Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Fred's playing with the Suffolk Youth Wind Orchestra at the Suffolk Show again. This year, he's too old for us to get a free adult ticket, so Isobel gives it a miss, and Nosher has the job of dropping off at stupid o'clock in the morning. In between the two sets that the SYWO plays, there's some time to have a look around at some of the showring stuff, including an epic farrier competition which seems to involve making horseshoes and fitting them under some sort of time limit.

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A thoroughbred trots around, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A thoroughbred trots around

A horse gets a nuzzle in, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A horse gets a nuzzle in

Pimm's has an amusing teapot sales outlet, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Pimm's has an amusing teapot sales outlet

There's a heavy horse in the ring, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

There's a heavy horse in the ring

A line of heavy horses are judged, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A line of heavy horses are judged

A winning sheep, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A winning sheep

There's a sheep with very pointy ears, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

There's a sheep with very pointy ears

More sheep are judged, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

More sheep are judged

Sheep people mingle outside the show ring, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Sheep people mingle outside the show ring

Some very shaggy sheep, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Some very shaggy sheep

A farrier shoes a horse, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A farrier shoes a horse

Competitive horseshoe making, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Competitive horseshoe making

It's hot in the shed, with twelve furnaces, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

It's hot in the shed, with twelve furnaces

Hammering holes into a horseshoe, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Hammering holes into a horseshoe

It's all action in the farrier competition, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

It's all action in the farrier competition

The heavy horses get a wash down, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The heavy horses get a wash down

More hot metal in the farrier shed, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

More hot metal in the farrier shed

A pair of 'man mountains' make horseshoes, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A pair of 'man mountains' make horseshoes

A horse gets its hoof filed, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A horse gets its hoof filed

Smoke from a hoof as a hot horseshoe is applied, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Smoke from a hoof as a hot horseshoe is applied

There's more sheep judging going on outside, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

There's more sheep judging going on outside

Some dude is interviewed, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Some dude is interviewed

More comedy shaggy sheep, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

More comedy shaggy sheep

A heavy horse and its foal, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A heavy horse and its foal

Inside the cow shed, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Inside the cow shed

The SYWO starts its first set, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The SYWO starts its first set

Fred in the flute section, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Fred in the flute section

A view from behind the timpani, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A view from behind the timpani

Fred's furious fluting, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Fred's furious fluting

The SYWO in a field, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The SYWO in a field

A baby gets a go of a rabbit, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A baby gets a go of a rabbit

More rabbit interactions, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

More rabbit interactions

Another horse and rider , Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Another horse and rider

There's a presentation in the Collins ring, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

There's a presentation in the Collins ring

A Morris group has finished its set, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A Morris group has finished its set

Colourful flowers in the garden marquee, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Colourful flowers in the garden marquee

The SYWO starts its second set, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The SYWO starts its second set

Fred hauls off a bass drum, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Fred hauls off a bass drum

The Royal British Legion is on the march, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The Royal British Legion is on the march

At the head of the march, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

At the head of the march

The Stowmarket Boys Brigade Band in action, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The Stowmarket Boys Brigade Band in action

A pair of St. John Ambulance riders follow along, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A pair of St. John Ambulance riders follow along

Fred's hauling a timpano around, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Fred's hauling a timpano around

The Waveney Concert Band and RBL band in action, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

The Waveney Concert Band and RBL band in action

We visit the food tent for a bit, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

We visit the food tent for a bit

Cheese!, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Cheese!

A couple of actual Bobbies on the beat, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A couple of actual Bobbies on the beat

Another view of the Suffolk Show, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

Another view of the Suffolk Show

A climbing-up-a-log contest ensues, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A climbing-up-a-log contest ensues

More climbers wait their turn, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

More climbers wait their turn

A TR7 gets a polish, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

A TR7 gets a polish

There's a tractor demonstration on the way out, Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024

There's a tractor demonstration on the way out

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A thoroughbred trots around

A thoroughbred trots around

A horse gets a nuzzle in

Pimm's has an amusing teapot sales outlet

There's a heavy horse in the ring

A line of heavy horses are judged

A winning sheep

There's a sheep with very pointy ears

More sheep are judged

Sheep people mingle outside the show ring

Some very shaggy sheep

A farrier shoes a horse

Competitive horseshoe making

It's hot in the shed, with twelve furnaces

Hammering holes into a horseshoe

It's all action in the farrier competition

The heavy horses get a wash down

More hot metal in the farrier shed

A pair of 'man mountains' make horseshoes

A horse gets its hoof filed

Smoke from a hoof as a hot horseshoe is applied

There's more sheep judging going on outside

Some dude is interviewed

More comedy shaggy sheep

A heavy horse and its foal

Inside the cow shed

The SYWO starts its first set

Fred in the flute section

A view from behind the timpani

Fred's furious fluting

The SYWO in a field

A baby gets a go of a rabbit

More rabbit interactions

Another horse and rider

There's a presentation in the Collins ring

A Morris group has finished its set

Colourful flowers in the garden marquee

The SYWO starts its second set

Fred hauls off a bass drum

The Royal British Legion is on the march

At the head of the march

The Stowmarket Boys Brigade Band in action

A pair of St. John Ambulance riders follow along

Fred's hauling a timpano around

The Waveney Concert Band and RBL band in action

We visit the food tent for a bit

Cheese!

A couple of actual Bobbies on the beat

Another view of the Suffolk Show

A climbing-up-a-log contest ensues

More climbers wait their turn

A TR7 gets a polish

There's a tractor demonstration on the way out