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Our Day Out at Sussex Horse Rescue

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On Saturday we had an added bonus of it actually being a lovely day so we didn’t want to waste it.

I really didn’t want to spend much money and didn’t fancy driving very far on a hot day so I had a look in the local paper and found that is was Sussex Horse Rescue’s Gala Closing Day. I asked Aly (she makes all the decisions in the house) if she wanted to go and see some horses. And she couldn’t wait.

The horse rescue is within walking distance of us so an even bigger bonus, so off we walked with Mia in the buggy and drinks in hand.

On our way to the centre we went past an old mill which has a waterfall and you could hear the loud roaring of the water and a beautiful sight.

It was a beautiful sight and I actually could have spend all day gazing at it and drifting away.

We carried on up the road and was greeted by a friendly man who told us it was £2 admission which these days is an absolute bargain.

Straight away we were greeted by a couple of friendly faces

We’d never been to the rescue centre before so didn’t really know what to expect but it was very welcoming and clean and very child friendly. We had a good look around and stroked lots of horses and Shetland Ponies many that had been treated badly and had now found someone that loves them.

While we were there they had a little demonstration from the Fire & Rescue guys on how they rescue horses and cattle when stuck in the mud, the girls got a tad bored at this point but I found it really interesting.

All in all we had a really good afternoon and was easily worth the £2.

The outcome was this priceless picture.

Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall

If you’d like to make a donation to Sussex Horse Rescue so they can keep doing their brilliant work please visit their website. 

My town…Uckfield

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This is just a little piece on the place I have called home for 20 years…Uckfield.

Uckfield currently has a population on around 15,000 covers 3 sq mi and is situated in East Sussex in between London and Brighton and nearby to Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells. In the town we have one secondary school and five primary schools all of which perform really well on Ofsted reports.

Uckfield isn’t really that famous but a few people have heard of it for the following reasons;
- the floods of 2000 which along with Lewes was on the national news
- Uckfield was also the last place that Lord Lucan was seen before he disappeared
- and finally Nicholas van Hoogstraten (enough said)

The town is pretty quiet with not too much happens apart from the annual Carnival and the Monthly farmers market.

What’s right with Uckfield?

- Like I said its fairly quiet with not too much trouble and crime is pretty low.

- It still has a country feel to it and with this comes some lovely woods to go walking in.

- On the High Street we’ve got some great independent shops and plus a place called Corbin’s that do amazing sandwiches and all sorts of cheeses and meats.

- We are also in easy reach of Brighton and have a train service direct to London in an hour.

- We, unlike so many towns these days have a brilliant little cinema which is underrated and underused.

What’s wrong with Uckfield?

- Traffic is the biggest problem and the High Street at peak times cannot cope. Uckfield has just outgrown it. Just 200 years ago the population was 900 not it’s 15000.

- Car parking is also a big problem. With so many people using the train station for London and the fact the station only has about 10 spaces the other car parks get so full. This of course affects the local businesses in the town. Maybe it’s time for pay and display parking

- The actual quality of the shops is the last problem. Although we have a good quality of independent shops we need a few well know names. As a guy in his 20s (just) there is nowhere I can go in the town and buy clothes or even shoes, even for a woman it is limited.
If you want charity shops/estate agents/hairdressers we have plenty of those.

Here is a quick list of dream shops for Uckfield
- Next
- Marks & Spencer
- Adams
- Body Shop
- TopShop

Plus a Subways would he good.

I think that just about covers my town.

This will be followed up with a post called “If I was Mayor”