Yesterday we headed up to Bentpath early morning so Gaye could enter 6 of her lovely house plants into the Benty Show. We had them all in the tent by 9.00am and then went for Coffee to Wilma and George's house and to look round Wilma's beautiful garden, which it turned out was an award winning garden as she won the Shield for Best Garden in the valley.
This was an award winner last year but the flowers are just a week later this year so Wilma didn't enter it in the show.
The plants in our car boot, with the exception of the beautiful Japanese flowering one which Gaye held onto in the back seat for our drive up the valley.
Wilma's lovely greenhouse and the area surrounding it was full of plants in pots.
After Coffee I headed back to the Show to see the Sheep Judging. My reason for this was the entry in the Sheep classes of Tarras Valley Nature Reserve Shepherd William Nixon from Cooms Farm which is now owned by TVNR and as a subscriber to the buyout from Buccleuch I feel I own at least one of the Sheep on show.
Due to the decline in sheep farming in the area with many of the Buccleuch Farms being sold off for forestry there are fewer farms left to enter sheep. The remaining few farmers and Shepherds had however supported the show very well by putting more in than usual so it was still a large turnout of sheep.
It was great watching the judge at work and it took him a wee while to reduce each class down to 4 sheep from which the eventual winner would be selected.
William with his prize winning ram
This was yet another class with over a dozen sheep
The judge looking at the teeth of one of the sheep
Another class and another win for TVNR and Cooms Farm
The Best in the Show
After we had a lovely lunch in Benty Hall we headed back to the main tent where Gaye Discovered she had won First prize with her Japanese Floweing plant. She also won 2 seconds in other classes.
William being presented with the first of his 4 trophies for the day
Just some of the rosettes for TVNR Cooms Farm and Shepherd William Nixon
The top award
A proud man and a well deserved win.
Our friend Wilma collecting the first of her 2 Cups and 1 Shield
A lovely view of the showfield with Westerkirk Church in the background
Four Cups for Cooms Farm and TVNR
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