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My First Pony
Liver Chestnut
Welsh Mountain Pony |
Being an avid horse-rider as a kid, I grew up around farms and farmers and always loved the feel of the countryside, fields and stables. I am not sure where I got my passion from, but it probably came from watching the local blacksmith shoeing different breeds of horses . I was around my 10th birthday that I was granted my wish for a pony of my own. He was liver-chestnut Welsh Mountain Pony gelding of 11hh.
A few years later my Dad who was a property developer, purchased a run-down small-holding of around 38 acres and we went on to breed ponies and kept some pigs.
Anyway, enough of reminiscing so I’ll fast-forward to 2018 and my first visit to the Vale Agricultural Show on August 8th 2018 that brought back some fond memories of those by-gone days of my youth and the wonderful experiences of attending similar shows around South West Wales.
Despite the threat of heavy rain-showers, the 2018 Vale Show had a wonderful atmosphere with everybody so helpful and friendly in getting in and parked up. It was a great visit and we have only one shower of any significance when we were in the horticultural tent looking at prize vegetables and other plants.
Below are some of the video/pictures we took so as they say, “a picture can paint a thousand words”, a video perhaps more...
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| Clear Jump |
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| Another Great Clear Jump. |
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| Excellent Jump on the Turn |
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| Best in Class Welsh Mountain Ponies |
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| African Verreaux Milky Eagle Owl |
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| Aplomado Falcon |
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| Kookaburra |
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| Eagle Owl |
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| Prize Cucumbers (very straight) |
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The Vale of Glamorgan Show is always held on a Wednesday every August and is a one day event. It is a great day out with something for all the family. The gates are open from 8:30am until 7:30pm. It is a very popular even in the Vale of Glamorgan and has been held in the grounds of Fonmon Castle since 1998. I took many more photographs, and will upload them at a later date in another post. Below are a few more photographs that tell the tale of the show. For details of next year's show, please click here
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| Prize Winning Beef Cattls |
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| Prize Milking Cow |
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| Sheep Shearing Competition |
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| Big Pumpkins! Prize Winners |
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