A day at the Show

Long day today.  I visited the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, setting off before 7.00 a.m.

The journey was a long one, with a wait of over an hour in a queue trying to get into the car park.

The weather was atrocious; not having a pair of wellingtons in London, I tramped through the mud in a pair of light brown loafers, trashing them in the process.  As I type, they are drying out in front of a radiator in the hall, in the possibly forlorn hope that they are salvageable.

No matter.  Apart from the weather, it was a great day.

I visited the FUW (pictured), NFU, CLA  and Young Farmers, as well as the Conservative pavilion.  I bumped into, and spoke to, a large number of friends, relations and constituents.  I listened to the views and concerns of farmers and others involved in the rural economy.  I had a lot of laughs, too.  I’m sure even David Babbs would have approved. 

Got back to London at 8.30, a bit tired but very happy.

As I said, it was a great day.