby next week.
This is a Hanovarian gelding who has just had a tie-back operation and will possibly go to Bridgend Mounted Police ...
Two of the rescued TBs, 2 year old and 4 year old fillies ...
This is Stroller, 32 years young and hardly any teeth ...
Peacock or Roadrunner ?
Stroller with Sian ...
This one tugged at my heart strings. She has only been there for two weeks, rescued from Gelligaer (I think) and she was very wary and seemed quite depressed at the time ...
Cant remember the name of this lovely chestnut, but it gave my OH a full snog on the lips
We were made so welcome by everyone even though they were very busy. I would like to say a big thank you to Fiona of Swansea Airport (Esther Supporter), without her help this would not have been possible, and of course, Box of Frogs.
Jenny and Alistair MacGreggor do fantastic work in an area where rescues are almost a constant. I would recommend anyone go and visit - its a most humbling experience. If anyone can help them with their time or donations of cash, feed, rugs and bedding - please, please contact them. Here is a link to their website http://www.swhp.co.uk/Welcome.htm
Hope you enjoyed this as much as we did.
Helen x
