Showing Off

Last weekend we went for a day out at the Waimate North P&I Show, which was celebrating it's 170th year. The sun came out and there was a fantastic variety of things to see and do....                                                  

Animals on their best behaviour (or not!) in the show ring, sheep dog trials (how do they get such control over their dogs and why can't I achieve that with our K9?), an amazing gourmet food marquee filled with local growers and producers, stalls and rides and traditional crafts like weaving.

And then the ingenuity and skill of exhibitors was truly gobsmacking. The exhibits were housed in  a wonderful old building with an impressive roof of open rafters, the perfect setting for an old and venerable show!

Which left me thinking - what are we going to enter for next year?!