Country shows................

Etal village show......... we go every year............... ........ There are big country shows, and there are littler village shows......... Etal sits at the tinier end of the scale.............. .........We have a fondness for the Etal show..........it's charm lies in it's small size.......... ........The ladies who run the refreshments area add a little magic with their flower arrangements on all the tables............ Always high on the list of important elements to a show, we feel............ ........All the tables were covered in cloths, a jam jar stuffed with flowers forming a centre piece ............ what more could you want from a country show refreshments tent I ask............. ...........The first Etal show, which was held more than a month ago now, had the best refreshment tent of all the shows we have been to this Summer........ ......... Purely because the ladies who set it up made a huge effort with the flowers, table cloths and wonderful baking......... ......... I wanted to give them a round of applause for the splendid job they did........ ..........It was as if they had brought Country Living magazine to life........... ........... It's not often those delicious settings I see in magazines become part of my day...............

Comments

[driftwood]

there's just something special about the wrinkly tablecloths, perfect for the tea tent at the local show!
hope you haven't had too much rain up there, saw the floods in Northumbria and thought of you, but I'm guessing you are a bit further north. x

[Sarah S.]

Everything looks so yummy too! I could just sit there all day sipping tea and nibbling little cakes! Lovely :0)

[Pam]

We travelled down to Woodborough in Notts on Saturday and went to their village show - makes Etal look quite cosmopolitan. Don't they have just unbeleivable charm? I love the way everyone gives their all at these events; makes for a great atmosphere.

Hope you missed out on the flooding; pleased to say we did.

P x

[RI]

Ohhh Just perfect,(((( )))) clap clap
for the "Shows Cake&Flowers" well done the Ladies ,lovely images Vanessa ,the cakes are jumping out of your blog {:>)))

[Liz]

Oooh, you can't beat a good tea tent. (Or cake stall).

[sallyanne]

It all looks so lovely.I recently went along to the same thing in the little village of Matfield in Kent. It was wonderful and the ladies from the W.I provided the marvellous afternoon tea.

[Joanna]

Jam jars filled with flowers. Perfect. Almost makes up for the lack of summer!