The Summer Fair is soon upon us and we are getting a real buzz
around the event. This year, we have
decided to have a fluttering theme of bees and butterflies. We want to
celebrate these amazing critters and all that they do to help pollinate the
crops around us.
We have a bee hive demonstration, as well as a Butterfly
Chase and many more wildlife themed activities that are being kindly developed
by the girls from Newport High School.
To complement the bee and butterfly theme, we are
encouraging everyone who attends to unleash their inner butterfly…or bee –so, straighten
your antennae and flutter your wings and join in with some fancy dress fun!
We will also have our usual market with lots of local
producers selling their wares. This year, we have got jewellery from Button
It! and Jeanie Jewellery, food from the
Ultimate Fudge Company, Crumbs Cakery, The Goat Ice-Cream Company and Polly’s
Parlour, soap from Soapbox, handmade pet homes from Built 4 Paws and wooden crafts
from The Wood Life and From Mrs G with Love….and the booking forms are still
coming in!
There will be donkey rides, tractor rides and tree climbing!
The Owl Experience will be here with their beautiful owls and birds of prey.
The RAF helicopter is coming in for a flying visit and you can scramble all over the helicopter!
A-Star Sports will also be here organising sports sessions with the
kids.
Dan’s Cannons will be here – see how far you can shoot a
“cannon” using your body and a little help from gravity…or have a go at Welly
Wanging and see how far you can wang a welly – with a prize for the furthest
throw!
We’ve also got some fantastic rural/traditional craft
demonstrators coming, including Pics and Sticks and their green wood workshop,
the Ellesmere Wool Spinners, Helen and
Kelvin Stanley demonstrating willow basket weaving, Andy Hyde with the ancient
art of hewing and Barbara and her working horses Tyler and Billy…
Phew…! There will of course be a tea and cake stall run by
the wonderful Fordhall volunteers, Ben’s Fordhall BBQ will be out serving
delicious sausages and burgers and ice-cream from Polly's Parlour... you can then sit back and watch (or join in) the
country dancing lead by Maggie Love and Geoff Turner.
£3 per person (under 4’s free!), 10am-4pm, Sunday 7th
July…be there or be square… :-)
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