The Farmhouse
Fen Bank, Friskney
Lincolnshire
PE22 8PS
Tel: 01754 820593
Tel / fax: 01472 822979
Newsletter
June 2010 The Archives
May fled past like all the other months of this year, or am I just getting old? There were three occasions for rejoicing at Fen Bank when thanks to Jenny and her unerring instinct for finding just the right home, Babe, our amputee went home to a lovely lady, Beryl Hudson who already has one of our dogs and took great pains to ensure the two girls would get on famously when the day arrived –and off this dear brave little girl went with hardly a backward look! The other came when the owners of Caitlin who come from Sheffield to Cleethorpes regularly just so that she can have a run on the beach, took pity, or fell in love with, or both! and took Spotsy whom we have had for nearly two years, and have already sent pictures of him with his feet under the table - literally! The third joy came right at the end of the month when Louth Hospital finally gave in to Gaynor’s nagging and allowed her to go home! And not surprisingly Wizz and Teddie followed just two weeks later - delighted to be home and perhaps not as grateful as they should have been to their mum who had made superhuman efforts to get herself well enough to have them back! They did remember their manners after an initial wizz round the garden and their field and have now decided they do know on which side their bread is buttered! We are so pleased that Gaynor is on the mend again - she is a very valued friend of Fen Bank and does a huge amount of work to help Jill in her fundraising role.
Another cause for rejoicing was that our complaining neighbour, finally having exhausted all the authorities he could complain to, and with no joy from any of them, upped sticks and moved!! Our new neighbours are extremely nice and have no problem with the dogs which they say they hardly hear and have already been to look round the kennels - Labradors and Greyhounds home very nicely together!! We are so pleased to have them here after the last two years. The only good thing that came out of it was that we have a really super new kennel block which the dogs love, light airy and with plenty of room – cool in Summer and warm in Winter and it will soon be finished…………….. but we still have to fundraise as such perfection has come at a huge price close to £34,000 of which so far we have only raised £9,000.
You will see from the Dogs for re-homing that we have some stunning dogs looking for new homes and of course the inevitable waiting list of desperate dogs , so do please look and see if you could find a space to put another sofa!!!
The National Greyhound Walk on June 20th is nearly upon us and is a co-ordinated country wide series of walks occurring simultaneously and by the end of the walk you will know how many Greyhounds took part across England. It is open only to Greyhounds and Lurchers and ours is a lovely leafy walk around Cleethorpes Boating Lake (next to Pleasure Island on the front, turn right as you as you come in from the A1098). We are hoping for a record number of Fen Bank dogs and others to join us! It will be lovely to see you all there, so please do your best to set aside a couple of hours on that day - there are two walks, one short and one of about an hour in length.
Sandra