Plan A was have an away day and go to the Cheshire Show today, we like going to the summer agricultural shows, although I am not sure they are that reflective of country life, (nor does Lavenderjack) but they are a good day out; the boys and I usually go to the Bakewell Show in August, but we won’t be able to make it this year, this is my post about it from last year. As the boys are at school I was going on my own, just to mess and mooch about with the camera, But the weather is the pits, wet and windy, the grass in the meadow is flattened by the weight of the rain and the garden is being thrashed by the high wind.
It’s a while since I went to ‘The Cheshire’ it’s a great place for people watching situated near Knutsford and the epicenter of the Northern social scene for footballers, WAG’s, and those who are flash with their cash, the so called ‘golden triangle’ of the villages of Wilmslow, Prestbury and Alderley Edge, there’ are many who attend the show just to be seen; rather than to look at the latest innovation in control of parasitic worms in sheep, buy a handy little gadget for cleaning Venetian blinds or a pot of lemon curd from the WI stand. (you can spot them by the deep orange perma-tans, that’ are the colour of Sainsbury’s carrier bags that and inappropriate foot wear.)
That said, the shows attract a variety of people for other reasons, I had my purse and mobile stolen one year, that will not be happening again, what a load of hassle.
Today’s weather must be a blow for the traders, many of them tour the big shows, a washout will make a serious dent in their expected turnover for the year, but then again, they are not committed to a ten year lease, rent and rates 52 weeks a year and fixed staffing costs, unlike high street retailers; so maybe it just a case of choosing which horse to back, placing your bet and hoping it doesn’t fall at the first fence
So I shall remain at home today, there’s lots to do including a host of photos to up load to Flickr and a raft of half written blog posts to re-visit, but first I’ll put the kettle on.
I was hoping to be plotting but it’s grey and windy here so it’s tea, biscuits and blogging whilst thinking about what else I should be doing! xx
Disappointing weather! But reading your blog has created a flavour of what it would have been like…I hope you enjoyed your day at home with various projects. When visiting the UK in 2000, I attended the Royal Welsh Show, which I thought was quite marvelous…and apparently so did Prince Charles because he was there, too.
I have always admired dry stone walls, for example, and I was quite taken with watching one being built. I was also fascinated by the steam tractors…and numerous other sights and sounds, like the huge air balloons. It was a great day, and one of my fond memories of the trip.
Working my way back through posts I’ve missed, and coming to “so maybe it just a case of choosing which horse to back, placing your bet and hoping it doesn’t fall at the first fence” and deciding that’s not a bad philosophy of life in general. Not bad atall . . .
This WAG looks a delightful young lady. Must have spent hours on her eyelashes. Very well groomed indeed.