Some the attractions at the Vale Country Fair and Point to Point include:
Best Dressed Ladies Competition Kindly Sponsored by Fine and country
Get dressed up ladies, as we are holding a competition to find the best dressed lady of the day. If your looking stunning in ur atire please come along to the Hospitality Tent behind the Parade Ring to enter this competition, which will be judged at approximately 3:15pm. we hope you will enter into the spirit and dress up for the day.
Pheasant & Poultry Marquee - All Day from 11 am
The Cotswold Pheasant and Poultry Club will be displaying 50 pens of various types of poultry, ducks, pheasants and turkeys etc for you to admire or maybe buy. Club members will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice on choosing and keeping domestic fowls and equipment. www.cotswoldpoultryclub.co.uk
Falconry Display -
Jemima Parry-Jones, owner and director of The International Centre for Birds of Prey at Newent, will give a four bird flying demonstration with commentary at about 1.30pm. She will be available to talk with those interested, afterwards. At Newent, Jemima also offers courses in falconry, owl keeping and photography etc. www.icbp.org
Farmers Market & Stalls - All Day
We are always pleased to welcome the diverse variety of delicous, fresh and local produce stalls at the Farmers Market. We have a good number of stands and stalls displaying everything from cars to clothing, outdoor pursuits to garden furniture and welcome new exhibitors. We have a bar, hot and cold food stalls, a big slide and fairground stalls.
Alpacas and Rare Breeds
The Gloucestershire group of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust will be bringing a selection of the 70 breeds of horses, pigs, sheep, goats poultry and ponies supported by the charity.
They will be joined by Alpacas on show from Stuart and Trudy Drysdale. Alpacas are gentle, inquisitive animals valued for their soft fleece, as pets or even just as elegant lawnmowers
Indian Duck Racing -
Following the successful introduction of runner duck racing to the Country Fair in 2010, This year, six ducks, each sporting a colourful ribbon necktie, will race a circuit of the parade ring with a few jumps included. There will be three or four races depending on the trainer’s ability to recapture them and to complete the circuit with his bread bag! Richard and Ricky Barrow are kindly providing six of their fastest ducks for your entertainment.
Dog Agility - All Day From 11am
The ever popular Dog Agility Starts at 11am with a demonstration of how it should be done by a team of experts. The ring will then be open all day, for you to bring your dog along and have a go at mastering the obstacles. An expert will be on hand to help you at every step of the way. There will be regular demonstrations throughout the day.
Goat Harness Competition -
This year we are holding a competition for Harness Goats. Traditionally goats were used to pull small carts for Governesses and Nannies (the human kind!) to take small children around country house estates. Goats are generally very intelligent and willing creatures...lets hope that this proves to be right when they are driven in the dog ring at 1pm. If anyone has a harness goat that they would like to join us, they should ring Bridget Hyslop 01452760555 who will be pleased to advise them of the complementary package that we can offer for the day
Get dressed up ladies, as we are holding a competition to find the best dressed lady of the day. If your looking stunning in ur atire p
This year we are holding a competition for Harness Goats. Traditionally goats were used to pull small carts for Governesses and Nannies (the human kind!) to take small children around country house estates. Goats are generally very intelligent and willing creatures...lets hope that this proves to be right when they are driven in the dog ring at 1pm. If anyone has a harness goat that they would like to join us, they should ring Bridget Hyslop 01452760555 who will be pleased to advise them of the complementary package that we can offer for the day
