Melplash Show, 25 August 2022. This one-day country show is always a great event and famously blessed with good weather just about every year. Normally, I would get to the show at about 9am to witness the animal judging, which is over by mid-day.
Unfortunately, this year I couldn't get to the show until noon, so I only caught the tail end of the judging... In the few hours I was there, I think I managed to capture some of the spirit of the event.
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| Heavy horses area, with life belt. |
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| Judging goats. |
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| Snapping prize-winning sheep. |
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| Goats on display. |
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| Post-judging sheep chill-out zone. |
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| Fun with balloons. |
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| Family with heavy horses. The dog in the window caught my eye. |
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| The horticulture tent featuring unfeasibly large vegetables. |
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| Hats, hats, hats. Approaching the Symondsbury Estate area. |
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| End of the day. Cattle with well-known but soon-to-be-discontinued talc-based product. |










