Trip to Pooh Conner, Pooh Bridge and Pooh House

by Mark

In April it was my partner Jayne’s birthday and I wanted to give her a nice birthday weekend.

We looked at a Disney themed birthday weekend and we decided to go to Pooh Corner. It was the home of AA Milne, the author of the original Winnie the Pooh books. The house is now a museum and tea room as a memorial to AA Milne.

There is also Pooh Bridge and Pooh House in the woods that were in the Pooh books.

We got up early and started our journey. We went to London Victoria, got our second train to East Grinstead. Then we got a bus to Hartfield Village where Pooh Corner is. Jayne used her disability freedom pass and I only paid £4 for the return journey.

It took 30 minutes to get to Hartfield Village, we arrived at Pooh Corner at lunch time. The owner and the staff were really helpful and we got a nice seat in the tearoom. We had some nice Winnie the Pooh themed lunch on Winnie the Pooh plates.

Then we looked round the free museum dedicated to AA Milne and the books of Winnie the Pooh. When the books were written there was no link to Disney.

After going around the museum we learnt about the link to Disney. Walt Disney’s daughter loved the original books. Walt Disney and AA Milne developed a partnership.

After looking in the shop, Jayne wanted to buy some things. Jayne is not a museum person like me, but we both loved this small and nice museum.

After that we wanted to go and see Pooh’s House in the woods. The walk was 2 to 4 miles. The owner of Pooh Corner knew that Jayne had a walker and told us that the walk was muddy. Jayne wanted to try, so we did.

And we made it!

The mud was too thick for Jayne to use her walker.

At one point I folded up Jayne’s walker and carried it in my left hand whilst holding Jayne’s hand in my right. At some point it was so thick we both slipped in the mud! We were covered from head to toe.

But we made the hike back to Pooh Bridge and Pooh House.

We got lost for about 30 minutes as the map was not clear at one of the turnings. Jayne thinks we missed the key turn from the map given. So we used technology and used google maps to take us to the final destination of Pooh Bridge.

We both ached by that point, so we had a nice rest at Pooh Bridge.

We then headed back to Pooh Corner to return home. We knew it was downhill on the way back. The tearoom was just closing so we headed for the bus stop to take us to East Grinstead Station to do the return journey.

For those of you that are interested in visiting look at their website for all the details. Also you can go to YouTube to watch the video that inspired us to make the trip.

https://www.poohcorner.co.uk/

Celebrating with Bexley Twofold

Duncan received a certificate being in work at Danson House helped by Bexley Two Fold.

s manager, Jane Collins, Anna's boss and Jane a member of staff came to support Duncan,

Tracy Dowling helps Duncan at Bexley Two Fold. She's not in the photo. It was a nice surprise for Duncan with everyone

Stephen also got a certificate, celebrating 17 years of employment in the waste department at the council. When he started working there he had a temporary contract. Every 6 months the contract was renewed until he got a permanent