Rutland County Show, The 182nd Show, 2014, Video, New Showground Oakham

Rutland County Show, The 182nd Show, 2014, Video, New Showground Oakham

Rutland County Show 2011 Photographs

Rutland County Show 2011 Photographs

 

The Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team

 

 

 

Rutland County Show 2011 Traffic Hell Photographs

Each year the organisers of the Rutland County Show tell us its the last year the event will be held at Burley on the Hill.

Each year the event gets bigger and each year the problems get worse.

This year a ridiculous one way system was put in place lots of drivers ignored it and abandoned. cars all over the green in Burley and the grass verges full of wildlife along both sides of the road to Ashwell.

Local residents found they could not leave Oakham by car.

There has been a lot of angry Twitter one example:


RT @M4ryLamont: I have come home to watch Moto GP poor @squidge1997 but I blame the knob that designed the 'new one way system' into Rutland Show

Drivers who ignored the one way route found they were turned back or diverted via Ashwell or they dumped their cars if they were attending the show with no consideration for the countryside.

Traffic leaving the showing wanting to join the A1 were sent into Oakham and out again along the Stamford Road.

A friendly police biker

Police Motor Bike

This man did  wonderful job keeping the

traffic flowing and shouting the speeding drivers.

At times the road was gridlocked even when the traffic
was using both lanes heading into Oakham
Not helped by the driver who ignored the
one way system and had to perform U turns

 

The Road to Ashwell normally a very pleasant road to walk

There was a time when Leicestshire Constabulary would Police

this event cost cutting stopped this, last year the organisers

used a private security company, this year they used the 

Military and the Lions?

Rutland County Show, Rutland Agricultural Society’s 179th Annual County Show, Burley on the Hill

Rutland Agricultural Society’s 179^th Annual County Show

Sunday 5^th June 2011

Burley-on-the Hill near Oakham, LE15 7TE click for map

Gates open 8.30am

The Rutland Show is an all round county show for the people of Rutland and the surrounding areas. It provides a unique opportunity to appreciate what is great about our county.
Animals, people, produce, displays, vehicles, entertainment – there is something for everyone.

www.rutlandcountyshow.co.uk

Rutland County Show Photographs

The Rutland County Show 2010

The weather forecast was not good and I was thinking about not visiting after the events of last year, when the organisers had me kicked out.

I am pleased I did go along. The turn out was not as high as past years and there seemed to be a few less traders and event. The rain stayed away.

At 8.30 am Rutland was still a little misty. I arrived at the show ground to be told entry concessions only applied to old people not unemployed. I unfortunately had only saved the £6 so the lady agreed to let me in.

I had a good look around handmade walking sticks were popular this year.

Mr Moore owner of Moores was preparing the fruit for Free Pimm’s.

I tried one of his new mints all blue and white. Later on in the day

I enjoyed a few glasses of Mr Moores free Pimm’s and food at lunch time much appreciated.

Then I visited Andrew from Woodlands Farm. (BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Award Winner 2009- 10

www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk



Woodlands Organic Farm

Wash Road,

Kirton.

PE20 2DN



The farm is holding an open day Sunday 11th July 2010

10am – 4pm

Free Admission

Toffee and Fudge looked nice but doesn’t do the diet any good so I just looked!

There was something hot Chillies this attracted, members of the RAF.

Solar energy was on show.

Then I popped into the Rutland Marquee Company Limited

a few of their Marquee’s could be spotted around the show ground.

info@rutlandmarquees.co.uk



http://www.rutlandmarquees.co.uk/

The Marquee was shared with Dean’s Street Photography.

I am wondering if their will be a new name once they move in the Maltings off Mill Street later this month.

I was tempted to eat a jelly baby but it lived to see another day!



www.andycrossphotographer.com



http://www.nitelitediscoservices.co.uk/

I passed Discover Rutland tourist information contracted out to Lincolnshire County Council, Rutland Trading Standards contracted to Peterborough City Council, Rutland County Council Adult Learning, Rutland County Council Waste Management and Rutland County Council young People’s Service all had stands.

I then went into a large marquee full of very interesting stall WI cakes yum!, The old fashion pudding company I could not pass by with out trying the chocolate pudding delicious.

www.oldfashionpuddings.co.uk



Fabulous Vodka Company, very true caramel vodka so tasty I could have drunk the bottle, but I guess not wise.



There were some things potty and dotty, Rocking horses, cheese and things old.

Then I spotted Patrick Latham of 3rd Man Cartoons.



http://www.3rdmancartoons.co.uk/

Outside again I acquired a couple of packets of my favourite local crisps.

Pipers made by farmers www.piperscrisps.com



The crisps are made in the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds’ I have to believe them I have never been to see if it is.



If you live in Oakham you can purchase these crisps at the Horn Blower bar if you like them hot they may still have stocks of the Cracked Indian Pepper. I am not a fan of hot food. I am told the recipe has changed and new batches won’t be so hot.

Macmillan ladies and gentleman were as usual working hard to raise money for their cause. (I will get into trouble for this, but I wonder why there were thousands of bottles of booze to be won when cancer research is currently running a TV ad campaign about the danger of mouth cancer caused by booze?)

Then I took a look at the cattle, horses, classic cars and tractors.

Plenty of plants were on sale for the gardeners.

Leicestershire and Rutland Police had a stand offering information, this year there was not uniform presence inside the showground, I wonder if that had anything do with the comment made by a senior Scotland Yard Officer. Leicestershire police had in the past been used as cheap security guards in the past by the organisers. I enjoyed a glass of Pimm’s with the event security and stewards this year now that’s something you would not find our uniformed police doing whilst on duty, Well I am pleased the Pimm’s kept them busy and I was not frog marched out of the showground because the toff’s did not want me there as was the case last year. They really must escape from their private Marquee and mingle with the real people.

It was good to see our MP Alan Duncan and James, Roger Beggy Leader of Rutland County Council and a few other County Councillors out amongst the people.

In the main arena I watched a man with no fear on a quad bike flying through the air and first I thought it was the effect of the Pimm’s so I changed to soft drinks. The man warmed up on a motor bike and performed stunts using two quad bike. He also gave a live commentary saying it proved men can multi task, Well Said!

The fire service put on a show by their stand they rescued

Rutland Radio presenter Rob Perssani from a wrecked car.

I met Mary Lamont she was the first female plumber in the UK back in 2007 Mary Lamont won The Stamford & Rutland Mercury's Business Personality of the Year. In 2008, Lamont Plumbing Services were runners up in the Stamford & Rutland Mercury's Green Awards.

http://www.lamontplumbing.co.uk/

I met a ferret!

A vet was licked to death by two lovely dogs!

I arrived home just as the first rumble of thunder could be heard.

Many Thanks to Moores Estate Agents for the refreshments and food



www.mooresestateagents.com



A special note to the nasty people who constantly write to Job Centre Plus suggesting I am paid to photograph local events.


I have not been paid to photograph this event


I have not been paid to include links, the links are included because these people are nice people unlike you rotten sods.


Just a thought do you know how much it costs the tax payer for each investigation and visit to my home. The investigator comes from Lincoln a lot and their time could be used to catch cheats.