Saturday was the day before Sunday…………….. and the Derwent Trail Race, so Anna and I had a relaxing day at the Hesket Newmarket Show, to support Sally on her horse in the show ring.

There were all sorts of events going on, 3 main rings with horsey things going on in one, pet things and dogs in another and cattle and sheep in the third. Meanwhile there was a fell race up and down High Pike, a poultry tent, the usual crafts and produce competitions and a beer tent selling the local Hesket Brew………… Hmmmm???? Where to go first.

Sally was in the main show ring on her horse, so we headed there. There were all sizes and ages of both horse and rider; in fact the only category I didn’t see was best Panto horse, but maybe thats one for next year….

2nd place in "under 6 year old on pony" category

Sally in the ring

The Fell Race was a route up and down High Pike from the showground. No fun runners here … no they were all deadly serious and the winning time of 51 mins was pretty quick, although I believe Anna has this race in her sights for 2011?????

The start of the fell race

A lot of the produce section was quite familiar, and if only we’d known what was required, we might have entered; take a look at these puny excuses for courgettes, and these chucks in cages … nowhere near as gorgeous as my 3 girls (eggless at time of typing).

Call that a Bird??????????????????

Ha Ha HA HA HA HA ..... call that a courgette???

All in all it was a great day out and a must for next year, when I’ll be expecting prizes in the courgette class, the poultry, the male only cake baking, the ladies fell race (it gets Anna out of the house), and of course the new discipline of best Panto horse (with Pete).