MUST SEE Donkey Sanctuary & Appuldurcombe House - VAN LIFE Isle of Wight 

Aaww lovely video, I love Donkeys they are so beautiful. Glad your having a great time on the Island, it is such a lovely place. See you next time, and thank you for taking us with you.😊

Cockroach 🤣loved the Donkies. Pleased that little fella was OK❤. Can’t beat a jolly good role in the dust. Breakfast looked good. When you called Dora it woke our Luna up! Think she though you were calling her 😂. Of course you can talk to donkies ( and dogs!) nice walk around the house. The gloomy weather added to the atmosphere. Very creepy. Pleased Carol didn’t know it was haunted! Oh Ken -Just a small curry then 😉. Looked delish. love Ventnor. Really enjoyed this 👍

Absoloutly enjoyed this love donkeys beautiful animals ❤️

Thank you for this lovely donkey film i Just enjoy it.

I first went to the IoW many, many moons ago (I was 11) on a school trip for a week. Coming from London by coach, going on a ferry and then on a train to Sandown and last of all another coach to our hotel in Sandown was to my young mind the most exciting thing ever. I have been back a few times since but have to admit I have never heard of Appledurcombe House. Will definitely give it a visit if I ever visit the island again.

Can you talk to donkeys? Well yes of course you can. I bet if you had asked Dora why the farmer called her that she would have replied "Why he aw he aw he aw he always calls me that" (oh dear, the old jokes are always the best) Loved the vid by the way! 😎😎😎👍

Another fantastic film full of interesting information ❤

I thoroughly enjoyed the IoW Donkey Sanctuary and Appulurcombe. Ken you have some cheeky humor, in a good way.

I'm playing catch, that's the problem with having a camper, always away 😂 The donkeys 🫏 were great, you took the words right out of my mouth Ken, "Which one is Ken?"😂 Great series 👍

I really like the history that you tell us about the people that lived there at that time. I liked the donkey's and Dora they are so awesome. I really like the Isle of Wyte I have heard of it but never seen it till now. I really like it. Thanks so much

That English fry up looked absolutely delicious Ken......Yumy..

I was on the IOW last week. Went to the Donkey Sanctuary. I struggled to find parkups and ended up in quiet streets by the side of the road, some distance from where I wanted to be. Not so obvious in a car. It meant I walked a long way every day, which I didn't mind as I like map reading. There is free parking at Fort Victoria, not far from Yarmouth, with toilet facilities. Some van dwellers were there so I felt comfortable knowing I wasn't alone.

The Donkey Sanctuary was lovely. I so admire people who look after them with such kindness and care. I have been to the Isle of Wight once over 20 years ago, and it still looks beautiful. I remember Ventnor very well, mainly because of the steep hill! Thank you for sharing your experience.

I love donkeys. Makes you wonder where all those donkeys came from in the first place.........hope they weren't all abused before being rescued by the sanctuary.

I'm glad you got out of that haunted cellar in one piece, phew 😅 No starter ken 🤔🤔 food looked lovely . Great video as per usual thanks 😊

Oh that place is donkey heaven, we visited in 2018. Also remember cycling Ventnor’s steep winding roads! 😅 The curry looked good and it seems there’s no shortage of overnight park up options on the island 😊

Thank you so much for the coffees, we really appreciate your support: Janice and Lucy ❤ Willa R ❤ Euan Semple ❤ Marilyn Roach ❤️ Doug & Jean Grant ❤ Lindsay & Mike ❤

🙏🌹👍Drinking tea and watching your video. Adorable donkeys 😍.

Another great vlog. Had hoped you would visit Ventnor, my home town many years ago, albeit i still return a couple of times a year. The work at the end if the car park is to rebuild the sea wall between ventnor and bonchurch, part of it collapsed many months ago. Very interesting to hear the comments re the Masala Bay, im pleased it seems to be doing well. Alot of steep hills in the town, the first you passed St Catherines School, i think its private and caters for children with speech difficulties. Thanks for a trip down memory lane

Loved seeing the donkeys. The curry looked amazing! Always interesting to find out where your camp for the night is going to be!

I loved this episode, as I adore donkies they are the funniest of souls 🥰 The curry looked good, always know you’ve had a good meal when you can just about manage to shuffle to the car park 🤭 Glad you didn’t bump into any ghosts 👻 Em 💜

How lovely are those donkeys!? If you're every near Cambridge, we'll take you to the absolute best curry spot! Nom!

