PRODUCE SHOW

Saturday was the big day,or it could have been.When we first started our allotment we had high hopes of entering lots of produce into lots of different categories and perhaps coming away with a shield or a couple of cups.But reality soon struck and we realised that a couple of manky cabbages and a lot of odd shaped spuds wouldn't win anything,so we had to try and persuade others to enter,namely our neighbour Vernon who is a Northwold man born and bred,and whose father won countless prizes at the show.Anyway to cut a long story short on his behalf we entered some of his tomatoes and a indoor hydrangea.I had to weigh and polish 5 tomatoes and obviously pick the best looking,we also thought some of his beans might be ok but not knowing the standard we had them for tea instead.Saturday morning saw us carrying all this stuff down to the hall,Lyn had decided to enter some dahlias also,and we had to pick up a flower arrangement from Kirsten (wife of Ole my golf pal) so we had a full car.We paid our entry fee for each category(40p in total) and sat back and waited until the evening .
At 5.30pm the doors opened and we rushed in after paying our enrty fee of 20p each (as you gather there is big money involved) Guess what Lyn won 2nd place for her dahlias (4op) and Vernon won 1st for his toms and 1st for his plant(£1.20) Kirsten won nothing.Going round one of our friends and I decided that for next year if we were to enter the sponge finger,gingerbread men,apple turnover,cornish pasty,and flapjack categories we would at least come 2nd and 3rd as there was only one entry in each catergory,so thats our aim.Next year if nothing else we will win the cooking shield and win a couple of quid also.
Joking apart it was great fun and very typically British,and we ended up down the road at Ole's having a couple of beers ,Great.
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