Tripadvisor Accolade for Derbyshire Pony Trekking

Derbyshire Pony Trekking has received the Certificate of Excellence award from online review site, Tripadvisor for 2015 & 2016.

A family business owned by Jayne Dukelow, the popular Trekking Centre in Upper Langwith, was given a certificate of excellence after receiving consistent outstanding reviews from visitors.

The centre has a wide customer base catering for customers from both local and far afield including foreign visitors both adults and children enjoying their off road pony trekking experience in beautiful scenery.

The business operates in Upper Langwith showcasing the beautiful Derbyshire Countryside and has proved popular with hundreds of customers looking it up on social media. Derbyshire Pony Trekking usually take a photo of their customers whilst on horseback,  which most people love as it is a keepsake of their fantastic day out on horseback.

Owner Jayne Dukelow said: “I am so proud that we have achieved this award in such a short space of time, we will strive to continue the high standard of customer service that we offer to all our customers old and young and it is an honour to have been given this award.  We couldn’t do it without our well behaved four legged friends, my daughter Zoe and our wonderful volunteers”  As a business we are now only into our fourth year of trading,  to have Achieved this after only being listed on Trip Advisor for two years is a real privilege.  I’d like to thank all our customers for all their support who have enjoyed themselves and left positive feedback.”

A group of horse riders have taken part in a 24 hour ride to help raise funds for their local hospice.

Staff and customers from Derbyshire Pony Trekking in Upper Langwith took part in a horse riding relay lasting a total of 24 hours, raising £1,293.37 for Ashgate Hospice in Chesterfield.

Derbyshire Pony Trekking Proprietor, Jayne Dukelow, said, “A 24 hour sponsored ride always seemed like a challenging but also fun idea to do and we had plenty of demand from customers wanting to join in the good cause.”

The idea for the challenge came from Jayne’s daughter, Zoe Clayton, who wanted to raise funds for the hospice following the care provided to her grandma, Cynthia Clayton, who died in April from cancer.

Jayne added, “Zoe wanted to create some good after losing her Grandma and she had also lost her Granddad, Brian Clayton just 4 months after her Grandma had passed away.

“Zoe was able to see all the fantastic palliative care and amazing work that the staff do at the hospice. She wanted to do something to thank them for caring so well for her grandma in her last few weeks of her life.”

“Over the 24 hours, we achieved an amazing 68 miles between us all. It was a tiring and very long day with many numb bums and achy legs. We also set up a raffle to win a 2 hour ride for 2 people, which raised lots of money.

“We’d like to say a massive thank you to all our customers, friends, suppliers and family who participated in helping to raise this fantastic sum!”

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of everyone who supported and took part in the 24 hour ride, the money raised will allow five patients to recieve 24 hours of specialist care at the hospice.