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Date: 24 July 2006 22:31:36
On the other side of the City of Chops is a small village located in a valley. I have had friends who live in the valley for many years and am reasonably familiar with the area. We were in the area for an engagement brunch and heard through a colleague of Mrs Lovely One who also grows and produces his own olive oil that the show was on.
So after the engagement party we rocked on down to the show which is held in a little valley at the back of the area with a creek nearby and some buildings that looked like they had been their for many years.
We entered the main "pavillion" and checked ot the various competitions. I saw some rather large gourd type things. We also saw some other comps we think we will enter next year. One of the comps we are up for is the plate of 6 strawberries. There was one entry and it was rather mediocre. So we reckon we could give that a bit of a tilt. Also the presentation basket of home grown herbs were not that impressive. We also think our scones and carrot cake would win. I also have a hunch that there is some rigging involved in this competition thing. Because there were some entries i the art and cake decorating that did not win and only got highly commended.
We also checked out the wood chopping and saw my favourite event in the wood chopping the tree felling. If you don't knwo what I am talking about it is where you get a tree and insert a plank and then chop a hole in the tree and stand on the plank. You then do that two more times and then chop the log on top in half and the drop to the bottom and start the process all over again.
We also checked out the tent pegging. It's where you ride on a horse and at full gallop attempt to pull tent pegs ut of the ground while you hold a javelin like device. It is a pretty amazing sport to watch.
We also walked through sideshow alley with the games and rides. As I walked by I heard a couple of times "C'mon big fella how about you win the pretty lady a prize". I thought that was the kinda thing you hear attributed to Carny folk but they never really said it.
Till Next Time She Doesn't Need A Prize She Already Has Me,
Chops