Royal Cornwall Show 2012 1

prize winning pigs taking a quick nap, and some pig fanciers in a nearby stall (taken with permission!)

wagtails

our grounds are so full of birds now they even want to coming shopping with us to make sure we get the right kind of quality birdseed. This is a very juvenile pied wagtail hitching a ride.

two juveniles

house sparrow and bullfinch juveniles putting up with more wet weather.

the call to jubilate

the beacon on Kit Hill casting a fiery light into the heavens

tent moving day

And Diamond Jubilee Day as well. Our community spirit to the fore, the tent was moved to its new site on the school playing field. You can tell that the roads around here are fairly quiet, but a space was left just in case. Not even the rain could dampen our spirits entirely, thus providing a truly British spectacle. The best moment? The choir singing Jerusalem in the rain (see link)!

a reigny day

we are celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this weekend. Unfortunately it looks as if it is going to rain on her parade adding pointed meaning to the words of our National Anthem, it does seem to have been quite a wet 60 years. Another major event in the calendar also falls on this weekend, Luckett duck race.