What a day for an agricultural show! This year marked the 164th year and it certainly was a busy one!
The show was running from 9am till 6pm, I was up early enough at 7.15 but as I wanted my husband to join me I let him sleep in and we didn't head off until 11am.
We decked ourselves out in wellies and waterproof coats in case the weather was a bit naff. To be honest it wasn't so bad. It was a bit drizzly and windy at first and during the Equestrian Heavy Horse judging it cleared up slightly. The horses were stunning and magnificent beyond belief.
After a while we made our way round the vast amount of stalls and local businesses. We ended up at the Brother's Drinks company and tried a blend of cider called Toffee Apple cider. It was so sweet and went down very easily!
It was a very busy lunch time so we headed over to another field section known as the Vintage field. It was filled with vintage and older generation engines and vehicles mostly.
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Absolutely love the colours on this engine and very well and simplistically decorated. |
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| This is a Millars Cement Mixer fitted with a Powell 1 1/2 HP petrol engine 1925 exhibited by Graham Trott Taunton |
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| And of course Somerset's key vehicle through the years... the trustworthy tractor! |
Once we had a nice look through all of this we then went through to where the good stuff was... the Arts and Crafts and Food Marquees! There was some fantastic creations which were all made earlier in the morning during some classes and they were then judged on their efforts. These ranged from children's classes to adult classes and some of them were beautiful.
This community clearly has some extremely talented individuals!
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| The detail on this teapot is right up my street! |
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| The detail on the cups was even better and more colourful! |
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| A stunning floral decorative display which won 1st prize by Mrs Ann Smith in the Split Level Arrangement Class |
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| In homage of the Queen's birthday this year this beautiful piece won 1st prize by Mrs Sylvia Ingham in the Congratulations Your Majesty class |
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| In the food marquee we were bewildered with the amount of cheese that was displayed and judged! |
We also came to this local Devon business called Flapjackery and it looked and smelled amazing, it tasted pretty great too.
It was getting late so I picked up some naughty lunch of chicken nugget and chips to eat while we watched a falconry and gun dog show.
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| Most beautiful 8 week old English Springer Spaniel puppy I've ever seen, extremely smart and obedient and made me exclaim "aww" an awful lot! |
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| Quite happy with my photography skills taking these shots and the riders were brilliant. |
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| The stall I brought some homemade fudge from. |
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| The mouth watering pieces of fudge included the flavours; clotted cream, vanilla, butter tablet, caramel and Oreo cookie... *drooling* |
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| This was the stand set up and I spoke to Steve. A lovely bloke and I hope to maybe work or volunteer for this trust in the future. |
So all in all it was a fantastic day, thankfully the weather got better but I'm glad to have attended my first country/agriculture show in such a lovely town. I'm sure I'll be going many times in the years to come. However, it is sad to me that they will be moving it into a new field area as the area used this year (and probably many previous years) will be turned into 500 homes. The planning is in place but they are still waiting for public opinion to be voiced and see the results.
Stay posted for another post later this week which will be about our trip to the smallest city of Wells.
Until the next post, take care and be happy!
Christine x
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