Shoppers seek donkey for bag help

Villagers in Gloucestershire are trying to raise money to buy a donkey - to help them get their shopping home.

Parts of Chalford, near Stroud, are so steep that residents cannot drive their cars up the narrow paths to the doors of their homes.

Instead they have to carry heavy bags 100 metres up the steep slopes.



Resident Anna Usborne said: "Chalford is on a very steep bank and there's a network of paths by which people can arrive to their houses so they don't have any vehicle access, and some people have to lug their shopping 100 metres up the hill.

"We are trying to raise money to either buy a donkey or hoping somebody will donate one."

"Imagine being woken from a deep sleep by squealing excited children as your Saturday papers and bread arrive by donkey."