Blimey – just had a fantastically rural weekend, down at the cottage in West Sussex – this time with the full monty 'ooh arr' add-on of a day at the South of England Show. A humungously massive place with endless entertainmant – animals, smells, obscure races and edible pork products a gogo. Man, how good was that bacon scotch egg…<\/p>\n
Highlight has to have been the Piggy Pranks competiton – herding oinkers of different shapes and sizes through a Good Life-style obstacle course, with just a thin stick and a square of cardboard to guide the various porcine entrants through the course. But also the endless other things farmers and the non-urban community thinks up – from sheep shearing contests and 'here's what makes a good Lurcher' to the Pygmy Goat contest (one of my particualr favourites!) and the hysterical 'kids on shetland ponies' Grand National. Just a shame we never quite found the Working Ferrets display – sigh…<\/p>\n
Add on some cracking sunshine, hat shopping for Jane, dog-walking raincoat purchasing for Clare, 'Paul's birthday present' sunbed action for Sarah and a few stalls with 'taste our fruit flavoured gin' signs, and twas a veritably fab day out. <\/p>\n
Thence followed by a couple of nights at the cottage, admiring the new patio and Ross's gorgeous new garden table. All the better with 5 gin and tonics and some never-ending fizz resplendent on it. <\/p>\n
Apart from Sarah falling not just once but twice in quick succesion in the car park on our way back (cue the car park attendant people swapping 'oh she's had a few too many scrumpy ciders' looks), it was a cracking couple of days.<\/p>\n
Cheers girls! When are we next booked in?<\/p>\n
Sx <\/p>\n
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