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Originally Posted by CillitBang
Given my experience of places to visit down this way I would have to dissagree that Dingles is an expensive day out. £20 for a family of 2 adults and 2 children if bought online in advance.
Compare that to the circus that is traveling the south west at the moment that my eldest daughter was desperate to go and see - HERE
That would works out at cheapest seats £48 and most exensive £76 for an hour and a half show. Needless to say eldest daughter was taken to Dingles instead and had much more fun riding the dodgems and learning to drive a Burrell showmans engine while generating for the skid instead. |
If you are a working person it is not too bad. If you are like my wife and myself with a mortgage and two teenagers living with us who are not our own coupled to the fact that both my wife and myself cannot work due to us both being disabled, it becomes an expensive exercise. I wish I could have the luxury of being able to go to work, but as your father who I met at Stithians will testify, i can only get around with a wheeled walker because I have osteo-arthritis in my knees, spine and neck and getting around is problematical and it is getting progressively worse. That is why I am involved with the Robey Trust as a active volunteer as I help with the admin and I can do a lot of work from home. When I do go to the Works at Tavistock I am found jobs which I am able to do bearing in mind my disability. The Robey Trust is absolutely brilliant and they give me the opportunity to enjoy my hobby - they even have a toilet for the disabled in the Works! Because the Trust is a Charity, I can do unpaid voluntary work there without affecting my benefits as long as I keep the DWP informed.