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May 21, 2008
Magnificent men in their frying machines
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 6:13 PM | add or read comments (0)
SOME 23,000 visitors attended last weekend’s Royal Welsh Smallholder Festival, around 2,000 less than last year.
I was slightly surprised: when I visited on the second day, the place was packed to the rafters, with thousands of red-faced punters hauling vintage spades and clematis plants backs to their cars.
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May 7, 2008
Tut-tut for mutts at sheep show
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 3:34 PM | add or read comments (1)
THOUGH I say it with gritted teeth, it was good to be back in Nefyn for the opening agricultural show of the North Wales season.
It’s in a great location, is sound underfoot and has accommodating section secretaries (my thanks to Anwen and Gwen, as always). So why do I always regard the event with a certain dread?
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Andrew is the Daily Post’s Rural Affairs Editor and is the Farmers Union of Wales’ current Farming Journalist of the Year..
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