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News from Cheshire and the North West

Hi again everyone

The last six months seem to have passed very quickly and now the nights are
already drawing in. Things have been quiet here in the North West, as we have
not been able to arrange as many events for our
friends and volunteers as we had hoped to do.

Our last fundraising event was held in Cleveleys in
May and we are hoping to organise a pre-Christmas
fundraiser in the seaside town again this year. We
had a successful collection last December which
was well supported by volunteers and their dogs
(all of us well wrapped up), locals and visitors.

Whilst in Cleveleys, we were delighted to see
friends who we have homed dogs with in the past
but who we haven't had a catch up with for a while,
including Mary and Derek from Middleton and Jo
and her family from Fleetwood with Lilly. We were
also pleased to welcome Phil with Ned, Jen and Roy
with Freddy and Sandra with Stella.
Jo, Poppy and
In the last newsletter I mentioned our meeting up Lilly the greyhound
for social dog walks during the summer, but our
plans have had to be put on hold because we had
our car stolen at the end of April and then our new
(to us) car was damaged in July (not by us) after we
had returned from holiday. We were reliant on hire
cars for several weeks, but are now looking forward
to arranging to meet up with everyone again either
at Marbury Country Park or Styal Country Park
during the next few months.

I will make sure that any events are publicised on
the GIN Facebook page as well as by email. Please
let me know if you would like to be added to our
emailing list.

Phil and I are planning a trip to the Greyhounds in
Need head office which is based in Egham in
Surrey in September, to meet up with all those who
have supported us here in the North West for so Ned (fawn) and Stella
many years. We did visit the office in Wraysbury (brindle) helping at
with our friend Carol several years ago but have Cleveleys
never been to Egham. We are eagerly looking
forward to our visit, including a trip on the River Thames, which we are
combining with a few days in Windsor. I look forward to reporting on our
experiences in the next Newsletter.

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