The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2016 - Issue 47 | Page 25

Events

Countryside
Live 2016

A great day
for Galloways
at World
Congress
It was a great privilege that the
“Galloway Families” The Galloways,
Belted and Riggit Cattle Societies
welcomed the Galloway World
Organisation to the home land
of Galloway for the 11th Galloway
World Congress in August.
» A WIDE AND VARIED
programme from cattle,
castles, tartan, spectacular
scenery and the very best of
local food were provided to
the 260 delegates from 12
different countries.

‘as a result,
the number
of delegates
out passed
all the
organiser’s
expectations’

It is 16 years since the
last UK world congress
and as a result, the
number of delegates
out passed all the
organiser’s expectations.
The delegates visited
Dumfries and Lockerbie
show on their first day of
the World Congress, then
on the Sunday it was the
official business and after
that there followed three
days of interesting farm
tours from the borders,
to the very south west of
Scotland and the heartland
of Galloway - and there
was also a trip to the world
famous Edinburgh Tattoo.

» ANIMALS GALORE,
fabulous food and a host
of hands-on activities for
all ages are just some of
the ingredients for the 14th
Countryside Live which will
be held at the Great Yorkshire
Showground, Harrogate on
Saturday and Sunday 22 and
23 October 2016.

Thousands of people are
expected to be heading for
the rural extravaganza ,
amongst them will be the
Gregg Wallace of BBC’s
MasterChef fame.

‘a show for all the
family, with plenty
to see and do’
The show is run Yorkshire
Agricultural Society, best
known as organisers of the
Great Yorkshire Show.
Show Director Charles Mills
said: “It’s very much a show
for all the family, with plenty
to see and do over the two
days. “

NIDDERDALE’S
BIG DAY OUT
(‘PATELEY’ SHOW)
» NIDDERDALE SHOW – OR
as it affectionately known,
‘Pateley Show’ - aims to
celebrate the finest of
agricultural traditions with top
class livestock, horse and dog
sections and the organisers
proudly boast that it has one of
the finest exhibitions of animals
anywhere in the UK.
This year it will take place on
Monday 19 September 2016.
This is a traditional Dales
agricultural Show where

visitors can browse a
wonderful display of the finest
livestock, produce and crafts
that the glorious Yorkshire
Dales have to offer. The
Annual Nidderdale Show, held
in the picturesque surrounds
of Bewerley Park, Pateley
Bridge, is one of the county’s
foremost agricultural shows,
regularly attracting crowds of
17,000 and traditionally marks
the end of the agricultural
show season.

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