Today we decided to go to a traditional Easter show, which took us to the Kelmarsh county fair. Normally if I was in NZ, I would rather pull my toenails off with pliers, but we're here to have a look around, so I agreed to go.
My navigator got us a little lost on the way there - a 10 minute journey took about 30, but it was a good look around the Leicestershire countryside. It is very similar to South Canterbury - rolling hills and very green. The obvious differences are the lack of stock grazing and the backdrop of the Southern Alps.
We finally arrived at Kelmarsh which is a tiny, one pub village. The fair is held on the "Manor" of a local titled person, but the it was probably similar in size to the Easter shows in rural NZ. But thats where the similarities end. NZ Easter shows are all about who has the best sheep and who has the moleskins with airtek shirts.
The Kelmarsh fair was more about entertainment, with 4 "rings" with displays going all the time. NZ shows tend to be a little more commercial - trying to sell you a new tractor etc.
We saw a display about rabbit hunting, and how it used to be illegal to have Greyhounds, so the locals bred a new bred to get around this. The breed is called a Lurch or Lurchers and they look like a head on between a greyhound and a shrub. Very weird looking dogs, but very good at rabbit hunting apparently. The highlight of this demonstration was a race between a Pidgeon and a Lurch!
The Pidgeon won by a nose BTW.
The other highlight was the birds of prey demonstration where a Falcon was shown off. They are almost as awesome as the motor vehicle namesake! The interesting thing I learnt is that they aren't strong enough to fly straight up and have to go up looking for up draft in concentral circles.
After that much excitment in one day, we decided to go home and rest for our visit to Warwick Castle on Monday.
Oh and another DB9 in the car park!
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