If you have read my previous reports, you will know that they are invariably weather related, and so this one will be no different. If you remember the month of July, it will be for the glorious weather we had for pretty much all the month. Well it all changed on the weekend of the 28th July, and boy did it change.
We managed to set up our canopy without any rain, but then it came in waves, one minute it would be sunny and warm, the next it was chucking it down, and this pattern continued right through to the close of the show. I was amazed that we has customers at all, but it just shows what a hardy bunch, us Northerners are, as whilst not rushed off our feet, our ducks still did good business (well it was perfect weather for ducks).
At least we could take cover under our canopy, unlike the bloke doing his act up on a wire, so we all had to admire his commitment, which is more than can be said for the birds of prey, who were nowhere to be seen.
As you can see below, we kept in high spirits through the day
Thanks to all those people who came to our stall on the day and those Lions taking part, it was a day for showing the British spirit!
Lion John Crompton
18th September 2013
