Lord David Prosser has been a generous mentor and an all-round good friend to me for some time now so when I read his post this morning I knew exactly what I had to do. This post is about Lord David, his wife Lady Julia and a small, very worthy dream we can bring to life – if all of us work together.
The story begins with Lady Julia – who loves horses and all creatures great and small – and the pancreatic cancer she has been battling for about a year. I’ve never ‘spoken’ to Lady J but I feel as if I know her through Lord David’s books. She is a plucky woman who has continued to follow her dream despite the disease that has been whittling away at her strength.
For Lady J the dream is to keep riding horses for as long as possible but riding with pancreatic cancer requires the kind of support only available at riding schools certified for the disabled. The place where she is riding at the moment is called Pennant Park. I’ll quote Lord David about the problem :
‘We really do need to try and get the arena [at Pennant Park] enclosed and a hoist fitted. Once done they can apply for RDA accreditation and Julia will only have a small distance to travel while she still can, but the place can bring pleasure to untold numbers of disabled people as well.’
Retrofitting Pennant Park will cost 20,000 pounds. That is not a huge sum in the grand scheme of things. It is an achievable dream and one that I support 100%. I hope that some of you will agree that it is a good cause as well.
At the moment Lord David is looking at ways to allow friends and well-wishers to make a donation to the Pennant Park project and as soon as he has that sorted out I’ll write another post with the details of where and how we can make donations.
In the meantime I’m asking you all to spread the word. The most wonderful thing about online communities is that we are less than 6 degrees of separation from everyone else so please, follow this link to Lord David’s blog, read about this gallant fight and do what you can to make Lady Julia’s modest dream come true!
Huge hugs to all of you,
Meeks
August 21st, 2012 at 1:24 am
its a so amazing how he is trying hard to do things to make his wife smile….Lady J and Lord David sound like nice and awesome people..:)
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August 21st, 2012 at 11:43 am
They are. They restore my faith in human nature.
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August 20th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
My daughter has worked for the RDA – she’s at Hartpury College now
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August 21st, 2012 at 10:58 am
Oh My God! Um… I don’t suppose… I won’t ask you to ask her if she can help but could you possibly just perhaps point her at Lord David’s site? I’m blushing furiously just saying that much but this is exactly the ‘6 degrees of separation’ I was talking about.
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August 21st, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Of course my friend – she’s en vacance at present (somewhere in Espana) so when she gets back I’ll fill her in.
The beauty of online communication is that nobody sees you blush 🙂
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August 22nd, 2012 at 9:02 am
Thank you and yes, it’s nice you have to emote /blush instead of covering your cheeks in embarrassment!
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August 20th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Massive Hugs to a truly generous friend and thanks for the great kindness. xxxx
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August 20th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
It’s a small enough thing to do my friend. I truly wish I could more.
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August 20th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
A noble cause for sure. Pancreatic cancer is a cruel beast.
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August 20th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
It is indeed and yet David and Julia keep on smiling. Courage has nothing to do with guns.
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August 20th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
I count a few horse lovers among my friends and if they set up a paypal account, or something similar, I’ll spread the word among those friends.
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August 20th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Thanks Candy – much appreciated. 🙂
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