The late bank holiday in August 2014 saw us packing up and heading off to the relatively local Earls Barton Rally and Country Fayre. It was a real treat to only have to drive for an hour, and not even touch a motorway. We've spent so many Fridays sitting in motorway traffic over the summer, but not this weekend!
Having arrived on site we were directed to a lovely quiet little corner that had been cordoned off especially for us. One side of our area was fenced with an adjoining paddock. In this paddock were a couple of donkeys and a couple of pigs. Pigs are quite literally the only thing I have ever found that Tinker is genuinely terrified of, and Casper has always been absolutely horrified but also fascinated by donkeys. Needless to say from the second I got them down the ramp their eyes were on stalks and they were both snorting and puffing like a pair of ridiculous dragons! We let them off whilst we were setting up, and the snorty ridiculousness continued for quite some time!!
It was a three day show, and the Saturday went through very well. Following our second show, Helen jumped in her car and shot off to a friend's wedding for the evening, but later on we were joined by Imie's boyfriend George. George is lovely and Imie was really happy to have him with us, although I think he was a bit unsure about having to bed down in the cosy lorry!
Sunday morning and Helen reappeared! The boys were mooching around their paddock, and had actually managed to get used to their pig and donkey neighbours. The weather was lovely and sunny, we had George with us for the day and Adam was due to come down later that evening - what more could we ask for?! Things did improve though, because before we'd even gone in for the first show the organisers came over and rebooked us for their 2015 event, which was brilliant! I love getting repeat bookings as it means we must be doing something right!!
The shows went through really well again, apart from a slightly panicky moment just before we were about to go on for the first one when I relised we hadn't got the boys plumes on their bridles. Luckily speedy George sprinted back off to the lorry and fetched them for us just in the nick of time!
We were very lucky with the weather over the weekend, but then on the Monday it was the opposite. It was a very miserable day, and pouring with rain. The organisers came and told us that as there were so few people on site we didn't have to go on if we didn't want to - but how could we not do the shows! We reached a compromise and ended up doing our forty-five minute show, so everybody was happy. And it turned out we did have quite a good audience, what they lacked in numbers they made up for in enthusiasm! We got back to the lorry to find that in the hour we'd been gone Adam had made a super human effort and managed to pack up the entire tent and stables all by himself - it normally takes all three of us the best part of an hour!! It was lovely not to have to do it, we literally untacked the horses, packed away the show props, and we were away - I think we were home by about 4pm, which is unheard of on a show day!!
We met lots of lovely people over the weekend, as well as catching up with some old friends who came especially to see us, so we are all very much looking forward to our repeat visit in 2015!
Next up is our trip to Rotherham Show, but in the meantime you can see some photos of our weekend at Earls Barton Rally by clicking here.
Love Rosie x
It was a three day show, and the Saturday went through very well. Following our second show, Helen jumped in her car and shot off to a friend's wedding for the evening, but later on we were joined by Imie's boyfriend George. George is lovely and Imie was really happy to have him with us, although I think he was a bit unsure about having to bed down in the cosy lorry!
Sunday morning and Helen reappeared! The boys were mooching around their paddock, and had actually managed to get used to their pig and donkey neighbours. The weather was lovely and sunny, we had George with us for the day and Adam was due to come down later that evening - what more could we ask for?! Things did improve though, because before we'd even gone in for the first show the organisers came over and rebooked us for their 2015 event, which was brilliant! I love getting repeat bookings as it means we must be doing something right!!
The shows went through really well again, apart from a slightly panicky moment just before we were about to go on for the first one when I relised we hadn't got the boys plumes on their bridles. Luckily speedy George sprinted back off to the lorry and fetched them for us just in the nick of time!
We were very lucky with the weather over the weekend, but then on the Monday it was the opposite. It was a very miserable day, and pouring with rain. The organisers came and told us that as there were so few people on site we didn't have to go on if we didn't want to - but how could we not do the shows! We reached a compromise and ended up doing our forty-five minute show, so everybody was happy. And it turned out we did have quite a good audience, what they lacked in numbers they made up for in enthusiasm! We got back to the lorry to find that in the hour we'd been gone Adam had made a super human effort and managed to pack up the entire tent and stables all by himself - it normally takes all three of us the best part of an hour!! It was lovely not to have to do it, we literally untacked the horses, packed away the show props, and we were away - I think we were home by about 4pm, which is unheard of on a show day!!
We met lots of lovely people over the weekend, as well as catching up with some old friends who came especially to see us, so we are all very much looking forward to our repeat visit in 2015!
Next up is our trip to Rotherham Show, but in the meantime you can see some photos of our weekend at Earls Barton Rally by clicking here.
Love Rosie x
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