What a busy weekend!

The baby ducks are now out and about - they like 'teenagers' at the moment - a bit gangly and eating all the time! They are out during the day and still coming in at night (well mostly!). 

They, and we, have been very heavily socializing this bankholiday weekend with beer festival customers - the beer tent was in the garden and so was the entertainment.   Firday saw Droitwich Blues Duo "Broke Down Engine" playing both ouside and inside.

"One Step Beyond" appalachian step dancers performed on Saturday and Sunday (and were such good sports through the rain on Saturday!) as did local guitarist Mick Quickfall 

Saturday night was a bit chilly and wet but folk group "Just Good Friends" played on in the beer tent and did a great job.

  

One Step Beyond

Mick Quickfall

Visitors had the choice of 20 real ales (most of them local) and 5 ciders - many have worked their way through the whole list.  Favourites seem to be the "Triple Chocohollic", "Bottom Knocker" and "Matrix".

Mark Treverton from Marksman Leisure was also on hand most of the weekend to test wits shooting laser clays. There were skittles (courtesy of local man John Ford) and horseshoes (thanks to Bob and Leigh -farriers to Floss the horse in the field!) to keep the children (and adults) entertained.

It has been a very mixed weather weekend with Saturday being wet and then a lot of wind Sunday (the wind caused a bit of unexpected entertainment with one of the Marquees sailing away - fortunately everyone took it in good spirits and helped take it apart, bend tubes included!) . 

All in all it has been a very fun and busy few days - and it is not over yet - the festival goes on until the end of today (Monday).

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While all this has been going on we have also had some new arrivals - some more incubated ducklings.  Thety have not made it outside yet as they have only just hatched.  They are real cuties - Mini Silver AppleYards, White Runners and Mixed Runners.  We are still hoping for a few more to hatch in the next few days. Look out for them in the garden in the next week or so.