Teenager with cerebral palsy riding the National Trail

The Canberra Times

Angel Cropley stayed in Canberra for Christmas at Pegasus Riding for the Disabled's HQ  in Holt, just one example of the kindness his family has received on the trail

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00:00Bum bum bum.

00:15Bum bum bum.

00:30We were trying to stay at the Canberra Pony Club, but I can't find a number for them.

00:53If you Google Canberra Pony Club, there are no phone numbers or contacts.

00:57When I tried an email address, I tried sending messages through social media, I just hadn't

01:03heard anything back.

01:04And then this car stopped on the side of the road, and it was this young woman who went,

01:09oh, you've got horses, what are you doing?

01:12And where are you going?

01:14And so we told her about what we were doing, and we said we were hoping to stay at Canberra

01:17Pony Club.

01:18She said, oh, my mum's the secretary.

01:19Oh, bring the key round.

01:21Just message me when you arrive.

01:23It just feels like the whole trail has been that.

01:28Every day you are walking into the unknown, and every morning there's that little anxious

01:34feeling of what are we going to face, and what's ahead.

01:38And every day, unexpected doors open, and it's incredible.

01:53Canberra Pony Club

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