What an interesting new world you've dropped yourself into, lots of new sights, sounds, and smells, to entertain you... and us. Fresh air and sunshine is good for health and mood, plus more opportunities to meet and make friends. Looks like you're on your way to a lot of good stuff. You go, girl.:cheerldr:

Carnivorous plants, what a great hobby/pet. :thumb:

Lemonade, 2.50 GBP is $4.19 USD. I suppose being at the fair(agricultural show) it would be at a premium like a fair/resort/show over here. But I get the impression your prices for food/drink are generally higher than ours.

glad to see you online. now what is a hot beetroot and why would you put preserves on corned beef?? the people on the stationary bikes - were they trying to jump off the car parked in the background??? also, why don't they have fruit in your pies?? I'm beginning to see why we filed for divorce in 1776.

Am I the only one to think the tags in the ears of the rasta sheep makes it look like it has googly eyes?

and that horse with the row of pub darts in its neck?

Seriously, it's great to have you posting pictures again.

Thanks for the feedback all!
If I forget to answer a question, please do ask again; it's not deliberate.

Bruce - our pints are bigger than yours, and yes that is at a premium price because it's at a show. I think our supermarket food is similar in price, depending on whether it's local or not, and taking into account taxes (yours - ours tax is a flat rate across the UK). But eating and drinking out/ takeaway is still cheaper in the US, although that's coming to meet in the middle. We serve smaller portions and give lower tips thanks to a higher minimum wage. Also (again) menu prices are shown inclusive of tax where applicable.

Sarge, it was a corned beef roll. I'd usually have that with Branstons Pickle, but I'm open to a bit of hot chutney action from time to time... We do have fruit pies, but the specialists tend to sell the meat ones, especially at shows. Fruit pies in general are family sized, as opposed to the little ones for one or two people.

I didn't see the googly eyes initially, but I saw the darts even when I was at the Show.

Bunnies! I went a little camera-happy with the rabbits, Ive never seen so many new flavours. I've just chosen a couple for you.

If you wanted a cat, why you get a babbit?

Back to people.
Country crafts and traditional ways of working fascinate me. No idea why I spent more time watching the blacksmith competitions than the man with the lathe/ treadle/ thingy...

Drystone wall building (this was of a more impressive height later, I think they were on a break) and a rather good folk band. I was waiting for them to sing All Around My Hat, but that was more because I was sat in the shade eating than because I really needed to hear it.

Sun's out, guns out.

Vehicles.
Ice cream van with improbably small queue. I queued 20 minutes for my cone later.

Coffee van.
After I took the photo I saw a sign which said something like "Feel free to take a photo, but if you're not buying from us we'd appreciate a small donation to be made to the VW Camper Van Association" or something like that. Blahblahblah. Had I seen it I wouldn't have taken a photo. But I didn't, so I did, and then skipped away guiltily.

Old Americans, especially those who have seen active service, are close to my heart, no idea why :lol:

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Great pics (and you say the sun never shines there!). I particularly like the bricks and blocks lorry. And the animals. I love a good show.


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Chicks with bricks come!
Chicks with blocks come!
Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come!

Creepy things I liked, as well as more normal decorative items from the same stall.

Talking of handicrafts, here are some from the show tents.
I took photos of the things that caught my eye, not always the winner.

Knitted goods for Limey.