This year, in a break with tradition, we started at 3.30pm on Saturday 13 July with the coffee & cake stall, craft stall, give & take stall and the bar with wine & local beer. Once everyone had some cake, we started the Fun Dog Event in the front churchyard. A dozen or so dogs and their owners were put through their paces by our local dog trainer, finding their way through a maze, trying to come when called despite being distracted by sausages and doing a speed trial. They finished off with a Sniffari - an area with multiple scents - which dogs find enjoyable and relaxing.

To encourage our youngest villagers to come, we had a colouring table and a treasure hunt of letters which spelt out a word. We provided our usual BBQ fare of meat and veggie sausages & burgers, and chicken drumsticks an hour earlier than in previous years, which went down well with (most) of the guests! As always, our talented BBQ chefs did a great job and our home cooks provided a wide variety of delicious salads. 

We ended the evening with the traditional raffle. Very many thanks are due to all the stall holders, helpers and cooks, but also to everyone who came along to spend their money to help support our Church. We raised £1050 towards the upkeep of the building.

Same time next year?