Weather to-day, Ah! Look at the images.. ..
Preparation.................................. On the Day
Miles of Car parking
"Shires" used for ploughing.............. Early mechanical ploughing
"Later" Tractor ploughing
Ploughing today.......................... Show Jumping Ring
and "Just Looking" !!
Southwell Ploughing Match and Show
- Bulcote Estate Farm (Severn Trent) hosts the event -
First of all, once again, many thanks to Severn Trent - Bulcote Farm Estate organisation for their ongoing generosity to three villages and in particular for hosting today this great event.
Burton Joyce is a Trentside village, with much of the adjoining land being the responsibility of “Severn Trent and their Bulcote Farm Estate”. This large concern has many huge/vast fields, generally flat, for its arable activities and grazes their Cattle herds within the numerous enclosures with lush green grazing areas alongside the River Trent, spanning Bulcote, Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph.
The company maintains a vast number of fields with border margins through-out their estate, providing walkers, ramblers and country life enthusiasts with access to mile upon mile of attractive path-ways, bridal-ways and old road-ways ( ie-the old Grimsby Road, etc.) and numerous water filled gravel pit areas ( great for fishing and the local wildfowl). It is difficult to imagine a more attractive and expansive riverside area anywhere, ( yes! Anywhere ), a riverside which provides so many combinations of walks of various lengths and difficulty, plus innumerable photographic opportunities, fishing and pick-nic areas etc - it is a fabulous amenity available for us locals.. .. . and others of course !
The Ploughing match saw tremendous competitions with numerous classes and techniques…Plus other competitions galour, Best vegetable and fruit contests, baking ( for male and female), heaviest produce, longest produce, flower arranging, best blooms it goes on and on…… it was temendous and the highest compliments must be paid to the organisers,judges and contestant of this historic event ( over 100 years plus) an all those who came along in their thousand to witness this marvellous event.. … … ..
The multiple show ring areas were enormous and impressive and must be compared to many of the Larger County Shows. The numerous events and competitions were excellent and closely competed thro-out, the day and of course there were the usual contingent of Trade exhibitors keen to show their products and services.
Quite frankly it is quite difficult to explain the immense pride, which the hosting of such an Event gives to all of us within the 3 villages. It certainly shows and emphasises that rural life is not all scarecrows, floppy hats and the chewing of corn stalks, and walking sticks which fole out to make a seat, but there is also much sophistication and ingenuity which does supplement and enhances the natural beauty of this, our attractive English country side …
Thank-you to the Organisers of the “Southwell Ploughing Match and Show” for choosing to stage their event within the Bulcote Farm Estate and also to the Farm Management for their participatory/progressive hosting
Today must go down in history as a record for the greatest number of visitors and cars etc., to visit our 3 villages in any one single day........ EVER.. .!
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