You know you live in a seaside holiday town, when you have to stop for a line of donkeys lead by a pied ball pony as they cross the road in front of you.
We weren't fast enough with a camera but they came out of a lane and crossed quite a busy road. All trotting happily behind each other with out a rope between them. They are the beach donkeys and well looked after
To any one who might suggest that it's cruel to have them giving rides on a hot beach, they do have a shelter to be out of the sun and they look extremely healthy and well looked after.
The owners have times when you can visit their stables and help feed, care and brush them, for a few pounds. And if you wanted you could help muck out their stables. There are even Christmas visits arranged which are proving quite popular. When there was carol singing in town, there were two donkeys there looking very Christmassy.
They are very much the face of Porthcawl. When my granddaughter was small, a ride on a donkey was all she ever wanted.
Chrisxx
7 comments:
Funny thing precious was celebrating Christmas in July yesterday on the 25th. I think these donkeys are adorable. I see very few even though I live here in the country. I don't think there is popular as a pet anymore.
Awww! They are cute!
Beach donkey rides are really evocative of childhood, aren't they? We have them down here on Weston-super-Mare beach, they're also healthy and well looked after.
I've heard lots of good things about donkeys. Nice to know these are well cared for.
Beautiful photo of the flowers. All the colors are so pretty.
What a wonderful idea. The donkeys are pretty special!
Aww...
They are cute :)
All the best Jan
The beach donkeys brought back lots of fond childhood memories and itis good to know that they are well cared for. Sweet photos of them.
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