Exford show

We have had a great week with lots of bed and breakfast guests and plenty to see and do. On Tuesday evening we went out with Lori and Julie to The Stags Head for a meal and a catch up. On Wednesday it was the highlight of the Exmoor social calendar as it was Exmoor show.

The show is held at Court Hill above Exford and it has the most magnificent views. Although a little cloudy to begin with, the sun came out later on and it was a lovely day with lots of Exmoor ponies being shown, show jumping, sheep classes, great produce tent, parade of hounds and the annual award for the best pair of antlers! We met some of our guests including Helen who came down to stay again. Our friend Derek was showing 7 of his Exmoor ponies (not sure who was leading who looking at the photos)!

It was with great trepidation that I entered Soda into the terrier racing competition. She did seem very keen in the first instance but clearly hasn’t quite got the hang of it. As the trapdoor went up and all the other terriers hurtled down the track after the lure, Soda came out backwards and seemed more intent on greeting everyone rather than chasing!

In Minehead they have had a spectacular display from The Red Arrows. Julie our neighbour plus some friends walked up the hill behind Wootton Courtenay and had a birds eye view. The hill is quite high and it was if they were on the same level as the planes!

Last night Derek took Helen up to Aldermans Barrow for a walk with the dogs and earlier in the week we took Julie and Lori for a walk up onto Cloutsham. It’s lovely to introduce people to areas of the moor, beautiful views and wildlife that they wouldn’t normally see.