Leicestershire County Show

This weekend we've popped along to the Leicestershire County Show. Well, we didn't exactly pop: we walked to Loughborough railway station, caught a train to Market Harborough, and walked to the new Leicestershire County Showground. We were going to walk along the canal at Harborough, but sadly part of the footpath was closed so we ended up walking along the roadside.

I've always been a bit of a fan of county shows, and very well remember as a child going along to the Abergavenny and Border Counties Show. To a small child, it seemed enormous: a huge arena with all sorts of displays going on (I particularly liked the scrambling bike displays), vast fields to walk through, various side arenas, loads of little stalls selling all sort of things, a huge marquee housing the entries for the handicraft competitions, an equally huge one for the entries in the flowers, fruit and veg competitions, and a smaller one for the baking entries. And not forgetting the humungous food and drinks tent! 

So when the Leicestershire County Show came to Loughborough - well, Dishley, to be precise - I just had to go along. I remember one time we went we drove, and queued for what seemed like hours along Warwick Way! Anyway, this was quite some years ago now, and the show has since been to Melton Mowbray, before moving to its current place. Some of the things I loved about the show when it was at Dishley, was the variety of events, stalls, and demonstrations, the animals ...

Photos from the May 2005 event at Dishley:

Photos from the May 2003 event at Dishley:

In its new location at Market Harborough, there was certainly plenty of space for the arenas, for the stalls, for food outlets, the craft tent, a fairground, vintage vehicles and pens for the animals. Considering the weather that we've had for most of the summer, it was a little overcast and a tad chilly, but it was a good day out. 

Sadly, I missed these as sheep day was predominantly on Sunday.

But I did manage to spot the longwools, and the New Dishley Society in a marquee.

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