Oscar's 2nd Birthday

Wow, Oscar's two years old already.  He's had a super birthday, he had a lot of fun unwrapping presents and some really thoughtful gifts that he's really happy about.
We took him on our friends', Myk and Kate, horse and cart for a birthday ride.  The horse is Barney and we went around Pilton.

The Westbury Music and Arts Festival 2011

Today we went to the second day of the Westbury Music and Arts Festival.  Mick and Helen have put in lots of work organising the event and Mick's band, Finnegan's Wake, will be performing on the 30th and we'll be heading back for then!

We got there just in time to see the Alton Morris Men and Women starting off, they were really great; the bold red, green and black outfits looked super, Oscar was really interested in them but got a little scared up close on account of their green and red face paint.  There were a number of stalls around the church yard with local produce, information and crafts.  The weather was, on the whole, very nice but there were a number of cloud bursts which must have been a pain for the stall holders.

We listened to a bit of Get Reel at The Lopes Arms, we'd seen them before at the Bath & West Show earlier in the year.

Although not part of the Festival our visit was nicely timed with the fairtrade and locally knitted clothes on sale in the church hall that are there on the third Saturday of each month.  We got Oscar a really super jumper and some woolly hats to prepare for the winter.

The stalls in the churchyard

The Alton Morris Dancers in front of the old town hall

Get Reel with some accompanying Morris men (Check out the leather flaggard!)

Oscar with his new woolly jumper

Check out me 'at, bargin for a pound!

Compton Dundon; A walk over Lollover Hill

We haven't been for a decent walk with the dogs since we went to Cheddar Gorge with Klaus and Eli so we decided to go for a walk south from Street by Compton Dundon as, on the OS map, we found a number of interesting areas to explore.  We parked in Compton Dundon Village and walked straight towards Lollover Hill.  As we expected the views were fantastic and looking down onto the flats of the Somerset Levels was something I've not actually managed to do till now.

As usual I recorded the walking route which you can see below:

View Compton Dundon, Over Lollover Hill in a larger map

Surprise, surprise; it's Glastonbury Tor

Oscar and the Dogs all ran about more than usual

Superb colourful blackberries

Frome (Cheese (and Agriculture)) Show

Today was the annual Frome Show.  It was super!

We didn't punish ourselves, as we usually do, and left the dogs at home; just worrying about Oscar is enough for us to deal with.

Dog trials 

Friendly Axe Men, yes friendly!

Super sheep!

Crazy horns

HUGE, horned cows

Loads of varieties of goats

Again, a high quality of show jumping

Amazing oversized vegetables

Stunning flowers

WOW

Onions, yes this are gargantuan Onions

Sets of dressed onions

Nicky's hand in shot, just incase you didn't get the scale

Nicky was playing with exposure to get this alien flower shot

This array of giant veg was on display as you entered the horticultural tent