A thoroughbred trots around
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.
next album: Ollie's 70th Birthday, The Handyman, Eye, Suffolk - 1st June 2024
previous album: The Sutton Hoo Ship Reconstruction, The Longshed, Woodbridge - 29th May 2024
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
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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