And The Show Did Go On

It's been a lovely few days having George and Linda stay, especially for the company. Linda went off early Saturday morning to help at the show. George and I went to the Whitshiels Cafe for breakfast and came away well satisfied. 

The weather has been quite atrocious here lately and I'm sure the organisers had doubts in their minds whether the show would go on in it's usual guise but the weather gods were kind on Saturday and allowed the sun to shine intermittently throughout the afternoon. George and I caught the bus to Canonbie early afternoon and watched the parade forming at the Cross Key in preparation to parade to the hall.

When we arrived at the hall was closed to the public as the judging was still going on, but the football pitch was quite busy. Slightly later we were joined by George and Linda's daughter and family who had traveled from Heddon on the Wall for the afternoon and we were also joined by George's brother Colin who traveled from Longtown with his daughter, it was nice to catch up with them all. 

The time came for the village hall to open it's doors and allow the competitors and members of the public in to see the results of their efforts. I wasn't to be disappointed as I shared the trophy for most points in coloured photos with two others, and even more delighted when I discovered one of the others was Toolepedal. 

 These two got me 1st and ......

......2nd in the coloured view class.

These got me 2nd.....

......and 3rd in b&w any other subject.

I also got 2nd prize for b&w photo of bird/animal.

I'm sure it was a successful day for both competitors and organisers who over the year put in a tremendous amount of work to make the show come together. I noticed the flower section entries were lower than usual but this would be  due to the heavy rain we having lately. I really hope these local shows continue for many years to come mainly for the community spirit they generate.

These are the rest of my entries

Coloured photo child

Coloured photo any subject

Four coloured photos of animals etc mounted on board any one subject.

Themed photo,"Shadows"

B&W of view

B&W photo of child or children

B&W photo of bird/animal

In the evening we went to the Eskdale Hotel for a lovely meal then headed home to relax and do some reminiscing before retiring exhausted to bed.

A Few Winners

I picked up Tootlepedal just after 7:00 am and we headed off to put our photo entries into Canonbie Flower Show. There were plenty of exhibitors enthusiastically bustling about putting last minute touches to their exhibits. The rest of the day was wet and miserable which was a great pity for the show organizers after the excellent summer we've been having.

Later in the afternoon we returned to see how we had fared.  didn't win any special prizes but was successful with the following photos

First Prize

Black & White Photograph

(Any other Subject)

Second Prize

First Prize

Black and White Photograph

Birds/Animals

First Prize

Local Canonbie View

Second Prize

Black and White Photograph

Child/Children

To see how Tootlepedal got on click here and congratulations to Linda Laidlaw who was overall winner.

Showtime

Ewes Valley (second best in colour view)

An Early Start

Tootlepedal picked me up very early this morning as we needed to get our photos staged in plenty of time into Canonbie Flower Show. There was a misunderstanding with arrangements as to when Mr T would pick me up but after a hasty wash and cup of tea we were ready to go.  We arrived just after 7am, and there were plenty of industrious people busily going about their business. The morning had brought torrential rain and seemed to be much worse in Canonbie. Fortunately most of the exhibits were in the village hall, but the vegetable exhibitors were having to wade about through a rather large puddle that had formed inside the marquee that had been erected out side the hall. 

Stiff Opposition
As we were putting our entries up Corrie Graham arrived with his entries. When we were finished we took the opertunity to have a look round at the photos that had been entered. It seems we have some stiff opposition, as there is some excellent entries. We now have to wait until 2pm before we are allowed into the hall to see the results.

Sterling Work
This is a well run and supported show and the organisers and volunteers should be congratulated upon there sterling work.

A Good Assurance (weather wise)
We were assured by some of the local worthies that the rain would abate by lunch time and it would be a fine afternoon. Sure enough come midday the rain stopped and by mid afternoon it was nice and sunny.

Time to Return
After lunch I had my usual nap, did the suduko and by that time it was time to return to the show to see how I had got on.

A Pleasant Surprise
I got a more than a pleasant surprise. I came first and second in the local view class, second in the colour view class and best of all first and best in show in the colour bird or animal class. I promptly phoned Mrs Gill to announce my success. 

Best in Show

Hollows Bridge (best local view)


Byreburn (second best local view)

Tootlepedal did extremely well with his photos and also managed to win a bag of peat in the raffle. Stan Wilson, did well with gaining most points in the black and white section. 

The Main Attraction

During the afternoon I found time to have wander around. One of the main attractions was the chainsaw sculptor, who was very entertaining and was enjoying some wisecracks with his audience. I met up with Mr & Mrs Tootlepedal at this point and we adjourned to the hall as Mr T had yet to find out how well his photos had done.

Tea and Cakes

After viewing all the displays I joined Mr & Mrs Tootlepedal and George and Linda Laidlaw for some tea and cakes that were being served. We had light discussion on how the photo section could be improved to attract more entries. A few good ideas were put forward. 

  

A young apprentice being put through some extra training