Hobbie Horses before the race on St George’s Day – I thought you might want to see them in action!
Yay for Bank Holiday weekends. I love having three days off work without using up a day of my holiday. I went to the Downton Cuckoo Fair which must be one of the biggest Village fetes ever. They close the entire street through Downton and there are stalls (250 apparently!) and craft tents, a brass band, a may pole, morris dancing, food stalls, plant stalls and loads and loads of people. They also have a beer and ale festival in the local pub. I didn’t know why it was called the Cuckoo Fair so I’ve just looked it up and “Traditionally the arrival of the cuckoo was seen as the onset of good weather and the Downton tradition of ‘opening the gate’ to let the cuckoo through is the basis of the fair.” And they crown one of the local girls as the Cuckoo Princess for the weekend.
Tomorrow morning I’m going to be continuing my jazz education (BTW I’ve decided to like jazz this year, I do this occasionally I decided to like wine three years ago but I gave up in the end as I just don’t enjoy drinking it) by going to the Big Band Brunch at Salisbury Arts Centre where I shall listen to the Chris Holmes Big Band whilst eating brunch and knitting. I’ve cast on a little pinafore dress so that I have some knitting to do that is less complicated than my Juno Regina lace wrap. Although saying that I’m on the middle section of the wrap and have memorised the pattern so in theory I could take that with me to knit.
From Monday I will be house and cat sitting for a friend while she is on holiday and so tomorrow I will have to pack enough knitting to keep me occupied. It does mean that I get to spend quality time with Coleman who is a beautiful ginger tom cat, and the most laid back moggy I’ve ever met – it really won’t be hardship to look after him.
Tags: Chris Holmes Big Band, Downton Cuckoo Fair, Jazz, Juno Regina
