Showtime

Last Thursday I visited the Westmorland Show. I visited the Learning for Life tent and found some amazing vegetable creations, the inventiveness of children.

Mr Squash.

Cool as butter

Sidney Snail and Harry Hedgehog.

I like Sidney's French beret and you would not want to cuddle Harry

Charles the Crocodile.

Never smile like a crocodile

Some people will go to any length.

What whoppers

This is a prize winning Aberdeen Angus bull.

A bull feeling bullish

A clog maker was demonstrating his skill.

The sole of the clog is in the front of the photograph

There was a log sawing competition.

See saw

A cut above the rest

Kirkoswald was awarded Runner up in the Cumbria in Bloom competition.
Looby Loo decided to sit in Ravenbridge Stores shop window to draw attention to the village success.

Hi fans

The Bottle Boys also thought that they should be represented and they had new haircuts and moustaches trimmed to celebrate the event. You will need to visit the shop to see them. The flowers and bees add to the festive atmosphere.

Bees, houses and flowers

The berries on the trees are beginning to ripen. Bright red rowan berries.

Glowing red berries

Rich ripe rose hips.

Juicy rose hips

The  sunflowers are decorating the edge of the  Artful Garden.

Sun seekers

I saw this hydrangea in the Station Garden.

A beautiful combination of colours and shapes

You can see patterns in many things if you look carefully.

A marbled pattern in the algae

Nothing could be more contemplative than to drive along the country lane on a misty morning and see sheep being moved along the road into a new pasture. A typical rural activity enhanced by the mist and tranquility of the location.

Pastoral charm