The Moreton Show - 2nd September

A one day Agricultural and Horse Show, held in the Cotswold village of Moreton in Marsh, takes place each year, on the first saturday in September. With everything from strange sheep breeds to Titan the robot, it is both interesting and hilarious. The highlight of the day for us was the terrier racing. Imagine 4 little terriers placed into the starting box, 2 not sure why they are there, 1 terrified, and the other extremely keen. A chap 100m away, controlling a fluffy doll along a string. On your marks, get set, go, the box is opened, and they're off, 1 after the doll (and in the direction of the finish line), 2 over the fence, and out of the arena, and the other searching desperately for its owner. What a laugh! Each race brought something new into the mix. A 5 year old girl entered her little puppy in one of the races, and as she walked past us to the start, she was telling her doggie that he must run welly welly fast.

Besides the cattle, horses and events, there was a fantastic food hall, with super-duper tasters. I started on the mustard and ended up at the liquers. We thoroughly enjoyed the show, especially because we got free tickets, thanks Jan and John (not only for the show, but also for having us over on friday night, and feeding us like kings).