September 2008
jane and me
i’m often accused (by people i know) of not posting enough dreadful pictures of myself despite me often looking like a complete loon who would easily qualify for inclusion. so here’s a picture taken by my lovely wife jane (below). jane isn’t a loon.
labcoat chic
she dreams of another place …
this lad knows how to impress the girls
day 11 pembrokeshire county show part 3
of course there were animals at the show too
and i loved how they covered a bull’s head with rosettes.
because you don’t want to upset a bull by sticking things all over its face do you ? note the slobber
no one likes being called heavy.
ducks with a nice long necks. i think they could do with some arms stuck on the sides of their bodies
this was a bit unfortunate. it was a cage with something hidden under some sawdust. no one likes a loser
there were some more serious birds outside
this little barn owl brought his barn owl caravan
and he was keeping an eye on me
here is a sign i can agree with.
day 11 pembrokeshire county show part 2
county shows often have a brilliant craft competition and the pembrokeshire county show was no exception.
here are a load of hand made walking sticks
some runner beans (one’s broken)
an expert telling his friend about something
a clever pansy display modules
i also took tons of flowers but i’ll save you the pain of seeing them all now !
lumberjack racing
this man knows a quick and dirty way to untie his shoe laces
emergency toilet
silent world didn’t have a public toilet. probably to keep the noise down.
Big Pete’s Monster Truck Show
these trucks were amazing. click on the blob below to watch a slide show (click once then watch the show or click here)
(does this flickr show thing work ok ? let me know what you prefer !)
day 11 pembrokeshire county show part 1
day 11 looked like being the better than day 12 so we went to the
pembroke county show. this was the first person we saw and we knew the
day was going to be great !
this man was poking cows with a stick
and this man was leaning on a tractor
there was also the obligatory shopping experience where you could buy hot tubs. i took this photo so you could see the price
you could also buy bulls, or heavey gates which you need to heave shut.
there was some good signage too
this feast cost 20 pounds.
I took so many pictures i’ll have to spread them out over a few days!)
crazy caldey cows
escaped bulls rampage at the resort exclaims the BBC
funkypancake is once again ahead of the news. this is a photo of my father in law looking for the bulls of caldey island.
but then, look at this (via the BBC website) which happened exactly where esther and i were looking for geocaches a fortnight ago in Tenby (but luckily not on the same day)
Funkypancake – bringing you the news before it happens (without realising)
mostly armless
i felt sorry for this mannequin in pembroke dock. she had no arms or body
but that was more fortunate than the other mannequins who had no arms or head s
day 10 shopping in haverfordwest and narberth
day 10 was a town visiting day. we were in search of the gorky’s barafundle album which we eventually found in a second hand record trail. we went to two of the most fantastic second hard record shops ever in fact, and i highly recommend them both if you find yourself in that part of town. one of the gorky’s himself pops in occasionally, so that would have been very bizarre.
anyway, bonkers is a great name for traditional ladies clothing
it probably would have been a better name for this charity shop which had a mannequin dressed mostly in plastic bags
of course the welsh need to keep an eye on their flags
and you can never have enough apostrophe’s
day 9 stackpole lakes and broad haven
day 9 started off promising weatherwise so we whizzed off to the stackpole lakes car park where you can walk to the golden broad haven beach just round the corner from barafundle. finally the girls were properly dressed for the beach in wellies and waterproofs !
the walk to the beach is by these lovely sheltered lakes (or you can park next to the beach and walk down some steps)
we found this dr who alien on the beach.
then we walked back to the car and popped round to the other side of the lake for a quick geocache find
there was much singing and dancing after this was successfully completed
typical picnic with my inlaws
most picnics we have with my parents in law end up with us all hiding under our ponchos/coats. this one on caldy island was no exception due to passing rain showers and wasps.
still, it made a change from our usual picnics in the car
wales open stone skimming championships
on sunday afternoon we popped down to the watch the wales open stone skimming championships which is held in the mill pond under pembroke castle.
occassionally there would be a pitch invasion by a passing swan
my father in law signed up for a go and selected his stones
as his time approached he went down to stand by the commentator
he did very well and all his shots were in. not the longest of the day, but he displayed a previously hidden (to us) talent
as did kezia
this chap won in the end. the website is worth checking out for the official rules
it was all for charidee and was an excellent of raising hundreds of quids in a short afternoon as well as being thoroughly entertaining for both competitors and spectators
day 8 picton castle and ‘dog messes’
day 8 was particularly wet so we went to picton castle with it’s gardens and er castle. we had a great guided tour of the downstairs of the castle and even got to see some rooms off the usual tourist route due to the lack of visitors !
we spent a good number of hours there wandering round the garden, tearoom etc and the girls did a quiz round the garden.
but the best thing was the sign above which was in their loos. is this not the best toilet sign ever ? brilliant use of ‘dog messes’