Only foals and horses? No, Del, there’s much more on offer (From Daily Echo)
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It’ll be a lovely, jubbly day out at New Forest Show
8:06am Monday 27th July 2009 in New Forest
TENS of thousands of spectators are due to descend on the New Forest tomorrow for the start of the area’s biggest annual event.
The New Forest and Hampshire County Show, held at New Park, Brockenhurst, is expected to attract a total of 90,000 people over the next three days.
The excellent weather forecast for tomorrow could result in a bumper crowd on the opening day.
Another round of improvements has been made to the showground in a bid to ensure that visitors have an easy journey into the car parks.
The Forestry Commission’s “road grader” has levelled some of the tracks at New Park and a new car park for motorbikes has been built next to Pennyfarthing Mill.
A cattle grid has been installed at the gateway near Holland’s Wood to prevent ponies escaping from the countryside surrounding the showground and ending up on the A337, the main Lyndhurst to Brockenhurst road.
Organisers of the Daily Echo-backed event are hoping that a new access road will once again prove its worth.
A show spokesman said: “The road was installed as a major artery into New Park and made a huge difference to traffic flows last year.
“We were deluged with complimentary comments on the ease of access into the car parks and the fact that there was less congestion on the A337.”
The nationally renowned show is regarded as Hampshire’s social highlight of the year.
As reported in the Daily Echo, this year’s event will include pig racing and spectacular displays by Jamie Squibb, one of Britain’s top motorcycle stunt riders.
The show will also salute the role played by the Women’s Land Army during the dark days of the Second World War. Known as the Land Girls, they helped keep Britain fed after replacing thousands of farm workers called up by the armed forces.
Another glimpse of the past will be provided by the New Forest Movieola, a cinema that will screen old films about the Forest.
They include Forest Heritage, made more than half a century ago and regarded as a classic portrait of the area in the early 1950s.
The show will also feature pens of prize-winning livestock, exciting show jumping and the finest produce the county has to offer.
