On Chris,s tablet now. A little better. Was a good show and good site. Worth the trip down. That is a story on it,s own.
Arrived about 5pm Friday, found Chris, set up camp, chin wagged till well after dark.
Saturday woke to a misty morning but not cold. Sun soon had things really warmed up. I'm not used to so much sunshine and heat.
After the arena parade, we went off to try our hand at ploughing. The ground was a tad hard. As in concrete. My plough would only go as deep as the turf and wheels struggling for grip. Some bright spark suggested trying a tandem pull, using trac horse. I think it may have been me. Well it seemed a good idea at the time.
So off Chris, Paul and I went. That's when the plough broke. I think the bit? of extra weight applied to the plough didn't help. Lesson number one learned.
Being gluttons for punishment, we fitted Chris's plough to the Black Horse. But no tandem pull this time or weight on the plough. I think Paul was elswhere.
Nigel got two lads with bigger tractors to loosen up the groung then off we went. This time we got a lot of usfull advice from a nice bystander. But we still struggled so gave up and went for a brew.
Sunday was another scorching day, apart from the parade it was a do nothing day.
