Our visitor centre is open every day

As well as getting info on adoptions, the Rambling Rovers Club and the work we do, you can also browse in the book section (hundreds of great titles) and check out the donated gifts, cards, bric a brac, jewellery and all sorts of bits and bobs - bargains galore.  Everything is sold to raise funds for the animals and we're open 10.0 am to 4.0pm.

At weekends there are usually some of the little ponies hanging around hoping for apples and carrots.  We bring them to their pony pens on a rota basis so you might see Ruby and Daydream one day, Pixie and Bibby the next or Daisy and Crispin.   There are usually cats and kittens around and Jack Spratt (our three-legged politically incorrect Jack Russell canine character) likes to say hello. 

We have details of dogs for adoption on display so it's a good opportunity to sit down for a few minutes and have a look through our Sanctuary Soulmates gallery.   If you see someone you like, we can fetch him to meet you and maybe you'll go off for a walk together.  It's a good way to get to know your prospective pal.

The books have all been donated and if you don't see the title or author you are looking for please let us know - we'll do a book search for you free of charge.   Every week we try to put out a box or two of free books - they might be a bit scuffed round the edges but perfectly good reading copies - please help yourself.

If you'd like to donate items to help us, please note that we don't take clothes anymore.   We have limited storage facilities and getting rid of anything that doesn't sell is very expensive now so please check out what we need with us first.   A quick check list is:

Yes please to - Mobile phones, blankets, towels, cotton sheets and pillow cases are great.  (no duvets or pillows).  New unwanted gift sets and new toiletries. Books, C.D.s, D.V.D's, unwanted jewellery, even if broken.  Pictures and mirrors if in good condition.   If you have anything else that you think we could sell please give us a call or pop in and ask. 

No thank you:   No plastic.   Nothing that has been to a car boot sale and hasn't sold.  Nothing broken.  Nothing from another charity shop.   If they can't sell it, we can't either.   No videos.   Nothing big without asking us first as we don't have much storage space.  No clothes, shoes or handbags.   No garden furniture.  Nothing electrical.  No pots.  No bric a brac.  No household.

We hope it doesn't seem too picky but it's all to do with disposal which is so very expensive nowadays.  The price of skips is one of our biggest costs. 

Our appreciation to everyone who helps us - the African c.d. rack and stand brought in last week is lovely - thank you.  Thank you also to everyone who keeps us going with shredded paper - it makes super bedding for all the animals.    We also need ordinary newspaper at the present time - we have so many dogs on the injured list and it's very useful.  Not magazines or anything glossy - we can't use them because they're not absorbent and we just have to dispose of them.

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