Friday, August 26, 2005

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Name: Jess
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I'm gonna head round your sites tomorrow when I wake up, sorry it's just so late, I normaly post then visit everyone, but not tonight, I just won't read any of it =/

I've been away because I've been so busy, I stayed another night at the creepy old house and have been out a lot round town.

Sice I've been to loads of Village shows round the North Yorkshire over the summer I have decided to do a relly sarcastic guide to them that you might find amusing, this will however make the post very long (it won't help that I've made the border 350 pixlels wide either lol. If your too tired or just don't like reading you can skip this, the humour is really dry and proably not that funny anyways lol. So enjoy... or not... whatever ^_^

General rules and advice for attending North Yorkshire Shows

Getting There

This is not too hard once you’ve been down the wrong windy road, driven into a field, gone down the unmarked road that can only fit one care down (I don’t know what would have happened if a big jeep had come the other way (all farmers either have land rovers or jeeps)), pulled over into a farm, looked at the map and realised that the first windy road was the right one and you shouldn’t have turned off it. Got back onto the right road and headed for the car park/ rented field.

Getting Parked

If it rains you will have to dig your car out, but be ensured that your surrounded by the farming community and they all own tractors and probably have a pony or two (mre on the pony matter further on)

Getting In

Although this may seen the easiest, it has never been so far as far as my wallet has been concerned, it’s too bloody expensive, now I can’t afford anything with a novelty sheep on to bring home… Stingy “£$%^&*(!

What many people like to call Sod’s Law

If you bring sun cream, it will rain
If you bring waterproofs it will be sunny
If you bring both it will be dry and stuffy with no sun
If you try to be smart and bring neither you will be walking knee deep in mud and burn your shoulders

In a nutshell, the weather is against you, you cannot outsmart it and it will attempt to spoil your day. But that doesn’t matter because all local people are used to this weather all year round.

The Animals

All village shows are packed with competition for best breads of all agricultural livestock and anything horse related (i.e. show jumping and ‘what-not’)

Sheep

You will learn very quickly that there are more breads of sheep than anyone would dare to guess, this would make those sleepless nights even harder when you now cannot just count sheep, you have to consider what bread of sheep they are, whether they will have been sheered and what region they are being counted in… this does not help you sleep, it just stresses you out even more…

Horses

Wow! There are some big horses out there, I mean huge! And there are so many different competitions for them, one has yet to actually buy the lousy over-priced program after running out of money at the gate but I’m guessing that the title go something like this: Most scariest horse, Most cuddliest horse, Best horse personality of the year, etc…

Ponies

Very similar to the horse guide they differentiate when it comes to fun pony games which are admittedly very cute to watch, although one cannot help but get slightly jealous of the kids riding the ponies with their rich parents who are able to afford to buy their child a pony. Some of them get quite upset when they don’t win; you’ve got a freakin’ pony! As far as I can see you’ve already won all my Christmas presents put together!

Cows/Bulls

Well they shampoo and condition them up just like all the other animals, I’ve never known of a cow smell so nice in my life! And on the Bull note: O_O that’s one big cow… errr I mean bull you got there…

Rabbits and Guinea Pigs

They’re cute and cuddly and all deserve a prize simply for being cute, I could stay in this tent all day ^_^


Tractors

They are new, old and antique, and if it’s a big enough field they do a synchronized presentation to music, what could be better?


The Craft Stalls

[NOTE] If you are eating an ice cream and happen to stumble into the WI (Women’s Institute, you know, Calendar Girls) you will be kicked out by a scary old woman with a sash!

The craft stalls are what I find the most interesting, especially the fudge store. However that is all I can now afford as it cost too must to get in. The sheep mugs and hand made jewellery are going to have to wait until I can afford a pony

Getting Home

If it had been a day of rain and mud you can guarantee the sun will come out as you are heading or your car. This journey will also take an extra half an hour due to the constant flow of tractor and horse boxes that are holding up the traffic for at least a third of your way home. Just sit back and enjoy the view, and block out the beeping with some heavy metal car music, a perfect way to end your day.


Well that's all for me, cya around ^_^ *waves*

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