It was our local country show on Saturday, and happily the weather did us proud. Although it was cloudy for most of the day, it stayed warm and dry, just right for all the animals.
There were lots of horses, both being judged for looks etc and taking part in various events in the separate eventing field.
There was a slightly smaller show field of vintage vehicles than last year. This local wagon won first prize in the commercial class.
This seemingly was HM the Queen Mother's private bus, delivered to her in July of 1966 and mostly used to ferry staff between royal residences in London, and take staff, luggage and Corgis when the royal family moved between palaces for holidays. It was beautiful.
There was a little field of giant tortoises, about eight of them in total. Sadly only children were allowed to go in the enclosure with them. 😉
A John Deere tractor or three made Alan drool and remember his previous John Deere's. I doubt we will ever have enough land ... or money ... to warrant the purchase of such a monster, modern version though.
Of course there were all the classes of cattle,
and sheep.
But the part we enjoyed the most was sitting and watching all the dog shows, with so many fun and novelty classes for pet dogs to take part in. We laughingly worked out which of our dogs would have won each class ... Sophie, the best sausage catcher. Mavis, the dog with the most beautiful eyes. Suky, the dog most like her owner ... although Alan said my ears aren't quite silky smooth enough!! And the dog with the best handshake would have to go to Rosy.
It was a good day, but as you can see the showground and car park were pretty big, almost as spread out as our town which is on the left of the photo, and we both went home for a lie down and a rest come mid-afternoon.
Sue xx
It is many years since I attended our local show [the Royal Norfolk] Maybe next year...
ReplyDeleteThey are very expensive to get in these days, but then they cost so much to put on so I can completely understand the entrance fees.
DeleteThat looks like a good local show and a walkable size unlike the huge Suffolk Show which is huge - too big for me now.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't cope with anything bigger these days, so this was just about manageable, with lots of sit downs.
DeleteIt all looks wonderful in the photos.
ReplyDeleteIt was a brilliant day out, and as I said we were so lucky with the weather, it had rained the day before and did again later on in the evening ... and non-stop ever since!!
DeleteSuper photos from the show. We were at Harrogate then St Anne’s last week and the site notice board was advertising the Garstang Show. We were tempted to call in on the way home yesterday but decided it would be safer to come home due to the adverse forecast. Our plants are currently being buffeted and our Golden Wedding rose has gone from lots of blooms to the petals being scattered all over the place. I have a Teams meeting at 12 so I’d better do some prep for that. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThe forecast is proving to be very accurate isn't it. Such a shame about your rose, hopefully it will recover and give you some more blooms. My largest tomato plant is currently having a lie down, so I think I will leave it as is for the moment until this wind passes. Good luck with your meeting, Alan is in one at the moment. :-)
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