Hari OM Thanks for the QR for donkeys... and for the tour around the haunted house! That curry looked scrummalushus... YAM xx

The donkey sanctuary was so well maintained. A beautiful place. I thought that cellar was spooky looking myself and wouldn’t have gone down into it alone. Carols braver than myself! The curry did look delicious. Thank you for taking us along on the lovely Isle of Wight. Mary

Sunday morning with a cuppa tea 🍵 and envying the vlog 👌 the donkeys looked very much at home & enjoying a better life than they have probably previously endured! Nice & relaxing vlog as,always 🎉

Can not see our Carol being intimidated by any old ghost 😊 Lovely to see the donkeys.

Aw I love donkeys ❤ it’s lovely to see them safe and so well looked after, around the world they are treated so awful. Did you see the crosses on their backs all donkeys have the cross of Christ on their shoulder/back

The Donkeys were great , great video thanks for sharing 😊

I love it when you do a smaller area in-depth

Hello Carol & ken great vid loved the donkeys 😁

Thanks for sharing 🍓🧶🌈💙

What a wonderful respite. And an equally wonderful sanctuary! There are a couple of islands on the Eastern side of the US that has wild horses left by the Spaniards back in the 16th century. There were more than there currently are but that’s all I am going to say about that. Also in the states, there are fools who believe that dogs were only recently domesticated and will be happy to join their brothers in the wild if you simply drop them off. That’s not true, of course, and with the exception of suggesting that tar and feathering has its place in this modern age, that’s all I will say about THAT, as well. Both comments lead to the question of what brought so many donkeys to an island off the shores of England? Are/were there wild herds of donkeys on the Isle of Wight? Are donkeys frequently dropped off by farmers with little or no understanding of basic physics who abandon donkeys in a field there when their refusal to carry 5 times their body weight is interpreted as stubbornness? Is the sanctuary a rescue that brings neglected and/or abused donkeys from the mainland for an easier life on the island or what other scenario might result in the sanctuary’s location removed from the mainland? Just one of many curious queries from the other side of the pond. Thanks!!!

Lovely sanctuary! Thank you so much for that.

What amazing people they are at the donkey sanctuary. They looked very well looked after. Your Indian meal looked very delicious 😋

Free to enter sanctuary that’s definitely unusual …. And such a well maintained place Great narration slot Carol on the history whilst Ken Collapso recharges ‘Such a gutser’😂

Great video guys as always

Those donkeys are cute❤. The last time I saw some sweet donkeys was in Ireland. I'm glad they are taken care of. Great vlog, thank you 🤗

Great video guys.

I am enjoying watching you retrace some of my 2015 IOW adventure. I absolutely loved Ventnor and had a great Sunday lunch in the art deco round building at the top of the ramp leading to the ocean. Also, if you have time, there is a great walk down to the small cove of Steephill. So much to see on the island.

Hello you two, what a splendid trip this was. It's such a lovely Isle, and never knew it was so 'hilly' . Is your VW in sight some time this year?

Wonderful show! I love animals and architecture, so this one was very satisfying! Great humor, too! Thanks! ❤

another good one, if you want the best curry come to Bradford

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Great video but I felt terrified for you when you were down the cellar 👻

'Momentous Decision for Ken' ...........starter or no starter ???? 🤔

Aww love Donkeys, we went to one in Leeds a few years ago. Toilet q must be the most asked for vanners 😂 Dora the explorer ❤ what are you reading?

Those donkeys were well cute. They can unfortunately have a dark side. Blue was once stamped on by one on a site on Skye. He was fastened up, donkeys were roaming loose and one came over and stamped on him. It was horrible. The owner was mortified and offered to pay any vet fees. It must have been having a bad day. 🤔🐕🚙

Is there any new van news?

Yes, I can speak Donkey! I was lucky enough to live by an acreage with a Donkey who I visited daily after work bearing carrots and apples. When we first met, Donkey bit me, and caused a horrid bruise that took over a month to heal. I lived there 13 yrs before moving and retirement. I have lovely photos of my friend. And paid for his Ferrier every four months. I still miss him terribly after 8 yrs. They are precious living creatures. Those nasty Italians turn them into sausage. Never go to Italy! Barbaric people! And from me, the ART LOVER! Never did go to Italy, simply disgusting practice! Horse meat, too! Horrible!

Too much information 😮