This has become an annual event in our calendar. This is owing to the goodwill of Alan's dad, Phil, who holds a stall here (Sportsman Game Feeds). A pair of free tickets usually end up in our direction. Phil deals in all things game related. I think mainly feed. Alan seems to have no clue what his dad does.
Alan insisted on taking the dog - a lesson we should have learnt from last year. The game fair is a great place for all well behaved dogs. Walking around the fair, at times, I did wonder if there may be more dogs there than humans.
There are an array of dog-related stalls, including a 'Dog Creche' which we made use of last year and again this year. Fara was happily taken from us for two hours and popped into the creche where she got to sniff lots of other dogs bums. This allowed us to explore the food tent and other places unsuitable for bouncy, hungry doggies. This works on a donation basis with money given being put towards rehoming gundogs who can lo longer be looked after by their owners (Dog Creche). Most dogs at the fair are very well trained gundogs and so put our badly behaved, poorly trained pooch to shame. Although, said that, by the end of the day she had started to calm down...it only took six or seven hours this time.
We bought a few bits and bobs, including a fantastic Scotland shaped slate from Slated which is going to be (hopefully) hung on a wall somewhere in our wee flat. Their slates are beautiful and very well priced. I hope to buy some more, both for ourselves and as gifts. I'd be pleased to see them back at the Game Fair next year.
We also bought a gift for Phil and his wife, Sarah, as a wee thank you for the tickets. A trio of wooden mushrooms which they both seemed very happy with. They almost immediately picked a place in their very well kept garden to put them.
Last year there was a great stall selling roadkill pigeons which had been rigged up to move. It was there again this year, much to our delight. I'm sure there's a very good reason for this but I'm ill informed, preferring to concentrate on the novelty factor.
Alan and I ended the day convinced that our next big purchase would be a wood fueled hot tub.
Happy wife, happy life...
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