June 18th, Three Counties Show

Now, I'm going. to have a little gripe here. It's all well and good trying to raise the profile of an event by inviting Civic dignitaries, and we are very pleased to be invited, but to then completely ignore protocol takes the gloss off it. I was somewhat surprised by the seating arrangements (I'm not trying to pull rank here, read on...) The front row were members of The Three Counties Agricultural Committee, together with the Chaiman of Herefordshire Council. I can forgive them for allowing Hereford into the front row, it was Hereford's year, but to sit Harriett Baldwin MP in the second row and Barbara and myself in the back row just beggars belief. We were also sat at the back of the room for dinner. On this occasion, the back of the room meant by the window overlooking the parade ground, so we got a better view of The Red Devils coming in to land.

Gripe over, I have to say that The Three Counties Show continues to dazzle. This is my third year running at the show and this year was bigger and better than previous years. One day just isn't enough to see everything that's going on. I would encourage anyone who's remotely interested to go for the three day pass and thoroughly enjoy it, you won't regret it.